Justice, equity, equality

…also means that judges and servants of justice will receive more creative spaces in Kuopio. The interiors of the handsome buildings coming on the list of protected buildings designed by architect Castrén have been modernised without forgetting the spirit and colours of the past. A gilded new building, Pilleri (Pill), constructed on the roof, nourishes […]

The Isokylä community centre and its Jatulintarha artwork inaugurated

The school is dear to Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd, because the Troy Town designed by the studio was selected the environmental artwork of the community centre through the artist bank of the Kokkola municipal educational administration.  The environmental artwork takes into account users of different ages. The artwork set of a surface area of about […]

The employing effect of art in hospital projects

It is a pleasure to participate in a project which employs at least seven skilled artists for a while. At the Lappeenranta Hospital, the Eksote, the project has been prepared for a long time and with merit, acquiring financing and sympathy for the matter. We, the designers of the public spaces of the future hospital, […]

The mayor’s delegation in Shanghai

The Kuopio chanterelle landscape changed into skyscraperscapes, when a business delegation from Kuopio landed in its twin city, Pudong, Shanghai. Co-operation agreements in the cultural and educational sectors went on with festive ceremonies and dinner speeches. There seems to be demand for Nordic innovative cultural know-how in Shanghai, living a cultural renaissance. The ambiance is […]

”Nemo propheta in patria” doesn’t work in Kuopio, or does it?

A deliciously funny situation from the Savonian point of view, when a busload of cultural actors comes from Jyväskylä to see destinations of Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd in Kuopio. I, Jaana, am the guide of the day, and a microphone has been set up in the bus for me. What will come of this? The […]

Star Village galaxy – the Merrasjärvi area art concept

YIT Oyj has invited our studio to join in the Tähtikylä area art design contest of the residential area to be completed in Lahti, early next year. We are pleased to participate in the contest. It was clear already at the ideation stage that the lighting design would form a large part of the art […]

STAR GUEST Merja Heiskanen: Unexpected encounters – time planes intersect in a light traffic street

In addition to modern people, now you’ll meet on Käsityökatu (Handicraft Street) citizens of Kuopio who lived over a hundred years ago: the Sourander boys pedalling on their tricycle. Vagabond  Paavo Hyvärinen has stopped to watch the ways of the world, and gentlemen seem to take the measure of each other in the use of […]

Building Jatulintarha

The worksite is bustling: main contractor Wasacon’s job is almost complete. So are little by little also artwork parts of Jatulintarha (Troy Town), nine of them like there are building masses in the community centre. Work at the site has its challenges and joys. Everything is available – from professional advice to cranes moving on […]

The Evolution artwork displayed at the Percent-for-Art – On the Road tour

Art is utilised methodically in Kuopio as a part of the built everyday environment. How did the Art Plan bring savings to the city and how was intelligent art created at the city hospital? The Percent-for-Art project invites you on a bus tour to acquaint you with good public art and models of art acquisition.  […]

Minna Joenniemi’s radio programme ”Build Me”

”Architecture is the greatest and most expensive of art forms, and it permanently shapes the living environment of us all. Finland is concentrating into cities and is building a lot now. Architects are at a vantage point in the change, and they traces in the landscape also internationally. ”Build Me” is a ten-part series on […]