Hirsikartano
Caring around a clock
With its modernly dark colour log mansion the assisted living home is engaged in thrilling architectural dialogue with the neighbouring light woodshaded rental apartments also made of modern log.
First the smallest children then schoolchildren and in the end of 2016 the elderly each got their designated largest logconstructed buildings in the world.
With its modernly dark colour log mansion the assisted living home is engaged in thrilling architectural dialogue with the neighbouring light woodshaded rental apartments also made of modern log. In addition to 24hour care individual rooms and common living rooms the mansion residents have shared sauna and gym facilities and a pub the beautiful location by the river Iijoki.
The safe and sheltered yet easily accessible gardens and the big windows further enhance the restorative experience of nature that the wood interior is able to provoke even by itself.
Size floor area 2680 m2, volume 8125 m3, users 54 elderly persons in need of assisted living.
Builder: Town of Pudasjärvi
Architecture design: Lukkaroinen Architects
Main contractor: Lemminkäinen Oy / YIT
Log supplier: Kontiotuote Oy