Sairaalakatu Housing, Kuopio
Kuopio is a harbour town in Finland’s lake district, and this project is for a development on a waterfront neighbourhood to the west of the grid plan town centre. ”Malmgreninkatu”, Sairaalakatu housing block, was made in collaboration with Lujatalo Building and Construction Company was the winning entry in the competition. The heritage-listed hospital buildings at […]
Kauklahti Senior Centre, Espoo
Kauklahti Living and Dwelling Centre for the Elderly (Elä- Ja Asu- Keskus) is the first built example of a new service-home concept. The centre offers local senior citizens a public living room with various services; meals, exercise and pastime activities. The dwellings are for the elderly who need 24/7 care. The environment is designed to […]
Juvakoti Senior Centre, Juva
The leading theme for the Juvakoti Retirement Home & Community Centre has been to create an environment for the coexistence of private calm spaces beside lively social environments. The residents are mostly from a low-rise countryside housing environment. The layout seeks to emulate a familiar home environment for them with direct access to the garden. […]
Keinusaari Housing, Hämeenlinna
Keinusaari has a diverse assembly of residential and community service buildings located in the town centre of Hämeenlinna, right by the trainline between Helsinki and Tampere. The common courtyard in the block is specially designed for elderly people. The Keinukamari building on the north side combines group and single sheltered housing apartments for the elderly, as […]
Pihlajanmarja Housing, Helsinki
Pihlajanmarja is a block of right-of-occupancy apartments, situated on a visible corner across two sites. Challenging requirements formed the basis of the design; the town plan called for a curving mass with a decreasing number of storeys, a public pedestrian route crossed the site at the boundary of the two properties, and parking facilities […]
Hämeenkatu Housing, Tampere
This was the first multi-residential project to be built on the main street of Tampere for over six decades. The plot was divided from a larger block which has a 1930´s functionalistic block of flats called Hjort House. The invited competition had two goals. The first task was to replace an old two-floor functionalist building with a block […]
Neitoniemi Housing and Daycare, Helsinki
Across three buildings along a waterfront in Herttoniemi, Neitoniemi offers housing and a day-care centre. Housing Two buildings contain an exceptionally versatile distribution of apartments, from small two-room units to five-room row-house-like homes. One of the special features of this project is the 2+2 level row house wing. Lower apartments are on the ground floor with a double-height living room […]
Loppukiri Senior Co-housing, Helsinki
Loppukiri (meaning ‘a final spurt’) is an owner-occupied housing community for elderly people in the Arabianranta redevelopment area on one of Helsinki´s waterfront sites. The homes are for people who are recently retired or will retire in the near future, with a minimum age of 48 years as a requirement for at least one […]
Pähkinälinna, Helsinki
Pähkinälinna Housing, 2015 Maunula, Helsinki This complementary project is built between an older block of flats residential area and a new infill of small detached houses. The steep uneven site declines to east, the difference is in places over 8 meters. The small single stair buildings lie across the slope to save the terrain and to open verdant views. The street view is composed of petite gable ends and […]
Arkkityyppi, K3-talo, Suomen Kulttuurirahasto
K3-TYPE HOUSE FOR THE FINNISH CULTURAL FOUNDATION & THE FISKARS REAL ESTATE, 2009-2011 Kirsti Sivén, Asko Takala Team: Tatu Pärssinen, Jonas Malmberg, Ilpo Muraja, Milja Nykänen, Henna Manninen, Kaisa Savolainen Lisää Kulttuurirahaston K3-hankkeen sivuilta.