Seen from the coast the new polygonal building is like an abstract, windowless form that seeks only minimal contact with the outside world. The reinforced concrete floor slab rests on slender steel columns and the only connection to the shore is a narrow, wooden walkway carried on glulam beams integrated in the parapets. Bathers can enter the water using a flight of steel steps which, outside of opening hours, can be folded up against the railings on the side facing the sea.
Continuing along the axis of the walkway you arrive first in a central distribution space and then, adjoining it but divided by full height glazing with sliding doors, a sun terrace that faces out to sea. The two wings on either side of the entrance house the changing rooms, showers, sauna, and relaxation rooms for women and for men. The opening towards the water that is suggested by the splayed symmetrical layout of the plan is a theme that is developed in the details. Both saunas offer a view of the sea through large panorama windows, and instead of solid wooden parapets in front of the glass facades the architects mounted slender steel railings spanned with wire mesh. The closed areas of the facade and the parapets are clad with spruce boards in three different widths distributed in a random pattern. The intention is that in the course of time the glaze will turn grey and grow paler. As a result the bathhouse with its slender legs and solid-looking upper body will blend increasingly with the landscape of the surrounding archipelago, perhaps not formally, but in terms of colour.
