“You engage with people. You work with them, you give them tools. But more important than that: You help them to connect with each other. So the networks you create are sometimes more valuable than the solution you come up with.”
Interior architecture and furniture design for the Paloheinä Library. The project took into account the different user groups of the library and the role of the library as part of the identity of the district.
Date: 2019
Service design and interior architecture for the renewed Pitäjänmäki Library. The project took into account the different user groups of the library and the role of the library as part of the identity of the people in the district.
Date: 2018-2019
Service concept for children, space renovation and establishment of new services for the local community. This project started through volunteering in the year 2014 activating residents of Lauttasaari and the library staff. Following the changes of the population of the Lauttasaari neighbourhood it was noted that the profiles of the users of the library will radically change from elderly people to young families with children. At that point the library lacked of suitable areas designed for children or new communitarian spaces for social activities.
As a result of a participative process, a children's section was designed for the library as well other multifunctional facilities.
Date: 2016
User research and participatory process
The project considered how to improve the services offered by the library to young people. During the participatory process created tools and created the first guidelines towards a methodology that I applied for this post library projects with figuring out the different user groups, changes and services.
Service concept and interior architecture for Oulunkylä Library in Helsinki.
The City Library of Helsinki wanted to modernize its service concept in order to be able to compete with other free time spaes in the 2000s. The extensive development project started with library users and resulted in a service concept and a space concept that supports it. The City Library Development Project is an excellent example of new ways of using design and customers
The project won Fennia prize 2012.
Date: 2010
Photos: 6Krs
Space and furniture design
Spatial planning and tailor-made furniture for the needs of a comfortable mobile children’s library of the Helsinki City Library.
Date: 2013
Children area at the arabia library. This case was my first project for the City Library of Helsinki.
Date: 2002
S-point is kiosk or living room for foreigners who want to learn Finnish language. S-point space is used for courses and events.
Year: 2013
Furniture design and review of the interior architecture of the Etelä-Haaga Library. The project took into account the different user groups and the specific services the library offers to the local community, like recycling, working areas, children library and loan service of sports equipment and tools.
Date: 2020
