Rydebäcks kallbadhus - Rydebäck sea bath
(2019) AAHM01 20181Department of Architecture and Built Environment
- Abstract
- I want to create a setting for relaxation and contemplation that promotes social interaction between different age groups. My project consists of formulating a modern sea bath house with saunas for the people in Rydebäck, a small urban area outside of Helsingborg.
The old tradition of combining cold baths with hot saunas is being rediscovered by both old and young people, a practise in Sweden knows as kallbad. By studying traditional and newer bath houses I aim to design a project that enhance this bathing ritual and activates the place in a new way.
With this as a point of departure, I have chosen to learn about building in cross laminated timber (KL-trä). I want to understand its qualities and limitations in relation to other more... (More) - I want to create a setting for relaxation and contemplation that promotes social interaction between different age groups. My project consists of formulating a modern sea bath house with saunas for the people in Rydebäck, a small urban area outside of Helsingborg.
The old tradition of combining cold baths with hot saunas is being rediscovered by both old and young people, a practise in Sweden knows as kallbad. By studying traditional and newer bath houses I aim to design a project that enhance this bathing ritual and activates the place in a new way.
With this as a point of departure, I have chosen to learn about building in cross laminated timber (KL-trä). I want to understand its qualities and limitations in relation to other more conventional building materials such as concrete, steel and brick, and let the material guide how I develop my project. Do I need to compromise, or will I get more possibilities? (Less)
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- author
- Söderlund, Emil LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- AAHM01 20181
- year
- 2019
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Kallbadhus, trä
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8968175
- date added to LUP
- 2019-01-25 15:09:59
- date last changed
- 2019-01-25 15:09:59
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