Sauna Backyard Studio / Madeiguincho
- Space:
20 m²
Yr:
2023
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Lead Architects:
Gonçalo Marrote, Anna Cavenago, João Brás Filipe e Tamara Lowande
Textual content description offered by the architects. Nestled inside a backyard, a wood object emerges from the slope: a sauna that contemplates the view. On this venture, the contextual setting of the location and the specificity of the operate developed a quite simple and logical strategy that sought to emphasise the qualities of its pure environment whereas including a brand new dwelling platform.
The clear format, outlined by two rooms divided by a central axis, serves as an environment friendly and symbolic factor in defining the transition between the sauna and bathing areas, the connection to the primary home, and the higher rooftop. As we stroll by way of the backyard, our gaze is drawn to a wood object with a really symmetrical facade, that includes two home windows resembling eyes overlooking the panorama.
Upon ascending to the hanging platform, you might be offered with twin entry factors—one resulting in the sauna room and the opposite to the showering room. The sauna aspect unfolds into a comfy house with a view. On the other finish, the showering room invitations you to vary and bathe, that includes a singular metallic bathtub that slides onto an outside balcony. Right here, you may benefit from the view whereas having an invigorating ice-cold tub.
On this venture, we labored principally with cryptomeria japonica wooden from the Azores, offering an fragrant environment that adjustments with the sauna’s oscillating temperatures. A hall serves because the pivotal hyperlink between the sauna room and the showering room, marked by a dangling cold-water bucket—an iconic factor that defines the symmetry of the facade.
This hall facilitates the transition between the 2 distinct areas and defines a pathway that results in the primary home and to the rooftop, a flat, contemplative lounge viewpoint over the mountains and the ocean, creating an excellent setting for leisure and introspection.
