Published in 2/2022 - Overlooked

Learning

Soiva (A building for the Pop & Jazz Conservatory & Metropolia)

Tommila Architects

Architects Miia-Liina Tommila, Yrjänä Vuojala, Hanna-Maria Virtanen
Location Muotoilijankatu 1 B, Helsinki
Gross Area 7 497 m2 
Completion 2021

The former factory block in Helsinki’s Arabianranta district has over the course of a couple of decades been transformed into a cultural campus. Soiva, the latest addition to the block, offers music education facilities for both a university and a conservatory. Read Tommy Lindgren’s review → ”Attuned”

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo, Kuvatoimisto Kuvio / Anders Portman

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