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Hospital Nova / JKMM Architects

Collin Chen — Fri, 21 May 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The Finnish hospital sector had been stuck for a long time, suffering from aging hospital facilities and a lack of new healthcare models. The old Jyväskylä hospital in central Finland was a prime example. Hospitals needed to be rethought and research was an effective way to begin the process of thinking outside the box. In 2012, Hospital Nova became a real project with JKMM selected as architects. Construction began in 2016 and was completed in 2020. Patients were admitted this year. What is unique about Hospital Nova is that, in terms of both functional concept and building type, it has been designed entirely from first principles. The first new-build general hospital to open in Finland since the 1970s, Hospital Nova balances the clinical requirements of an innovative next-generation hospital with an intuitive design sensibility inspired by surrounding Finnish nature.

Albertinpiha / JKMM Architects

Daniel Tapia — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 01:00:00 +0000

JKMM have completed a new housing scheme called Albertinpiha in Jyväskylä, the largest city in central Finland known for its early and later period Alvar Aalto buildings. The scheme is in the Kangas quarter, a former paper mill area close to the city center and is part of a 120 000m2 development of the area planned to house ca. 5000 people.

Puukuokka Housing Block / OOPEAA

Fernanda Castro — Thu, 08 Nov 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Puukuokka is the first eight-story heigh wooden apartment building in Finland. Developed in collaboration with Lakea, it is an energy-efficient trio of multi-story timber-framed flats in the Jyväskylä suburb of Kuokkala, neighboring the Kuokkala church also designed by OOPEAA.

Schauman & Nordgren Architects Wins Competition for "City of Gardens" Masterplan in Finland

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 14:30:00 +0000

Schauman & Nordgren Architects has been announced as the winners of an open competition to redesign the old industrial area of Kangas in Jyväskylä, Finland. The winning proposal, titled “Kangas - City of Gardens,” seeks to build off of the success of a recently completed creative campus located within former paper factory by transforming the surrounding neighborhood into a vibrant live/work district containing over 5,000 new homes, 2000 new workplaces and a new educational campus facility.

Alvar Aalto Foundation Breaks All-Time Record for Number of Visitors in 2016

Osman Bari — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Last year saw the Alvar Aalto Foundation experience a record-breaking number of visitors at each of its four sites – a total of 42,755 as opposed to the 36,744 people that toured the sites in 2015.

Villa Muurame / Marco Casagrande

Cristobal Rojas — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 08:00:00 +0000

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.

10 Projects by Alvar Aalto Which Highlight the Breadth of His Built Work

James Taylor-Foster — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 09:30:00 +0000

Alvar Aalto was born in Alajärvi in central Finland and raised in Jyväskylä. Following the completion of his architectural studies at the Helsinki University of Technology he founded his own practice in 1923, based in Jyväskylä, and naming it Alvar Aalto, Architect and Monumental Artist. Although many of his early projects are characteristic examples of 'Nordic Classicism' the output of his practice would, following his marriage to fellow Architect Aino Marsio-Aalto (née Marsio), take on a Modernist aesthetic. From civic buildings to culture houses, university centers to churches, and one-off villas to student dormitories, the ten projects compiled here—spanning 1935 to 1978—celebrate the breadth of Aalto's œuvre.

AD Classics: Jyväskylä University Building / Alvar Aalto

Luke Fiederer — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0000

Jyväskylä, a city whose status as the center of Finnish culture and academia during the nineteenth century earned it the nickname “the Athens of Finland,” awarded Alvar Aalto the contract to design a university campus worthy of the city’s cultural heritage in 1951. Built around the pre-existing facilities of Finland’s Athenaeum, the new university would be designed with great care to respect both its natural and institutional surroundings.

4 Reasons to Come to Finland this August

Tommi Lindh — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 18:00:00 +0000

Tommi Lindh, director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation, shares four exciting reasons to enjoy the architectural offerings of Finland this summer.

Alvar Aalto Foundation Launches Competition to Form Museum Center in Jyväskylä

Karissa Rosenfield — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:11:00 +0000

The Alvar Aalto Foundation and the City of Jyväskylä has launched an open international competition in search of an architect to design an extension that would connect the Alvar Aalto Museum with the Museum of Central Finland, and the surrounding outdoor area. The aim is to connect these two key Aalto works to form an attractive, high-quality museum center.

2015 European Summer Exhibition Guide

James Taylor-Foster — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 04:00:02 +0000

Exhibitions, much like publications and films, are one of the key contemporary methods for the communication of architectural concepts and ideas. They allow the practice, curator or educative body to edit and present information and visuals in a way which narrates a story, provokes new ideas, or feeds into a wider discourse. For many, exhibitions are an invaluable source of inspiration and an engaging way of gaining new, or reaffirming old, knowledge and design precedents. Intimately linked to the space or place in which they are displayed, the best exhibitions also remind us that the practice of architecture is both a profession and a discipline; a valuable way of understanding the built, and unbuilt, world we live in.

Harjunkulma Housing Block / Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala Arkkitehdit

Daniel Sánchez — Sat, 09 May 2015 10:00:44 +0000

The town plan for the Harjunkulma housing block was originally based on a design by Peter Zumthor. The idea was to create a monolithic glass block enclosing a vast courtyard. Our office was invited to design the block in 2004, when the town plan had not yet been ratified. The feasibility testing and detailed outlining of the plan were carried out concurrently with the schematic design of the buildings. The first building of the block was not completed until 2007, and altogether it took about ten years from our first sketches to get the whole block completed.

Exhibition: Aalto’s architecture in Rovaniemi

Sebastian Jordana — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Aalto’s architecture in Rovaniemi, a new exhibition at the Alvar Aalto Museum, takes an in-depth look at Alvar Aalto’s work in and around Rovaniemi. As well as the administrative and cultural centre, the works on show include lesser-known residential and commercial buildings. The exhibition, collated by the Provincial Museum of Lapland, will be open in the Gallery at the Alvar Aalto Museum from 1.11.2013 to 2.2.2014.

Atelier Heikkilä / Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Atelier Heikkilä is a wooden residence and atelier for a designer couple in Central Finland. The beautiful site overlooks lake Päijänne: it slopes down from the road towards the lake, and the lower parts of the site are filled with a garden.

12th International Alvar Aalto Symposium: 'Crafted' - The Ingredients of Architecture

Alison Furuto — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:00:10 +0000

The 12th International Alvar Aalto Symposium will be held in Jyväskylä Finland from August 10-12, 2012. With the theme of ‘Crafted’ – The Ingredients of Architecture’, the question arises: How does architecture rise above the ordinary? Organised by the Alvar Aalto Academy, the international Alvar Aalto Symposium aims to address the complex relationship between material, craft and culture, not simply as a matter of professional practice but also as a sociological and pedagogical imperative. More information on the event after the break.

Latest Works by Artist Ola Kolehmainen Exhibition

Alison Furuto — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 07:00:37 +0000

Being held at the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä, Finland, the exhibition for the latest works by artist Ola Kolehmainen is currently on display until July 29th. A contemporary artist of international importance, Kolehmainen is known for his large abstract architectural photographs. With his work mainly associated with Aalto buildings, has been visiting Aalto buildings for years in order to become familiar with them – from Paimio Sanatorium to the Villa Mairea, to Säynätsalo Town Hall and Imatra, to buildings in and around Jyväskylä and finally to Viipuri Library. In his works, Kolehmainen is reaching out for a space-time experience on the other side of the picture plane. For more information on the exhibition, please visit here.

AD Classics: Jyvaskyla University / Alvar Aalto

Megan Sveiven — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0000

After entering a general planning competition at the end of May 1951 for the Jyvaskyla Institute of Pedagogics, Alvar Aalto was immediately commissioned to begin working on the plans of each of the individual buildings that were to be added amidst existing complex. He was awarded first prize with his entry 'Urbs', which is reminiscent of some of his previous projects. The U pattern formed by the buildings frames the open center space, where a sports field is accessible by foot.