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 office is closed for the holidays from 23rd of December until 3rd of January.

”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 […]

Art inspired by local history to be exhibited at the Isokylä community centre in Kokkola

The construction of the Isokylä community centre in Kokkola started in the beginning of 2014. The community centre designed by architects’ office Perko Oy consists of a village-style cluster of buildings in accordance with the old Ostrobothnian idea of a central village. The Kokkola municipality had already earlier decided to support art in its new […]

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 […]