Published in 4/2023 - Forest

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Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station

Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen

Architects Mikko Kilpeläinen, Kuisma Rasilainen, Hilla Rudanko, Anssi Kankkunen
Location Hyytiäläntie 124, Korkeakoski, Juupajoki
Gross Area 1 509  m2
Completion 2023

The new main building of the Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station brings a touch of Japan to a Finnish lakeside landscape. Read Henri Käpynen’s review → “Monument on a Human Scale”

Photos Martin Sommerschield

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