Rautajärvi

RAUTAJÄRVI, FINLAND

Rautajärvi is a village in the Pälkäne region of Finland. Its community has placed a strong emphasis on sustainable living in all facets of their lives, which is architecturally most evident in their self-built recycled log houses. Reuse permeates through all their spaces, with materials from disassembled houses being used in new build aspects, old fittings finding use in a neighbour’s summer kitchen, or old bathrobes being broken down and woven into carpets.

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