Progressive core

Context Our main mission was designing an authentic and engaging development strategy that has at its core the community while…

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Forest as a city

“You shouldn’t go from home to work without crossing a forest”. (Alvar Aalto) Helsinki is a city characterized by a…

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The fertile valley

The Fertile Valley Laajasalontie highway creates a chasm dividing Laajasalo in half – redefining the highway as a boulevard will…

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Urban nature 3

Imagine the city of tomorrow is to anticipate new ways of life. With the development of public transportation, soft modes…

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Laajasalo restitched

This site presented us with a unique challenge: how to retain the open, wild character of the island which the…

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Helsinki connect along across around

A productive city is the city that balances the demands to provide sustainable, functioning, and livable environments, with equal consideration…

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Urban reneissance of Laajasalo

Urban Renaissance of Laajasalo Street is the basic building block of a city. Streets provide the structure around which cities…

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Aisla

Aisla connects Laajasalo better to Helsinki-centrum and at the same time provides a frame for living in Laajasalo island. The…

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Out of the blue

OUT OF THE BLUE The transformation of Laajasalontie highway is an opportunity to explore new type of living and working…

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Patchwork 2

EUROPAN 14 Helsinki – (SUB)URBAN BOULEVARD PATCHWORK Context info about Laajasalo: Shaping the new Laajasalo with the urban boulevard opens…

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