Transformation of the Karviaistie block of flats The proposal “Metsä Puilta” by Talli and A-Konsultit has won the invited competition organized by the City of Helsinki of the transformation of the Karviaistie 12 block of flats The object of the competition was a complex of eight 3–4-storey precast concrete blocks of flats in Malmi built…
Matinkylä ja Espoonlahti Fire Stations Espoo arranged a competition on two fire stations for contractors, one in Espoonlahti and other one in Matinkylä. Both were won by Tricon Oy on which Architects A-konsultit did the architectural design and planning. For functional reasons it was considered necessary to keep both buildings almost identical in the spatial…
Reference Plan for Otakaari Student Housing Project located on Aalto University’s campus includes a plan consultation and the preparation of a reference plan on behalf of the landowners, Aalto University and Senate Properties. The new detail plan enables 26,350 m2 building rights for student housing, diverse common spaces and a local grocery store. Due to…
Helsinki Main Railway Station development plan Helsinki Main Railway Station designed by Eliel Saarinen and completed in 1919 is an iconic landmark in the heart of the city. The development project started by VR Group is aiming at making the station yet more convenient for the passengers and city dwellers and improving safety and the…
The renovation of Jyväskylä University´s main building The building was nominated for the Finlandia prize for architecture in 2019. The main building of the University was completed in 1956 and is one of Alvar Aalto´s red tile periods most notable works. The facilities are divided into three blocks: the administrative section, the banquet hall and…
Vaapukka kindergarten and the Marjaniemi branch of Roihuvuori primary school The planning of the new building for the kindergarten is based on the transforming concept of education, as well as on Helsinki city´s new pedagogical goals and design instructions. The building fits 240 kindergarten children and 100 primary school children. The physical frame for open…
Otaniemi comprehensive image Our office has, over the past decades, been involved in multiple projects regarding Otaniemi campus´ land usage. We have since 2013 worked as consultants and designers for two of the area’s largest landowners -Aalto University Oy and the Senate Real Estate- regarding the coordination of the area´s many projects. We update the…
Kettutie Three apartment blocks, an underground parking facility and a shared yard for the whole block will be built as an addition to block 43123 in western Herttoniemi. Seven buildings, as Hitas-, right of occupancy-, and rental productions, will be constructed on the plots located on a rocky slope. The roofs of the point- and…
Haso Kuusikkotie The project´s area consists of two plots near Maunulas 1950´s centre. The plots are bordered by a park in the north and by Heka-Maunula Oy´s 1970´s apartment block environment, Metsäpuronties 1950´s area, as well as Maunulas public-school in the other three directions. Both plots are mostly situated on a slope. The change in…
