Project: Day-care centre
Location: Puunkaatajantie 16, Helsinki
Date: 2002
Size: 1100m2
Client: City of Helsinki
Published: Arkkitehti 5/2002
Status: Completed 2002

Savotta is a day-care centre for 80 children on two floors. The need to integrate a large building into a residential milieu gave the impetus for its wedge-shaped mass, the lower end forming a part of the streetscape. The dark colouring of the elevations matches the surrounding greenery and visually shrinks the building. The interior is characterized by transparency. The choice of materials and colours was dictated by the principle of the natural colour and feel of the material. Loadbearing concrete walls were cast in-situ and the rough surface was left exposed.

Julkaistu: Arkkitehti 5/2002

Project: Comprehensive school renovation and extension
Location: Karaängsvägen 4, Espoo
Architect: Hilding Ekelund 1953
Date: 2008-
Size: 2650m2
Client: City of Espoo
Status: Under construction

Project: Comprehensive school
Location: Ristihaantie 5, Espoo
Date: 2001-2003
Size: 4400m2
Client: City of Espoo
Published: Arkkitehti 1/2004
Status: Completed 2003

Lower-level comprehensive school is a compact, three-storey building in a woodland sloping site. The choice of materials and colors creates a warm house for young children.