Topping-out celebration for Aalto University Väre & Maarintie 13 buildings in Otaniemi was held on November 2nd.

The buildings comprising School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Metro Centre and the School of Business will be completed in two stages between spring 2018 and early 2019.

The topping-out ceremony of Syvälahti School in Turku was held on Wednesday 23rd August.

The multipurpose building comprising comprehensive school for 800 children, kindergarten, public library and child health centre is scheduled for completion in spring 2018.

The facade work at Aalto University core campus buildings is well on it’s way and the construction proceeds in the interior.

The first building phase consisting of School of Arts, Design and Architecture as well as the Metro Center will be completed in spring 2018. The second phase is estimated to be completed early 2019 and will house the School of Business.

We are glad to announce that Verstas has been commissioned to design a new campus for Stadin ammattiopisto vocational school. The 37 000 sqm complex will be located in Roihupelto area, 10 km east from the Center of Helsinki.

The project will be executed in three stages. The first stage is due for completion in 2020 and the latter stages during years 2021-24.

Verstas celebrated its 10th anniversary by an excursion to Porto and Braga in northern Portugal.

Verstas team getting organized for a group photo at Convento de Santa Maria do Bouro.

Verstas’ entry “Kilta” wins shared first prize in Arabia 135 architecture competition for the renewal of historic Arabia factory area in Helsinki.

Arabia 135 is a significant urban infill project in Helsinki. The old factory area will house apartments, offices, retail premises and services including Arabia-library, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Pop & Jazz Conservatory and Lume Media Centre. The invited competition was organized by Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

Competition website: arabia135.fi

Construction work for Syvälahti school on Hirvensalo island in Turku has started. The multipurpose building comprising comprehensive school for 800 children, kindergarten, public library and child health centre is scheduled for completion in spring 2018 with the first school year starting in August.

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The cornerstone laying ceremony of Väre, the new Aalto University building, was held today at Otaniemi Campus. Besides placing the time capsule within the foundation cornerstone, the festivities included speeches by honored quests f.eg. Jukka Mäkelä, the City Mayor of Espoo, and Tuula Teeri, the President of Aalto University.

The constuction work of Väre building is estimated to be completed in spring 2018.

Verstas was awarded purchase prize in the open architectural competition for new Town Hall quarters in Kauniainen, Finland.

Besides new Town Hall the competition task comprised designing new residential quarters in the centre of Kauniainen.

The construction work of Aalto University’s new core campus building as well as commercial premises in the Metro Centre has begun in Otaniemi. Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture will move into the building after it is completed in stages in April-June 2018. The temporary main entrance to Aalto University metro station, due to open in August 2016, is already nearly completed.

Have a look at the construction site through webcam.