Published in 2/2022 - Overlooked
Hopealaakso Daycare Centre
Architects Jari Frondelius, Jaakko Keppo, Juha Salmenperä, Mikko Liski, Erika Siikaoja, Soile Heikkinen
Location Koirasaarentie 31, Helsinki
Gross Area 2 358 m2
Completion 2021
In Finland, CLT structures have recently proven especially popular in buildings for education. Philip Tidwell sees the award-winning Hopealaakso Daycare Centre as an example of issues that designers have to solve when new material is integrated into conventional systems of design and construction. Read Tidwell’s review → ”Timber Forms the Next Generation”
Photos Hannu Rytky
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