Article source: Lassila Hirvilammi

The sauna is located on top of a rock which rises 200 meters above sea level. You reach the sauna along a little path through a cornfield, which leads to a sheltered terrace. The walk up to the sauna is part of the purification process.

Image Courtesy © Mikko Auerniitty

• Architects: Lassila Hirvilammi (Anssi Lassila)
• Project: Sauna tonttu
• Location: Soini, Finland
• Photography: Mikko Auerniitty
• Years of planning: 2009
• Construction: 2009-10
• Floor area: 16 m2 , 72 m3
• Builders: Petri ja Martti Piipponen