The Rauhaniemi bathhouse has served visitors for nearly a century, welcoming around 150,000 customers annually. However, the building’s technical systems and structures have reached the end of their service life.
– Rauhaniemi Sauna is an essential part of Tampere’s sauna culture and a significant tourist attraction. The renovation will extend its lifespan and improve its services - while ensuring that this historic building remains vibrant for generations to come, says Deputy Mayor Jaakko Mustakallio.
Completed in 1929, the bathhouse was designed by architect Bertel Strömmer and represents Nordic Classicism from the 1920s. The building is a timber-framed structure with batten siding. It was later expanded: in 1957, architect Seppo Rihlama designed a sauna at the end of the men’s changing room, and in 1977 a second, smaller sauna was added. The bathhouse is a protected building.
The renovation will include replacing damaged structures and façades, improving thermal insulation and airtightness, and converting the oil heating system to district heating. Water and sewage connections, as well as the building’s technical systems, will be fully renewed. Energy efficiency and indoor air quality will also be improved.
While the overall size of the building will remain unchanged, internal layouts will be modified: a kitchen will be added to the café, changing rooms and washing facilities will be reorganized, and the smaller sauna will be expanded.
The project’s principal designer is Arkkitehtitoimisto MY Oy. The main contractor selected for the project is Rakennusliike J. Malm Oy, and the development will be managed by Tampereen Tilapalvelut Oy.
