AITO Saunas’ charred wood cladding

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AITO Sauna builds saunas where Finnish design and everyday wellbeing meet. The saunas are designed in Helsinki and built in Finland, with an emphasis on solid wood and user experience.

Hiil has supplied charred wood surfaces to AITO projects where charred wood brings depth and calm to the sauna and needs no explaining. It is a surface that works both indoors and out, in the south as well as the north.

In Ibiza, AITO Sauna has become part of the wellness culture where hot and cold alternate and sauna is seen as a ritual. Ibiza Property Journal wrote a piece on AITO Saunas describing how AITO’s saunas fit the island’s architecture and how the wood charring, brushing and washing bring out a character that is both rugged and refined.

When Finnish charred wood meets Mediterranean light, the result is surprisingly natural. Burned patterning and living texture sit as well among palms as among northern pine forests. In the sauna, the material is not just a backdrop but part of the experience.