STAR GUEST Laura Lampinen: Science and art playing in consort at the Oulu Art Museum from 24 January to 15 March, 2015

The Checkpoint Leonardo exhibition examining the interaction between science and art will open at the Oulu Art Museum in January. The multifaceted and multisensory artworks examine phenomena of physics, chemistry and biology, mechanics, the sonic environment and man’s relationship with his environment. The group exhibition of 16 artists includes artworks realised with organic materials and […]

The office is closed for the holidays from 21st of December until 5th of January.  

STAR GUEST Kirsi Pitkänen: Art to the Hospital seminar

The seminar will present the possibilities of the percent principle in a built environment, focussing particularly on integrated artworks and their possibilities. At best, the artist works as an expert and team member in building projects, in co-operation with the architect, the developer, the interior designer and other experts. The purpose of the seminar is […]

PEKO1 and Nucleus lobbies

An extensive renovation project called ”PEKO1” is starting at the Puijo hospital of the Kuopio University Hospital. Surgical and other facilities will be renovated into the state of the art in the old reinforce concrete building frame to be mainly preserved. At the same time, we designers have had the opportunity to make the common […]

Pa-La expands

The assignment to us of a new hospital project, the Lappeenranta Central Hospital of the South Karelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote), gave momentum to our long-time dreams. Our office spaces will be expanded by almost a half, thanks to the pilot building we planned for Honkarakenne. The building has been designed as a […]

STAR GUEST Päivi Pitkäniitty: Evolution – from print file to glass and the wall of the Kuopio University Hospital

476 image files and approximately 1500 m2 of glass go through many machines and pairs of hands in the factory. The process starts on the image processor’s table. The image files over a metre wide and nearly three metres long are converted by digital colour separation into the colour space of our ceramic colours. In […]

STAR GUEST Markus Heiskanen: An unparalleled lakeside spa being built at the gate of the Linnasaari National Park

Holiday centre Järvisydän at Rantasalmi has commenced and important investment programme, comprising the Elämyshotelli (Hotel Experience) and lake spa DaySpa. The total cost of the project is seven million euros. Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd have been selected as the designers of DaySpa. They have implemented with merit a unique spa plan with a holistic experience, […]

Lake theme at the Kuopio airport

As an airplane lands at the Kuopio airport, a magnificent lake scene filled with islands extends in all directions. The renewal of the appearance of the airport continues this theme. There are pier benches in the reeds for waiting for the departure, rock-like, but soft couches help create unexpected encounters, in line with Kuopio’s new […]

Electroencephalograms and other movements of the mind on display at the Voipaala Art Centre and still for a moment at the Kuopio Art Museum

At the same time with the Backlight’14 photography festival, the Voipaala Art Centre presents artist Jaana Partanen’s Mental Alchemy – Harry Potter layer exhibition. Both present interesting perspectives to photography. Harry Potter layer includes mobile 3D photographic works whose contents change according to the viewpoint. An artwork in which electroencephalograms fly in the air changing […]

Know-how in the Ego-Free Zone

Artist Jaana Partanen and architect Heikki Lamusuo, brand ambassadors of the Kuopio region, share their perspectives on Kuopio and North Savo in general in a newly published interview. An extensive campaign was recently launched, presenting the attractiveness of Kuopio and the entire province. The campaign, based on the region’s know-how and genuinely interesting stories, has […]