Puukuokka

PUUKUOKKA, FINLAND

Puukuokka, which means a timber hoe in Finnish, is a pioneering housing design project, where three multi-storied apartment buildings form an affordable home for 186 households. The first finished building in 2015 was the highest wooden apartment building in Finland, with eight storeys. Apart from the concrete foundation and parking space, the buildings are constructed entirely from timber products (mostly CLT = Cross laminated timber). Puukuokka paved the way for eco-friendly large-scale timber construction, and with the unique lease-to-own financing strategy, the apartments are available to a wide demographic of people.  

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