Nomadic Sauna

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Design and build community project of a portable sauna. An experience that promotes intimate social interaction in a public area and a strong physical exchange with the environment. The sauna is built using the most common building material in the country Pinus Radiatta (4×2), it takes no screws or nails, and it is a tense structure system where the wood acts in compression from inside to the outside and the steel cable in tension from the outside to the inside. In the centre of the dome structure, a plywood ring transfers the horizontal forces from side to side, this piece will also hang the oven when the sauna is to be heated in such a way, allowing the flue to go through it. The wooden structure receives a canvas envelope sawed to assume its geometric shape, being attached to the inside of the dome structure and supporting panels of insulating material that sits in between the structural pieces. The efficiency of the system allows the structure to span 6100mm (diameter) with a 90mm material. There are 2 possible ways of operating the sauna: the original native American Indian way, heating up rock on a big boom fire to later on place them in a hole located in the centre of the space or heating up an oven that hangs from the middle of the structure.

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Fernandes Architects' focus is to respond to clients’ demands with technically efficient solutions that meet the budget and exceed expectations.

FABRICIO FERREIRA FERNANDES

Born in 1979 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Fabricio graduated as an Architect and Urban Planner at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (PUC Campinas) in 2002. Left Brazil in 2003 and traveled to New Zealand where he has mainly lived ever since. During 2009 -2010 took residence in Italy where he worked for Studio A0 and graduated with a Master´s Degree in Art and Architect of the Landscape at Polytechnic University of Milan (Politecnico di Milano).

In New Zealand, Fabricio has worked for GDM consultants (structural engineering consultants) AP Design and Christchurch renown architecture offices such as Steiphen Fitzgerald and Wilson and Hill architects. With relevant experience in carpentry, Fabricio has collaborated with Italian based Abitalbero – (tree hanging structures specialists) – and has an ongoing working relationship with Norwegian based Scandinavian studio Rintala Eggertsson architects, well known for their site specific art/architecture work around the planet.

Besides Fernandes Architects, Fabricio is a guest design tutor at Ara Polytechnical Institute of Canterbury's Bachelor of Architectural Studies course.