Emma Wikner

Fantastic cold bathhouses can be found all over Sweden, except in Stockholm. It’s strange that Stockholm, with all its water and islands, doesn’t have one.
In my degree project, I’m designing a proposal for a cold bathhouse. Tullen’s Cold Bathhouse is located at Hornstull Strand where Liljeholmsbadet is today. Instead of a floating bathhouse, it will be a cold bathhouse with a stronger connection to the water, allowing you to swim directly in the lake.
Saunas and cold water bathing have been in public demand for a long time. I want to create new meeting places on the water.
Cold baths have been long used as cures as well as other health reasons and research has shown several positive health effects. Cold baths can enable social sustainability by creating meeting places where class, gender or status have no significance. In the cold bathhouse, I want people to feel the elements of nature: fire, water and air.