SAUNA
project establishes ecological revitalization of a fragment of the
right shore of Vistula River in Warsaw.
The site for saunas is an area between two bridges: Slasko-Dabrowski
and Gdanski.

The
proposal for multifunctional program contains: sauna complexes for
both male and female, outdoor jacuzzi, outdoor pool for soaking into,
leisure terrace and a restaurant. In the future we are planning to
extend the proposal with other attractors such as ‘a floating pool’
or additional sauna complex.
The
leisure center SAUNA has been designed respecting the context. We
tried to establish an universal scheme of a building which can be
adapted to any fragment of the shore of Vistula River. The scheme not
only adapts to a whichever site, but also minimizes intervention into
its topography and helps maintaining savage state of nature.

Warsaw
city
has beautiful perspectives. On of the most astonishing is from the
right shore of the Vistula River towards the city center. That
breathtaking view decided on the location of our leisure center right
there, on the right side of the River Vistula.
The
leisure center SAUNA project consists of central core-joint and
additional longitudinal pavilions that hold attractors inside. The
core serves as a lobby, where is the information point and a box
office. Each of the pavilions is dedicated to a different function –
one is a sauna complex, another is a restaurant, the latter is its
back-up zone.
The
core also has additional leisure functional zones such as an island
full of jacuzzi or a club zone. Pavilions function as a series of
functional areas. Each one has a unique perspective view. Every
pavilion is extended with balconies, terraces or stairs. They extend
the view, letting us get closer to the nature.