Graani, Mikkeli
Graani Service & Sheltered Housing Center Mikkeli, 2003 & 2013 the Graani Service & Sheltered Housing Center for the Elderly in Mikkeli, was built on the given central site in the Graani neighborhood. The dominant volume contains mainly carefully studied double room dwellings on upper floors with a double height club room on every second level and […]
Myrskylintu/Fulmar, Helsinki
Myrskylintu Housing Aurinkolahti, Helsinki, 2004 The landscape context with opening views and the consequence of outdoor spaces are essential elements for the seaside architecture. The increasing size and significance of the outdoor rooms enables the exploitation of small scale qualities. The Myrskylintu ( Fulmar) apartments are a result of such vista analysis and outdoor space […]
Vital Village, Europe (Netherlands)
Vital Village Honorary Mention The Transformation of Health Care, International architectural ideas competition, 2009 Dutch Centre for Health Assets (DuCHA), Rotterdam, arranged this competition to focus the attention on a major challenge that exists in Europe. Hospital sites need to be redeveloped, and a modern system of healthcare has to be implemented. Vital Village got the Honorary Mention for […]
Leinelä 2, Vantaa
Leinelä Housing Area Plan Vantaa, 2010 The plan is based on the winning competition entry in 2008 and was completed in 2010. The main concept was to try to keep the landscape as wild and untouched as possible. An undulating ribbon of dwellings allows an alternation between private and public courtyards. The public courtyards have […]
Lilla Åleryd, Linköping, Sweden
Lilla Åleryd is a based on a winning of Europan 4 –competition entry 1996. It was completed 2005 and is the first Europan project realized in Sweden. Europan is directed at young professionals of the architectural and urban design under 40 years of age and with a European degree or working in Europe. […]
Einola, Järvenpää
Einola, dormitory for the severely disabled students & campus library Järvenpää, 2004 Einola building is a part of the Validia Educational Centre of Invalidiliitto (Union for Disabled People in Finland) in Järvenpää town. The ground floor contains the campus library and rehabilitation premises with sauna & pool compartment. The special classroom for the most severely […]
Korteniitty, Jyväskylä
Korteniitty, Jyväskylä Planning work 2002-2003, approved 2006. The Korteniitty housing area is adjacent to the 1960, suburb of Kortepohja. The chosen infill plan signals a controlled densifying of the community structure. The infill plan with its different types of blocks and houses brings diversity to the area’s building stock. At the same time, it will help ensure that […]
Horisontti/Horizon, Helsinki
Horisontti Housing Aurinkolahti, Helsinki, 2004 The unique frontal location of Horisontti (Horizon) Housing provides open views, an essential element for the seaside architecture. The Horisontti apartments are light and plain, the store lines divide all-height glazed balcony zone. The ground floor apartments are different and exploit the position in many ways. Two row-house -like apartments have direct outdoor entrance through small gardens on the parking deck. The seaside floors are […]
Madetojankuja, Helsinki
Madetoja Service Center for Elderly People Pukinmäki, Helsinki, 2005, 2016 The Madetoja Service Center for Elderly People was previously known as the Pukinmäki retirement home, designed by architect’s office Esko Hyvärinen in 1978. The Pukinmäki district in Helsinki has always been very uniform in its visual appearance. The reddish facade made of square prefabricated building units with […]
Teema, Helsinki
Teema Housing, 2003 Arabianranta, Helsinki Based on an design & construct competition 2002. The architecture of the Teema Housing, located at the sea coast of Arabianranta district, is based on the relation between the houses and surrounding sea shore landscape. The views from the apartments, and the balconies and gardens linked to the dwellings also had […]