Talo Kekkapaa

View of the living area and kitchen on the upper floor.

The Building

Located in the historic rural areas of northern Finland, amidst old farm buildings and open fields with rocky forest islands, the Talo Kekkapaa was designed in harmony with the existing scale of its surroundings using a contemporary palette.

View of the living area on the ground floor conceived in a contemporary material and colour palette.

The design combines housing, work and childcare into a rhythm of functions which are appropriately linked and buffered throughout the building. This rhythm is largely set by the site which consists of two distinct zones and emerges as a predominant influence in the design.

Wood is skillfully crafted to create a building that gently sets itself into its context.

The meditative back side with lichen-moss-covered rocks was left untouched. The sauna building located at this end of the site was built by hand without any major machinery in order to preserve the natural surround.

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