| Location | Otaniemi, Espoo |
| Category | Housing, Student-housing | Architects | Juhani Väisänen, Esko Kahri, Juha Kämäräinen, Emma Kämäräinen |
| Size | 114 apartments, residential GFA 6,700 m² |
| Project Year | 2004, 2014 | Client | TKY |
An invitational architecture competition was arranged in 2004 on the campus of Helsinki University of Technology in Espoo, Finland. The campus is originally designed by architect Alvar Aalto.
The goal was to find a solution for student housing in a narrow plot that was essential for the townscape in Otaniemi campus. The plot is located at a crossroads in the northeastern edge of the garden-like campus, near a town square. The property is nearly entirely built of red brick, and thus, it was a natural choice of material also for the new residential building.
The building consists of three three-storey volumes: two of them contain apartments along an aisle and the third one is a flabelliform part that is originally designed for office use. The project was built in two phases. First, the two housing volumes along the Otakaari road were completed, and later, the curved volume was completed. However, after the competition, the office volume was modified to meet the increased need for student housing.
The apartments include studios, shared flats for two students and rooms for bigger groups, as well as shared spaces.In total, the building contains 114 apartments. The shared outdoor spaces are placed in the hillside of the inner courtyard.
