Photography | Pär Olofsson
晶體桑拿屋
Crystal Sauna
萬物皆有一體兩面，在享受的當下，也正處於狀態的轉變。在瑞典謝萊夫特奧市的 WasteLand 氣候行動公園內，市民沉浸於充滿鳥語花香的休憩綠地；向河流延伸的木棧道上，一座由六稜柱堆疊而成、如鋰水晶體般地景藝術輕巧端坐，其粉紫色鏡面隨日照倒映著河流與天空，精緻的幾何結構內竟還蘊藏暖和的三溫暖天堂。然而，夢幻背後曾是高汙染的 Scharin 工業舊址。眼前的綠色重生，是歷經長達 17 年污染整治後的美好。它如同一面鏡子，映照出城市在追求工業發展與科技轉型時，終需面對的生態債與修復之路。
Everything has two sides. Even in a moment of pleasure, change is already under way. At WasteLand Climate Action Park in Skellefteå, Sweden, residents enjoy a green retreat filled with birdsong and the scent of flowers. A sculpture of stacked hexagonal prisms sits lightly on a timber boardwalk extending towards the river, its form recalling a lithium crystal. Its pinkish-purple mirrored surfaces reflect the river and sky in the shifting sunlight. The intricate geometric shell conceals an unexpected haven: a warm sauna. Yet this dreamlike setting was once the heavily contaminated Scharin industrial site. The green landscape seen today emerged after 17 years of remediation. It holds up a mirror to the ecological debt that cities must eventually confront in pursuing industrial development and technological change, and to the path towards restoration.
Photography | Jonas Westling
Photography | Jonas Westling
Photography | Pär Olofsson
Photography | Pär Olofsson
謝萊夫特奧市坐擁森林與綠電，近年雖歷經綠能電池產業動盪，仍邁向綠色科技核心為目標。藝術家 Bigert & Bergström 深知這片土地曾因工業活動留下沉重污染，他們不願強硬說教，反而將地景藝術塑造成象徵轉型與礦物開採爭議的雙面符號——「鋰晶體」，並在科幻量體內融入傳統三溫暖，讓人在高溫蒸汽中坦誠相見，自發探討土地過去與未來；在進出桑拿的溫差中，感悟大自然經歷的氣候劇烈轉變，以及城市在技術與社會變革中的挑戰。
With its forest resources and supply of renewable electricity, Skellefteå still aims to become a centre for green technology despite recent upheaval in the green battery industry. The artists Bigert & Bergström are well aware of the heavy pollution that industrial activity left on this land. Rather than preach, they gave the sculpture the form of a lithium crystal, a symbol of both transition and the controversies surrounding mineral extraction. They incorporated a traditional sauna into the futuristic form, inviting people to meet without pretence in the heat and steam and begin their own conversations about the land’s past and future. The temperature contrasts they experience as they enter and leave the sauna prompt reflection on the dramatic climatic shifts affecting the natural world, and on the challenges cities face amid technological and social change.
Photography | Jonas Westling
Photography | Jonas Westling
為了讓這座既是藝術裝置，又是公共桑拿屋的「晶體」宛若經過漫長地質運動後破土而出的天然鋰礦結晶，Bigert & Bergström 透過數位建模並挑戰了結構工程設計的極限，特意讓整座不規則結構向後傾斜 4 度；其中細緻的推敲，如同映照這座城市勇於花時間克服歷史污染的耐心。外層約 280 個稜柱單元須以不斷變化的角度相互銜接，工程師須先數位建模，再採用數控（CNC）加工和雷射切割技術，精確切分出140 多塊複雜的不鏽鋼板（包含 58 塊頂部板件、86 塊側面板件），並以 3500 多顆螺栓和螺帽對齊扣合，過程猶如一場數位工程的特製立體拼圖。
Both an art installation and a public sauna, this ‘crystal’ was designed to resemble a natural lithium crystal breaking through the ground after ages of geological activity. Bigert & Bergström developed the form through digital modelling, pushing the limits of structural engineering as they gave the entire irregular structure a deliberate four-degree backward tilt. The painstaking care involved seems to echo the patience and resolve with which the city has worked to overcome its legacy of pollution. Around 280 prismatic units meet at varying angles across the outer shell. Engineers first modelled the structure digitally, then used computer numerical control (CNC) machining and laser cutting to fabricate more than 140 intricately shaped stainless-steel sheets, including 58 top sections and 86 side sections. Aligning and fastening them with more than 3,500 nuts and bolts was like assembling a bespoke, digitally engineered three-dimensional puzzle.
這座裝置從用材即呼應廢土計畫「化廢為寶」的理念。外觀以具鈦鍍層的鏡面不鏽鋼稜柱構成，雖屬高耗能重工業產物，不鏽鋼本身卻具 100% 可回收特質，耐候性也有利於長期使用；其獨特粉色外觀是透過真空與電壓讓鈦金屬蒸發並沉積在鋼板表面，使其隨日光變化，映照周圍景色。內採以雲杉為基材的耐熱木板材，經數控切割塑形，地坪則鋪設松木心材。中央 700 公斤的史前造型加熱器，則將原始礦石與尖端蓄電池科技無縫揉合，用療癒的蒸汽洗禮，對當代文明與生態破壞敲響警鐘。
The installation’s choice of materials echoes WasteLand’s principle of turning waste into value. Its exterior prisms are made of mirror-finish stainless steel with a titanium coating. Stainless steel is a product of energy-intensive heavy industry, yet it is 100% recyclable, and its resistance to weathering supports a long service life. The distinctive pink finish is created in a vacuum process that uses an applied voltage, with titanium vaporised and deposited onto the steel surface. Its appearance shifts with the daylight as it reflects the surrounding landscape. Inside, heat-resistant wood panels with a spruce core have been CNC-cut to shape, and the floor is laid in pine heartwood. At the centre, a 700-kilogram sauna heater seamlessly combines natural stone with advanced battery technology in a form that evokes prehistory. Through the restorative ritual of steam, the work sounds a powerful warning about contemporary civilisation and ecological destruction.
Photography | Pär Olofsson
Photography | Pär Olofsson
