July 31, 2011

We are about to build a new public sauna in Helsinki.

Before going into the details and motivations of this project, it may be a good idea to introduce who we are:

– Nene Tsuboi, designer
– Tuomas Toivonen, architect

The sauna is our self-initiated project, and we are in charge of designing, constructing, financing and running it. It is unusal for public buildings especially to be created this way, and we intend to see and show how the results will vary from business-as-usual logics of design, construction, management and upkeep.

This journal is our account of this process, a way to record and publish our ideas, influences, discoveries and decisions along the way, and show how the design and construction of Kultuurisauna is progressing.

Nene Tsuboi & Tuomas Toivonen