Paradise Backyard: Finnish Summer Houses. Architects Rudanko & Kankkunen. Kuokkala Church / Lassila Hirvilammi. Architects: Lassila Hirvilammi Architects Location: Jyväskyla, Finland Chief Architect: Anssi Lassila Interior Architect: Teemu Hirvilammi On Site Architect: Jani Jansson Client: Parish of Jyväskyla Collaborators: Virve Väisänen, Juha Pakkala, Janne Kähkönen, Matias Topi, Yoshimasa Yamada Project Area: 1,311 sqm Project Year: 2008-2010 Photographs: Jussi Tianen The wish of the Parish of Jyväskylä was to build “a church that looks like a church”.
Our proposal was a simple, sculptural form within which all of the church’s different functions could be contained. The design is “of our time”, yet permeated with nods to and re-interpretations of church-building tradition. The east-west oriented building stands centrally on Kuokkala Square, the focal point of Jyväskylä’s Kuokkala district. Lakeside House / NOW for Architecture and Urbanism. Architects: NOW for Architecture and Urbanism / Tuomas Toivonen Location: Saimaa lake, Finland Client: Private Project area: 140 sqm Project year: 2009 Sketches: Nene Tsuboi Photographs: Maija Luutonen The site is in Saimaa, the Finnish lake district.
A rocky west-facing slope, growing pine, juniper, moss, lichen and blueberries, descends to the vast lake. The house is designed as a place to meet and spend time together for a multigenerational family.
CV. Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects’ focus is on both environmental and aesthetic sustainability. Heikkinen-Komonen. Space Group Architects : home.