{"id":13152,"date":"2008-12-12T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-12T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/uncategorized\/architects-thoughts-on-sauna-design-jukka-haataja\/"},"modified":"2008-12-12T05:58:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-12T05:58:00","slug":"architects-thoughts-on-sauna-design-jukka-haataja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/blog\/guest-pen\/architects-thoughts-on-sauna-design-jukka-haataja\/","title":{"rendered":"Architect&#8217;s thoughts on sauna design, Jukka Haataja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A ceiling-high glass wall between the sauna and the washroom gives continuity to the space. The eye responds to the extremes without paying attention to the secondary space breakers &#8211; in this case the glass wall. The space can be extended with lighting and windows provide more space. The eye rests when looking &#8220;into the distance&#8221;.   <\/p>\n<p>The sheltered cold room is an additional room. It needs comfortable furniture and a fireplace. From the hottest times we have gathered to spend time together around the fire.  <\/p>\n<p>The unity of the changing and lounge areas is emphasised by a floor-to-ceiling glass wall and matching finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Separating the shower stalls with sufficiently high masonry or glass-brick partitions creates intimacy in the washroom, and levels that serve as benches and refreshment areas add to the comfort.<\/p>\n<p>The unity of the dressing and washroom areas is emphasised by a partition wall overlay and a uniform ceiling finish.<\/p>\n<p><em>Text: <\/em><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jukkahaataja.fi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jukka Haataja, architect<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A high-quality sauna area consists of a sauna, a miniature bath or washing area, adequate changing rooms with storage space and a sheltered cooling area with a fireplace. The utility room is separate from the sauna. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_page_background_color":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[105,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-guest-pen"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Relax-kopio-1-scaled-1.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Siiri Akrenius","author_link":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/author\/wds_siiri\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunsauna.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}