Kastelholm Castle Kastelholm Castle is the last of the four largest castles in Finland to be restored, and our office has been involved in the planning for about three decades. Renovation and restoration would prevent the castle from weakening, making the castle suited for general usage through museums, while increasing the attraction of its entire…
Maunula daycare centre The Maunula children’s day-care centre, designed by the Architectural office Viljo Rewell and Keijo Petäjä in 1952, is protected by a town plan. In 2012 The City of Helsinki Real Estate Department commissioned us to plan a complete renovation of the building. Our work began with mapping out the scale and objectives…
Itäkeskus landmark Itäkeskus landmark is one of Erkki Kairamo’s most important works and a high-rise officebuilding milestone. We were commissioned to act as the principal designers for the modification of the building from office-use to apartments. Itäkeskus landmark is not a protected building but its architectural merits and value in the cityscape are indisputable. Therefore…
Helsinki City Theatre The Helsinki City Theatre is planned by Timo Penttilä and is considered to be one of the milestones of modern Finnish architecture. The original part was completed in 1967 and the extension, Studio Elsa, in 1989. The planning work is carried out in accordance with the requirements for building protection that the…
Mellunmäki Centre Development Plan Helsinki City Planning Department and Helsinki City ATT ordered a reference plan from our office to base the development of Mellunmäki Metro Station. Later, HOK-Elanto and YIT became part of the project. One of the goals of the project was to develop a distinctive identity for the fragmented and unpredictable Mellunmäki…
Heinola strategic district plan The structural economical changes in Heinola generated a need to look at the city’s future development, both from residents and businesses point of view, in 2010 and 2011. Three views were formed: one addressed Vierumäki’s housing strategy, the second the development of the city center in which a joint theme was…
Ilola school extension The extension to the Ilola School (built 1987) provides space for 8 elementary school classes and a pre-school. The execution was done by Rakennusliike Evälahti Uusimaa Oy. The main principle of the design process was to save as much of the sunny courtyard play area as possible. The new extension is placed…
Unlimited metropolis Development picture of the Helsinki metropolitan area. The long-term development of the metropolitan area of Helsinki with 14 municipalities, “Unlimited Metropolis”, was drawn up by a consultancy group led by Strafica, in close interaction with municipal representatives. A-Consultants responded to the development and visualization of land use plans. The mandate can be seen…
Hanken School of Economics The renovation of Hanken School of Economics has attracted international attention as a textbook example of a renovation of postwar architecture. The philosophy behind the renovation was to divide the interior into zones. The building services were brought up to date in all of these zones. The first zone consisted of public…
