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…
VVO Lehtovuori In the autumn of 2001, the City of Helsinki organized a concession for a landfill competition in the housing estates of Konala Lehtovuori. The area plan of the area (Urban Planning Agency / Leena Lukkarinen-Annila) is compact, with a block efficiency of 0.5, plus 20% non-residential auxiliary spaces. VVO Rakennuttaja Oy won the…
TKK Mellin Hall TKK’s main building is one of Alvar Aalto’s main projects, and the 600-seat Mellin hall we planned is linked to the existing lecture hall group. The new part follows the main building’s material line: granite stone, bronze and crossed black granite. In the new section, a new theme for the building was…
Residential block in Hermanni The winner of the 1999 Housing reform competition was realized with some modifications in Hermanni, Helsinki. The competition entry is based on narrow building masses and small blocks. The block consists of three residential buildings that form an intimate courtyard. The buildings also share a common underground car park. All the…
