3/2017 foundations, summer cottage, small scale
Spending time at the summer cottage is at the core of the Finnish way of life. Travelling to the cottage and staying there transports the mind away from daily routines. Proximity to wild nature is an essential part of relaxing and being active at the cottage. Breaking away from the hectic pace of life and hard work, we allow ourselves a certain freedom and playfulness. This has also influenced the way the cottages themselves are designed, perhaps making similar allowances – often innovative ideas first appear in small houses. To avoid spending hours in the car driving to our summer cottage, we can always choose urban cottages, for which Arkkitehti offers a wealth of new ideas. Architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofìa von Ellrichshausen, who live and work in Chile, have achieved worldwide fame with their small-scale buildings. In their column, they discuss…
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editorial | Vitality from the smallness
Jorma Mukala
Le Carré Bleu brought theory into practice
Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Petteri Kummala
Lightness or sustainability?
Juulia Mikkola
Villa K
Livady
Lonna Sauna
OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture
Sauna pavilion Saukonrotko
PES-Architects
Villa Karppi
Tommi Terästö
Summer house
Anttinen Oiva architects
art | Grönlund & Nisunen
Mikko Summanen
pavilion 100
Ilmari Lahdelma
helsinki | urban cottage
Petri Herrala
house 540 | Small, sensible, low-carbon
Pekka Hänninen
pezo von ellrichshausen | Spatial structure and labyrinthine order
Juhani Pallasmaa
speaker´s corner | More than a hut but less than a house
Pezo von Ellrichshausen
books | Modern Life! Finnish Modernism and International Dimension
Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen
déjà-vu | Kristian Gullichsen – Villa Berner, Pori 1964
Ville Hara