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The design for Sudor Sauna Studio provides subtle
transitions4spatial elements, gradations in light,
and soothing materials4that gradually separate
visitors from their everyday lives. Guests enter
through 13-foot-tall cypress doors and encounter
the front desk, a veined block of stone beneath a
vaulted ceiling. They then pass through a threshold
separating the daylit entry from a ring of circulation beyond. Slender cove lights illuminate the
path9s edge with the corridor9s curve gradually
revealing the subsequent private spaces. Vertical
slats of locally sourced cypress clad the walls as
well as the doors to private saunas. The wood noor
ramps upward slightly, elevating each space before
reaching a peak outside the bathing spaces, where
guests can shower and immerse themselves in a
cold plunge pool before descending back toward
the daylight.
9/10 2024
Texas Architect 95
