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Panel — 1.2.2023

Many Faces of Care

Who does architecture take care of? How should architecture itself be cared for? We asked architects to provide different viewpoints.

Project Review — 1.2.2023

Serlachius Art Sauna Offers Luxury in Many Shapes

On the grounds of the Gösta Serlachius Museum in Mänttä is a sauna building that combines art and a south European interpretation of the Finnish sauna bathing tradition.

Phenomena — 1.2.2023

Architecture of Care in a Welfare State

A child receives a triple vaccine in a health care clinic in Kuusamo in 1961. Photo: Finnish Heritage Agency Finns have alternately built and dismantled the welfare state, depending on political power relations.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2023

In Serlachius Art Sauna, Architects Created a “Choreography of Spaces and Temperatures” for the Visitor

We asked the architects of the Serlachius Art Sauna how they approached the design task.

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.

Opinion Piece — 1.2.2023

Natural Ventilation is More Energy Efficient Than Its Reputation

Writers of the book Ilmakirja present some research results on the energy efficiency of natural ventilation systems.

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.

Project Review — 1.2.2023

Modern System Got a Homely Reform – 1970s Hospital Was Transformed into a Modern Senior Centre in Myllypuro, Helsinki

The rational architecture of 1970s provided a flexible framework for transforming a geriatric hospital into a modern senior centre in Myllypuro, Helsinki.

Opinion Piece — 1.1.2023

Concept: Fluidity

Fluidity opens up a refreshing angle for everyone and anyone looking at a city, Tuulia Kivistö proposes.

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.

Visions — 1.1.2023

Alternative: Architecture of Mobility Should Be Renewed

Re-organising urban mobility services would be an efficient way to combat biodiversity loss and climate change, Olli Hakanen envisages.

Project Review — 1.1.2023

Metro Geography

With the recent completion of the final stations of the western metro extension, Länsimetro, the Helsinki metro now also runs through Espoo. When one part of a system like the metro undergoes change, the entire system simultaneously changes, muses Tommy Lindgren. He visited all the stations west of Lauttasaari.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.1.2023