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Architects: OOPEAA
- Area: 15482 m²
- Year: 2021
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Photographs:Hannu Rytky, Marc Goodwin, Tuomas Uusheimo
Text description provided by the architects. The Tikkurila Church and Housing is a multifunctional complex containing a church with a café, meeting spaces for the community as well as offices accompanied by an adjoining apartment building offering student housing and affordable rental apartments with shared facilities and retail space. The church is placed in the corner and integrated into a city block. Together, the church and the housing form one unity with a diversity of functions to serve the residents of Tikkurila, one of the fastest-growing and ethnically most diverse areas in the metropolitan region of Helsinki. Located in the vicinity of the main airport, Tikkurila is a major hub for connective traffic and an important center of industry and business. Located along the main town square opposite the town hall, the church and the adjoining housing is part of the transformation and densification of downtown Tikkurila.
