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    Research — 1.2.2023

    Towards a Pattern of a Healthy City

    Along with the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in the impact of the living environment on health and wellbeing. A research consortium led by the University of Oulu is trying to find out how future epidemics can be tackled by means of urban planning.

    Phenomena — 1.2.2023

    Dressing Care in New Clothes

    The 2010s started a construction boom in the Finnish social and healthcare service sector. What kind of architecture has it produced? We collected recently completed and ongoing projects.

    Phenomena — 1.1.2023

    The First Steps of the Tramway City 

    Trial runs of Finland’s first light rail were underway in Tampere in November 2020. As part of the project, the Hämeensilta bridge over the Tammerkoski rapids was also rebuilt.

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    Essay — 1.1.2023

    Technology, Asphalt and Attitudes

    The Finnish transport system’s development around the passenger car has caused great societal problems. Instead of broader systemic change, the visions of mobility futures still focus on emerging technologies.

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    Phenomena — 1.1.2023

    Social Movements, Saviours of Built Heritage?

    For almost a couple of decades, the residents of the Meri-Rastila area in Helsinki have sought to influence the development of their daily environment. They are not the first ones to act due to concerns about changes taking place in a neighbourhood.

    Research — 1.5.2022

    Architects as Mediators of Change

    Over the recent decades, the temporary use of vacant spaces has been recognised as a sustainable and inclusive approach for managing urban change. For architects, working with temporary uses can be an opportunity to challenge structures that restrict typical architectural work.

    Phenomena — 1.5.2022

    How Do You Convert an Office Space into Apartments?

    In the Helsinki capital region alone, there are currently around 50 city blocks’ worth of empty office space. On the other hand, there seems to be a constant demand for housing. Under what preconditions are office spaces converted into apartments?

    Research — 1.5.2022

    Learning from the Ugliest Building in Oulu

    In the middle of a residential area in Oulu, a silo designed by Alvar Aalto is decaying as one last remnant of a pulp mill that operated on the site in the 1900s. In its unmaintained state, the building offers a lesson in the time of an eco-crisis.

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    Phenomena — 1.5.2022

    Two Municipal Halls, Two Fates

    Many significant buildings end up on lists for demolition if renovation seems too expensive or a suitable use cannot be found. The everyday built heritage is threatened without a timely protection status.

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    Research — 1.5.2022

    Construction Waste and the Fiction of Purity

    Modern architecture has made a clear distinction between waste and new construction. A more comprehensive understanding of the concept of waste could help us in understanding the issues of demolition and preservation.

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    Phenomena — 1.4.2022

    Gustaf Estlander, Romanticist and Businessman of Residential Architecture

    Just over a hundred years ago, one particular architect in Helsinki had notable financial success with his exuberantly romantic apartment buildings.

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    Case Study — 1.4.2022

    Revisit: Lehtovuori House

    Architect Olli Lehtovuori’s own house has for already half a century served as a laboratory for residential architecture. Its flexible floorplan based on a traditional two-room farmhouse would be applicable even today.

    Essay — 1.4.2022

    Everyday Life Conventions

    The buildings presented in the Home theme issue made Fernando Nieto think about the design process of a house.

    Phenomena — 1.4.2022

    What Makes a Sustainable Living Environment? – Researchers Compiled a Checklist

    Several new trends in housing production are worrying experts, as these trends are compromising dwellers’ health and well-being as well as the longevity of the apartments. Researchers at the Tampere University School of Architecture compiled different aspects of housing design quality into a checklist.

    Essay — 1.4.2022

    Architects as Experts on Thriving, Before and Now

    Architects have large societal responsibility as designers of living environments. At its best, architecture is based on mankind’s ancient relationship with the environment, argues Kaj Nyman.

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