The Puotila Primary school is tailored to teach up to 600 children of various ages. The meandering façade allows plenty of natural light to enter the learning environments while simultaneously forming protective nooks in the school yard. Learning activities can also take place outdoors in an adaptive way. This is supported by an outdoor auditorium. The facades made of varying widths wooden boards include translucent coating.The communal lobby, the heart of the building, is surrounded by the learning spaces. The south-east elevation.The lantern above the ceiling.The art classroom with a high ceiling.The communal lobby gathers the students and users of the two–storey school.The appearance of the building is calm as well as its scale is in balance with the surrounding buildings.Facilities for municipal use, such as the sports hall.The main entrance of the school stands by the Puotila metro square.
Puotila Primary School
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The Puotila Primary school is tailored to teach up to 600 children of various ages. The meandering façade allows plenty of natural light to enter the learning environments while simultaneously forming protective nooks in the school yard. The central plaza gathers the students and users of the two–storey school. The multifunctional building provides recreational spaces for the local inhabitants.
As a life-cycle project, the Puotila school has been designed carefully and in good partnership with Lujatalo Oy and Helsinki city as well asalongside the other designers including Nomji Landscape Architects as the landscape designers and Sitowise Oy as the engineers.
