Название: The Secrets of Finnish Sauna Design
Автор: Lassi Liikkanen
Издательство: Culicidae Architectural Press
Год: 2021
Формат: PDF
Размер: 119 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Recent studies have established Finnish sauna bathing as a source of numerous health benefits. To enjoy the long-term effects, as well as immediate gratification from sauna bathing, one needs a proper Finnish sauna. For the first time, this book presents the wisdom which has been accumulated across centuries by Finnish builders, designers, and researchers, to perfect the sauna design. It instructs the reader to master both tangible and intangible, visible and invisible elements of a sauna. The book has a special emphasis on the sauna experience, living up to a belief that short-term satisfaction is the first step towards long-term health benefits. This book is presented as a handbook for experience-driven sauna design. It covers all necessary aspects needed to create a functional, healthy and pleasurable sauna: from heating and air quality to interior design. It features several examples of contemporary Finnish sauna designs and outlines why a true sauna experience is so much more than merely “a hot room”.

The book is based on the author’s intensive research, which spans five years, an extensive bibliography and dozens of expert interviews. He heas authored 200+ articles about sauna on his website, called Saunologia.fi. In 2019, he published a book (in Finnish), called “Hyvien löylyjen salaisuus” (roughly translated as ‘the secret of great steam’), which was released by a national publishing company, Rakennustieto. Now, he wants to reveal the Finnish wisdom of sauna design to the non-Finnish speaking audiences. This book instructs the reader to understand how Finnish saunas are designed in order for them to provide a pleasant, vitalising and health-improving experience. The book is not a DIY manual, but provides adequate information for professional designers and competent craftsman to design functional Finnish saunas. For sauna enthusiasts, the book provides explanations on why a sauna can provide both desirable and unwanted experiences.