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Architects: alt Architects
- Area: 13000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Photographs:Ville-Pekka Ikola / alt
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Manufacturers: Granitogres, Palmet, Ruukintiili
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Lead Architects: Ville-Pekka Ikola, Martti Karsikas
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HVAC and Electrical Engineering: Arkins Suunnittelu Oy, Kari Sarkkinen, Mika Kumpula
Text description provided by the architects. The first thing one sees when approaching the building is a canyon-like space built with grey brick – robust and distinguished, yet inviting. As one steps inside the meandering gorge, it transforms into a functional core, a common restaurant space, that is the center of the building and its architectural highlight. The see-through, organically flowing space invites the visitors to wander into the building. Lehtikangas multifunctional building houses a school, a regional library and a kindergarten. The new building replaces a school that previously stood on the site and combines some of the other public functions of the area. Its architecture stems from the interplay between two rational halves divided by a free-form gorge-like opening.
