Baden-Badens in a hospital milieu

Places of leisureliness “Baden-Baden” is the opposite of efficiency. It transports the mind into relaxation, and that is exactly what is needed for recuperation. Presence and caring. A physician who has the patience to listen and a patient who can relate are needed in a hospital. Baden-Badens in which you can linger for a moment, […]

The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland renovates

After long-running preparations, the dream of many comes true. The incomparable art treasures will stay in the heart of Savo, supporting the ensemble of the Valamo monastery and the Lintula convent. The museum renovation is under way on Kuopio’s Karjalalankatu. One can already see a hint of the future in the artwork tests of the […]

The main entrance hall of the KUH now open for the hospital adventurer

The temporary protective walls have been dismantled and the dusts wiped from the glimmering floor of the floor of the renovated entrance hall of the Kuopio University Hospital. The sculptural stairs are waiting for those wanting to exercise. The large windows of the cafeteria give onto an atmospheric garden to be renovated. The cafeteria’s monolithic […]

Artist’s life far from home

The most exotic aspects of an artist’s life are airports, lonely nights far from home, foreign languages and the hustle and bustle in the streets. The picturesque views from the hotel room window over the city and all too copious breakfasts. Dinners with museum people with long conversations about life in those parts. When the […]

Pertti and the new stairway of the Kuopio University Hospital

Helsinki has the Stockmann clock and Kuopio the stairway of the University Hospital.  New times give way to newer ones as the escalator under prohibition of use disappears, being replaced by a sculptural stairway. The planning, demolition and construction each require hundreds of working hours. That stairway of the Kuopio University Hospital has surely brought […]

An adventure in the renovated lobby area of the Kuopio University Hospital

The sampling spaces of the Kuopio University Hospital were opened at the turn of the year. The curved red veneer walls invite into the homely ward rooms. The waiting spaces still await the completion of the furniture that had its inspiration in the form of the nucleus. The vein-like curved glass walls still lead the […]

Hieroglyphs of the future encased in concrete

The cornerstone was laid under the coming new building of the Kuopio University Hospital. In the presence of eminent witnesses, the day’s coins and newspaper, the façades of the future construction, including the drafts of the “Evolution” artwork, and the groundwork that also relates Partanen & Lamusuo Ldt’s part in the planning of the future […]

Mental Alchemy and man’s internal forms in hospital planning

Some ten years ago our daughter was admitted to the Kuopio University Hospital. Morning and evening my architect husband Heikki Lamusuo and I walked through the lobby of the hospital and had both unknowingly pondered the malformation of the space. What should be done to make it more welcoming? The escalator should be removed, the […]