Our massive wood kitchen prototype made in collaboration with @saarikitchen. The idea is a modular furniture system that is stackable in transport, made of solid wood panels and treated with natural wax. It’s a single frame structure to save material and it is easily assembled on site.
The manufacturing of solid wood panels like rimalevy and kimpilevy has unfortunately disappeared from Finland as chipboards and mdf have taken over. Now, as durability and recycling should be a norm, we’d like to see competitive, Finnish materials in the market. The boards could be made of leftover wood from other wood processing. Right now our local raw material is sold abroad and bought back as processed products at high prices. Who will restart solid wood panel manufacturing in Finland? We had it already back in 50’s. How about @kontio @cltplant @crosslam @hoisko @versowood etc ?
#kiertotalous #massivewoodfurniture #circulareconomy #durability #finnishtimber
So happy to receive the news! Runo Hotel is shortlisted among the final five in the Ahead awards europe best Lobby&public spaces category.
Ahead Awards are the Oscars of Hospitality experience and design, such a great honor that @runohotelporvoo is nominated!
#aheadeurope #aheadawards #hoteldesign #visitporvoo #visitfinland #hotelconversion
Attic bathroom, a study in Finnish soapstone from Juuka. Massive wood furniture. @tulikivi #vuolukivi #soapstone @burschbergmanufaktur @saarikitchen
At the lakehouse, wooden details 🪵 #finnishpine #woodeninteriors
From the pitched roof archives. Our take on the dark shell and light interior, this lakehouse is built of Finnish pinewood. #woodencottage #summerhousearchitecture #finnishpine #lakehouseliving
Heikki from @aerialnordic was with us last week taking beautiful shots of our projects. More to follow!
Sneak peek to our wooden kitchen prototype. Our design is a single frame structure, minimizing material use, massive timber boards will last time, finished with organic wood wax. #woodencabinets #craftmanshipisback #durability
Finally green and finally ready! 🍾 This attic, almost hidden from view, is located in functionalist style Töölö. We designed and built two new apartments and a shared sauna. The sauna is very popular among the residents, perhaps a nice prize for being patient with us working over their heads for a while. The apartments are filled with light, which is not so typical in attic conversions. More pictures coming soon #atticconversion #functionalism #springinhelsinki #thiswassomuchwork
How do Sámi cultures relate to our material
reality?
What is Sámi architecture?
What can we learn from Sámi and other indigenous cultures?
What cultural features are reflected in the way we build, and what needs to change in order for us to achieve a more balanced relationship with the more than human world?
These are some of the questions Eve and other teachers have been discussing this spring with the students of Aalto University. The Interplay of Cultures - course group just visited Sápmi and what an adventure it was!
#Avvil - #Anár - #Ohcejohka - #Gáregasnjárga - #Kárášjohka - #Guovdageaidnu - #Alta - #Ivgobahta - #Tromsø
#pielpajärvi @samiallaskuvla @samediggi #sulaojanlähde @nea.susanna @holidayvillagevalle @_nealife_ @siidainari @sajosculturalcentre #utsjoenkirkkotuvat #lásságámmi #lyngenfjord #sapmi #sámi @aaltoarts @joarnango
Sami seminar about architecture & space @kiasmamuseum in #girjegumpi in good company @eevakristiinanylander @aileai @aaltouniversity Interplay of cultures. Thank you @joarnango
The fantastic beauty of Sàpmi, land of the sàmi. There I breathe freely. Buori sámi álbmotbeaivvi ❤️💛💙💚 @eve_sara_
Happy holidays, rauhallista joulua! #joulu
November light and shadow on the soon finished attic terrace 🌞 #roundshape #larchwood #functionalistarchitecture
Summer memory - jätskitikkupenkki! We designed and our contruction worker Pavel made this ice-cream-stick-bench out of timber leftovers from the attic sauna construction. Material is Finnish black alder. Lately we’ve found ourselves designing furniture, materials are nordic wood and stone, coming up soon! #icecreamstickcraft #alderfurniture #woodenbench #jäätelötikku
Must say, that @runohotelporvoo does not pale in comparison with central european boutique hotel gems of Copenhagen - on the contrary, it’s exceptional even if we say so ourselves. As borders are starting to open and Franka’s old home town Cph has already celebrated “freedom day”, when Denmark lifted all coronavirus restrictions, we took a little trip to see friends and stayed at Villa Copenhagen and Coco hotel of which the latter was very lovely. But no need to go further than Porvoo to enjoy some European grandeur mingling easily with Scandinavian cool. After two years of hard work in this exiting project and great team - @studiojoannalaajisto and others - we’re happy to see Runo has been received so well! #boutiquehotel #transformationarchitecture #adaptivereuse #jugendarchitecture #porvoooldtown #visitporvoo #runohotelporvoo 📷RunoHotelPorvoo/Mikko Ryhänen ja Eve Sarapää
We’re there soon! Runo Hotel in Porvoo opens for business in May! This jugend era house has served many uses and now it experiences a renaissance as a gem of hospitality in one of the most picturesque towns in Finland. We’ve been very happy to have been a part of this project, collaborating with a great crew of visionaries and professionals. Read more @runohotelporvoo #transformationarchitecture #conversionarchitecture #vanhaporvoo #visitporvoo #boutiquehotel
These days many are daydreaming of the physical office. Here’s some pictures from an office renovation project we did a couple years back. The space is a top floor in the very center of the city. The interior concept took inspiration from the company’s fresh and positive brand @meltwaterfin and the challenge was to do it with minimal construction work and budget. The result is set of rooms in varying size and atmosphere. 📷 @pyrykantonenphotography #officedesign #minimalrenovation #pimpmyoffice
Early spring sunlight flows in to one of our apartment renovations in Töölö we did a couple of years back. More small city home solutions coming up 🔬#smallhomeideas #tinyapartment Luthier @anttinordin
Firewall and finished floor surface, simplicity, functionality and beauty. Soon finished attic transformation in Taka-Töölö, wait for it ✨#polishedconcretefloor #funkis #atticconversion #terrazzofloor #wabisabistyle
Inspired by the article in today’s HS on attic living we’d like to share an Arkkitehdit Sarapää version - this one was made by Eve 8 years ago as a family project. It’s one of four attic apartments on top of a late jugend style building in central Helsinki. As the article pointed out, attic transformation is a demanding process and requires a lot of skill and resourcefulness from the planners and builders, plus patience and good nerves. Results are extraordinary apartments from re-using existing space. More of this kind is on it’s way, so let us know if you have an empty attic, we can do both planning and building 💪 Last pic shows the attic before transformation. Pictures by @tuomasuusheimo #attictreasures #attictransformation #penthouse #helsinkiapartment #nordicliving