Marskinpuisto Residential Building
Marskinpuisto Residential Building
LUO Architects
ARCHITECTS
Luo Architects
STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Insinööritoimisto Mäkeläinen Oy
LEAD ARCHITECTS
Mikko Kämäräinen, Virve Väisänen, Miia Mäkinen, Riikka Kuittinen, Aki Hirvikangas
ELECTRICAL DESIGN
Elvak Oy
ARCHITECT
Ella Kantola, Maija Rautvuori, Laura Sipilä
LANDSCAPING
Navico Oy
ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT
Juho Kekkonen, Anni Saviaro, Jenni Jousi
PHOTOGRAPHS
Kuvio Oy, Marko Kallio, Ville-pekka Ikola
AREA
11600 M²
YEAR
2021
LOCATION
Oulu, Finland
CATEGORY
Residential
Text description provided by architect.
The residential building Marskinpuisto is the fresh landmark in the center of the city of Oulu.
Higher than its neighbors, the building serves as the prominent southern end to the main pedestrian street Rotuaari.
The 12-story building consists of a curved block resting on a pedestal, similar in scale to adjacent buildings.
A common courtyard on the sixth floor, on top of the pedestal, also serves as a cooling place for a common sauna.
The building is located by the recently renewed park Mannerheiminpuisto, adding a dimension of an urban living room.
Glazed balconies play an important role in Nordic urban living. The glazing brings shelter from the harsh weather and creates a warmer outdoor zone, thus extending the short outdoor season.
However, glazed balconies have a tendency to overheat during the summer. A lively, vertical facade cladding both provides shade and gives the building its sculptural curved form.
