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Published in 1/2019 - Urbanity

Interview

Within the Limits

HOAS Kumpulan opiskelija-asunnot ulkonäkymä
Photo Tuomas Uusheimo

The design of a student housing block to be built on a cramped plot in the University of Helsinki’s Kumpula campus had to take into account, among other things, traffic noise, pollution, the scale of existing campus architecture and large differences in ground height.

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