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Published in 2/2019 - Education and Research

Interview

Visible Walls

Jätkäsaaren peruskoulun 1.-2. luokat ja päiväkoti ulkonäkymä
Photo Mika Huisman

In Jätkäsaari Elementary School and Daycare Centre, art is integrated into the brickwork of the facades. The adventurous figures aim to help children identify their own school or daycare centre and endow the building standing among much taller neighbours with a charisma larger than its actual size.

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