Kotisatama

KOTISATAMA CO-HOUSING, FINLAND

Kotisatama was cooperatively designed by Sivén & Takala architects with the older inhabitants of the building. By working together with older adults through the planning process, apartments were made suitable for the needs of the different users. In addition to this, the shared facilities in the building were planned together with the residents, ensuring that the users would be satisfied with the result once they moved in. The residents co-designed much of the building, which has clear advantages for their comfort in their own apartments, but also in the common spaces located on the ground, first, and eighth floors. On the ground floor are the kitchen, dining room, hobby room, and bike shelters. On the second floor are the library, office, laundry, and guest room. The top floor houses two saunas, an exercise room adjoining a multipurpose sitting space with a fireplace. There is a greenhouse as well, whose greenery spills out onto the terrace during warmer seasons. The exterior walls are built with precast concrete modules, and the cladding is chiefly brick, with occasional zinc curtain walls.

Produced by Tampere University as part of the ARCH4FUTURE project.
Co-funded by the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Voiceover by Dara Nerweyi