The sauna will provide shade from the blazing desert light and provide shelter on the passage into the actual steam room. After the sauna the attendees will not have a cold pool on offer but a cool shaded atrium area to relax in at the center of the sauna.

This will not be the first major sauna at burning man, although it is the largest. In 2016 a traditional Russian Banya was created. Check out the documentary below.