N°02
Holmen, Copenhagen
2023
62 m²
Construction 8 months
Sauna Horn
N°02Holmen, Copenhagen2023
// Introduction
“A black box where the wood ages slower than the city.”
Public sauna pavilion on Holmen pier, built for fourteen people and a single shaft of light. The concept follows one rule: anything not stable in saltwater does not belong in a harbour sauna. Outside, charred radiata pine; inside, an aspen sounding floor; door handle in solid cast brass — cast, not polished.
01 — Pavilion and pier
Pavilion and pier
The pavilion sits 1.2 m above the waterline on existing 1960s steel piles. We added a CLT shell and oriented the entrance toward the city — not the water.
02 — Light slit
Light slit
A single 36 × 240 cm opening cut beneath the roof overhang. From inside it frames the water; from outside it becomes a lantern. The frosted glass is 12 mm tempered, backed by a gold-leaf layer for heat control.
03 — Detail brass handle
Detail brass handle
The handle is a custom cast at Bornholm Brass — 1.8 kg, untreated patina. After three seasons a green-black layer has formed; we explicitly do not remove it.
// Facts · Materials
62 m² · Construction 8 months- Client
- Holmen Bad
- Location
- Refshalevej, KBH
- Usable area
- 62 m²
- Capacity
- 14 Personen
- Completion
- Mai 2023
- Duration
- 8 Monate
- 01
Radiata pine, charred
32 mm profile, salt resistant
- 02
Aspen
Bench timbers, 22 mm
- 03
Brass, cast
Custom cast, untreated
- 04
Glass, frosted
12 mm tempered, gold laminate
// Images
Selection of interior and exterior shots, photographed over two seasons.
