A piece of eastern Finland at its most beautiful – spring excursion

The Pa-La team’s official summer time began with an intensive excursion. We packed ourselves and our luggage into a chartered bus and headed for a holiday in the South. And that’s what it really was: the sea, gluttony, a minute timetable and some sun, too. The bus trips to the destinations went like on wings, […]

STAR GUEST Satu Kaleva: Looking for the different dimensions of spaces and spatial planning

I have been attracted to architecture and spatial planning by an interest in how space and man interact. I believe that combining the different perspectives related to man and the environment enriches and opens interesting possibilities for spatial planning. There has been discussion recently within architectural theory on the possibilities and potential for development the […]

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 Eksote Central Hospital will be built after all

After a long process, the council of the South Karelia Social and Health Care District (Eksote) decided in its meeting on 12/2/2015 to approve the proposal of its administrative board, a plan for a new emergency and inpatient ward building, adjoining the Eksote Central Hospital. The building project is due to be implemented during the years […]