Housing cooperative Oulun Puistovahti & Puistolinna

Oulu 2019 11 090.00 brm² Skanska Talonrakennus Oy Arkkitehtitoimisto Laatio Oy (UKI Arkkitehdit Oy)

 

Puistovahti is 16-storey apartment building in Heinäpää in Oulu, a landmark in the area with its cylindrical shape and bold colours in the facade. The first floor of Puistovahti is in business use and the upper floors have a total of 94 apartments. Car parking has been arranged on two levels under the courtyard deck.

Architect SAFA Lic.Sc. (Tech.) Jukka Laaksonen, who has been working in the project since the city plan phase, has been main designer of Puistovahti and the connected lower five-storey part in the block, housing cooperative Oulun Puistolinna.

The developer of Puistovahti, Skanska Talonrakennus Oy, was awarded an honourable mention in the Best Construction Act of Northern Finland in 2019 for constructing Puistovahti.