| Location | Patteristontie, Tuusula, Finland |
| Category | Housing | Architects | Juha Kämäräinen, Emma Kämäräinen, Niina Sonné |
| Size | 140 apartments, floor area: 6,700 m², total area: 10,085 m² |
| Project Year | 2021 | Client | A-Kruunu Oy |
The Rykmentinpuisto area redevelops a former military school area, creating a lively new residential area that will house 15 000 inhabitants.
The project is a social housing complex of three five-storey-buildings.
The new development comprises of 140 apartments, the sizes of the apartments vary from one-bedroom studios to 3 -bedroom apartments. The project also includes communal spaces such as laundry, sauna, courtyard and a club room for the residents.
These rental homes were the first ones to be built in a new area next to the Finnish Housing Fair 2020. Both the client and the municipality required high-quality of design and implementation of the project, yet maintaining the affordability of social housing in mind.
The former garrison area consists of decorative old brickwork buildings. The concept of the new housing was to present a modern brick architecture that connects to the traditional buildings of the area.
The street facades have a systematic grid of windows referring to the site's former military architecture of the site. The versatile brick facade and bright entrances balance the minimalistic window grid.
In the courtyard the facades are divided into smaller parts. This enables windows in two directions to most of the apartments. All apartments have large balconies.
The street facades are a mix of red, brown, gray and black brick tiles with a lighter shade towards the top of the façade.
The entrances are highlighted with glazed brick tiles. Copper tones have been used in the windows and in the technical spaces that project towards the street at the top of the buildings.
The courtyard façades are plastered in light colours. Single-storey courtyard buildings are lined with wood.
