Convaincu de l’importance de s’accorder du temps, convaincu des bienfaits du sauna, je vous propose, le temps d’un soir, d’un week-end, un sauna chez vous.
In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. London architects Denizen Works + Friends designed the mobile sauna on site and constructed it in just nine days using locally sourced timber and
Friend Trig is a keen outdoors swimmer. Once the sea hits 14 degrees C (57 F) he goes regularly for pretty long swims with some equally rugged amphibious friends. For his birthday, his swimming buddies gave him a mobile sauna (above). They found an old camper, fitted it with paneling and a small sheet metal wood stove. No nails can be exposed in the interiors of saunas, you need to conceal them or use wooden pegs instead. (It's a comfort issue. Exposed nails would burn all that exposed…
More than an example of DIY design, the Sunday/Dimanche Portable Sauna was created by artist Carissa Carman for the purpose of staging invited performative site-specific actions and combines aspects of craft, architecture, and sculpture.
