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Hostel Jyväskylä in Finland by Studio Puisto

Thursday, January 3rd, 2019

Article source: Studio Puisto

Hostel Jyväskylä is located at the very heart of Jyväskylä’s pedestrian precinct and has given a new lease of life to a 1953 office building. The reception is located on the ground floor of the building, where a small food outlet operated by a separate restaurant business can also be found. The simple natural style and plywood furnishings of the reception area continue throughout the building.

Image Courtesy © Henri Juvonen

Architects: Studio Puisto
Project: Hostel Jyväskylä
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Photography: Pauliina Salonen, Henri Juvonen
Client: Citycon / Forenom
Design: Mikko Jakonen, Ioana Maftei, Tiina Juuti, Viivi Laine, Tuula Vitie, Emma Johansson, Willem van Bolderen, Sampsa Palva, Heikki Riitahuhta
Scope: 1043 m2
Year: December 2017

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Kangas – City of Gardens in Jyväskylä, Finland by Schauman & Nordgren Architects

Wednesday, March 1st, 2017

Article source: Schauman & Nordgren Architects

Schauman & Nordgren Architects are announced winners of the open masterplan competition for the transformation of the old industrial area of Kangas in Jyväskylä. The jury awarded the proposal “Kangas – City of Gardens” a first prize.

The city of Jyväskylä has approximately 140.000 inhabitants and is one of the fastest growing business centres in Finland. The former industrial area of Kangas is located about 1,5 km north-east of the city centre of Jyväskylä and is characterized by the historically and culturally significant paper factory located in the heart of the area. The factory complex has been transformed into a creative campus used by the educational institutions of the city. The aim of the competition was to introduce a diverse and robust urban structure for living, working and learning in the immediate context of the transformed factory complex. When fully developed, the area of Kangas will introduce 5.000 new homes and more than 2000 new work places. In addition to that a large educational campus facility of 33.000 m2 will be located in the area.

Kangas Plaza. The ground floors open up towards the life on the square, Image Courtesy © Schauman & Nordgren Architects

Architects: Schauman & Nordgren Architects
Project: Kangas – City of Gardens
Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Client: City of Jyväskylä, Skanska construction Ltd, YIT construction Ltd, Jyväs Parkki Oy
Collaborators: Jouni Lehtomaa (traffic planning), Schauman Arkkitehdit Oy
Size: 110.000 m2

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Villa Muurame in Jyväskylä, Finland by Marco Casagrande, Architect

Saturday, November 26th, 2016

Article source: Marco Casagrande, Architect

Villa Muurame is a wooden 3-story single-family home by Lake Jyväsjärvi in Jyväskylä, Finland. The spatial elements of the house (approx. 3m wide, 7.8 longa and 3.1 high) were pre-fabricated during the winter in the Muurametalot housing factory in Karunki, Finnish Lapland and the elements were erected in Jyväskylä after the snow had melted. The timber used is extremely slow grown and high quality Lappish spruce and pine.