Scandinavia Study Tour

Sustainable Housing Study Tour 2006
Participants.
Housing Associations/ SFHA:

Misia Jack SFHA
Joan Monaghan Prospect Community Housing
Colin Cairney Prospect Community Housing
Susan Napier Dunedin Canmore
John Mulholland Forgewood Co-op
Homes for Scotland:

William Burr Chap Homes
John O’Neill Strathclyde Homes
Andrew Mickel Mactaggart & Mickel
Peter Selman Elphinstone
Ian Baird Bett Homes
Scottish Executive:
Jim Mitchell
Local Authorities:
Peter Collins East Lothian Council
Sust.
Lori McElroy Sust., The Lighthouse
Kate Hendry Sust., The Lighthouse
Highland Housing Fair

Fiona Porteous
A+DS
Sebastian Tombs
Flight Details.
Sun 6th August
Depart Edinburgh 08.40 flight to Helsinki
Sterling Airlines Flight No. NB876
Check in commences 6.40 and closes at 8.00

prompt (40 minutes before departure)
Meet at Edinburgh Airport at 7.15 at

Sterling Flight Check In Desk
Arrive Helsinki 13.25 Please note that Finland is 2hrs ahead of UK

time
Transfer to Hotel This is pre-arranged.

We will be met by a representative of the
Kovanen Bus Company who will have a sign
– marked ‘The Lighthouse’
Tuesday 8th August

Depart Helsinki - 17.45 flight to Copenhagen
Finnair Flight No. AY667
Transfer arranged from Housing Fair at

15.30
Arr Copenhagen 18.25 Please note that Denmark is one hour behind
Finland (one hour ahead of UK)
Transfer to Hotel This is pre-arranged.

We will be met by a representative of Interbus
who will have a sign – marked ‘The
Lighthouse’
Thursday 10th August

Depart Copenhagen 12.35 flight to Edinburgh
Terminal 2
Sterling Airlines Flight No. NB485
Transfer arranged from Hotel at 09.30
Check in commences at 10.30 and closes at

11.55prompt (40 minutes before departure)
Arrive Edinburgh 13.15 UK time

Hotels.
Helsinki Scandic Simonkentta

Simonkatu 9
FI-00100 Helsinki
Telephone: 358 968 380

Fax: 358 938 111
Malmo Radisson SAS Hotel

Ostergatan 10
SE 211 25 Malmo
Telephone: 0046 40 698 4000

Fax: 0046 40 698 4001
Programme/ Itinerary
Sun 6th August
07.15 - Meet at Edinburgh Airport at Sterling Flight Check-In Desk
08.40 - Depart Edinburgh (Sterling Airlines Flight No. NB876)

Check in commences 6.40 and closes at 8.00 prompt (40 minutes before
departure).
13.25 - Arrive Helsinki
Please arrive promptly as there is no free catering service on this flight

and you may wish to have breakfast before flying!
The unit of currency in Finland is the Euro
Please note that Finland is 2hrs ahead of UK time
Transfer to Hotel has been pre-arranged with Kovanen
Hotel:
Helsinki Scandic - Simonkentta –
The hotel is very central in Mannerheimint near the railway station and the
bus station.
Free afternoon - Suggested visits:

The Housing Fair and Viikki sites are within easy reach, but perhaps it is
better to leave these until Monday. Other options are indicated on the
Maps supplied by the Finnish Architecture Museum, and a few accessible
options include:
On Mannerheimintie heading North West - all within walking

distance:
Finlandia Hall – Alvar Aalto – Map Ref 101
National Museum – Map Ref 43 – opposite Finlandia Hall
Finnish Parliament Buildings - Map Ref 64
Kiasma – Museum of Contemporary Art with ground floor cafe – Map Ref
144.
From Mannerheimintie heading East - for those who just want to be

tourists for the day, the Main Shopping Centre spreads from the
Railway Station to the Harbour along Hohjoisesplanadi – although
you could pop into the Alvar Alto Bookshop on the corner of
Mannerheimintie and Hohjoisesplanadi and Marimekko or relax in one of
the many Cafes on Etelaesplanadi.
And heading South East on Mannerheimintie towards the harbour:

Finnish Architecture Museum and Centre – Kasarmikatu 24 – close to
Map Ref 33 the Student Union!
Evening
17.45 - Meet in hotel foyer for optional Helsinki Waterfront walking tour in
regenerated Ruoholahti area – Map Ref F - travel by tram or Metro
to Ruoholahti Station. Tickets available in stations and at tram
stops – same ticket does Metro and trams. Alternatively make
your own way to the Basilica Restaurant for 19.30.
19.30 Dinner and briefing:
Basilica Restaurant
Kellosaarenranta 2
00180 Helsinki
09 - 755 40 66
[email protected]
Basilica is a good Italian restaurant located in the newly developed

waterfront area of Ruoholahti. It serves excellent basic Italian foods with
a Finnish twist. No bells and whistles, but just good food and relaxed
atmosphere in a wonderful location on the water’s edge. A perfect
stopping point after our (short) walking tour.
Mon 7th August

08.30 – meet Hotel Foyer for visit to Viikki – an ecological housing area
adjacent to Helsinki’s new Science Park in the University Quarter.
Transport arranged – minibus by Kovanen
09.00 - Presentation and tour of site by Mr Markku Siiskonen – Director
of Viikki Planning – Helsinki City Planning Department at
Kansakoulukatu 3
09.30 – Transfer to Viikki and guided walking tour with Markku Siiskonen.
10.00 Science Park (visit to the Viikki Infocentre and the small
experimental area for timber construction apartment buildings)
10.30 Tour of Eco-Viikki area
11.00 Other parts of Latokartano housing area
12.00 - Transfer to Housing Fair in Espoo for informal visit in the

afternoon
18.00 – Pick up and return to Hotel
19.30 – Meet in Hotel foyer or alternatively make your own way to Elite
Restaurant for 20.00.
20.00 Dinner and briefing for Tuesday

Elite Restaurant
Et. Hesperiankatu 22
FIN-00100, Helsinki
09-434 2200, Int. +358 9 434 2200
[email protected]
Elite is one of the oldest restaurants in Finland. In addition to the

atmospheric art deco dining room and the restaurant's traditional bar, in
the summer clients are also served on the green outdoor terrace.
And discussion on history of Finland Housing Fairs and other background.

Dinner and discussion on history of Finland Housing Fairs and other
background.
Tuesday 8th August

08.15 - Meet in hotel foyer for transport to meet with Espoo City Council
at Housing Fair –
Please Note:
Bring all luggage as we will transfer to the airport direct from the
Housing Fair – Room Rate is PrePaid however any extras (telephone
calls/ room service/ mini bar bills) are the responsibility of the
occupant.
09.00 - Formal presentation on Housing Fair by Espoo City Council
10.00 –15.30 Housing Fair walking tour
16.00 - Transfer to airport for 17.45 flight to Copenhagen (Finnair

Flight No. AY667)
18.25 - Arrive Copenhagen
Please note that Denmark is one hour behind Finland (one hour
ahead of UK)
Please note that the unit of currency in Copenhagen is the Danish

Krone – however we will be staying in Malmo (Sweden) where the
currency is the Swedish Krone. Access to currency is available in
both countries via ATM machines.
Transfer to hotel - Malmo Radisson pre-arranged with Interbus
20.00 - Meet in hotel foyer (optional) for Dinner – location tba – in Bo01
area - and briefing.
Wednesday 9th August

08.30 – Meet in Hotel foyer for transport to Copenhagen by Interbus to
visit Jan Gehl Architects offices, at 9.00 and presentation on ‘The
Third Way’ – an alternative planning option for housing.
09.30 – Transfer by bus for follow-up guided tour and visit to

Egebjerggard ecological housing – Ballerup area – 20km West of
Copenhagen
13.00 – Lunch at the Danish Architecture Centre - buffet
14.00 - Visit to new mixed developments in Orestad with representative of

the Copenhagen City Council
Possible alternative/ additional options some of which will be included –

time permitting in the morning or afternoon are:
Haletole - Sydhavn Soders

Holmen
Sibelius Parken – Rodovre
16.00 – Drop off at Bo’01 (twenty minutes walk from Hotel) - walking trip
followed by round up discussion.
Free evening
Thursday 10th August

Pick up at Hotel by Interbus – 9.30 for transfer to Copenhagen Airport
(Kastrup)
Dep - Copenhagen – 12.35
(Sterling Airlines Flight No. NB485 Terminal 2)
Arr – Edinburgh – 13.15
Rouholahti Waterfront
See Helsinki Map Reference F
Rouholahti waterfront development is a new housing and mixed use

development that was built in the 1990s
The project was masterplanned by Juha Kronlöf and Paulina Vihinen with
townscaping and street furniture by Juhani Pallasmaa
A sample of things to see (not necessarily shown here) are:
HYKS housing at Itämerenkatu 34 – by Veli-Pekka Tominen

Shipboy-building ay Laivapojankatu 3 by Pekka Helin and Ritva
Mannersuo
Helsingin Fokka at Selkamerenkatu 7 by Timo Vormala
Helsingin Spinnu at Jaarlaranta by Timo Vormala
Nokia Research Centre at Porkkalankatu by Tuomo Siitonen
Viikki Sustainable Housing
Viikki is a new suburb on a green-field site northeast of central Helsinki.

As well as housing 13 000 people, the area has colleges, a science park
and a large range of other activities which, all in all, will create 6000 jobs
within the development. The project covers 1100ha, of which only 300ha
will be built on. The rest is proposed as open spaces and includes many
important cultural landscape features, with biological water treatment
(reed-bed systems), allotment gardens and so on, giving the project a
very green character in a number of ways.
The program for the development states that: “the human-centred

mentality sees the environment only through its use value...” and
defines sustainable development as a process in which “Instead of
attempting to define an ideal future, an attainable direction is set.
The level will change with time and be set by the political climate as
time goes on.”
There was a National Programme for sustainable building in Finland

between 1994 and 1998. During this time, pilot projects were developed in
1998, and these were the foundation for the Viikki project. Architectural
quality is high on the agenda, and open competitions were held. As well
as ensuring quality, this brought in much new thinking and innovation
amongst architects and the building industry. A firm decision was made
to involve many architectural practices as it is recognised that the
architecture profession must play a key role in sustainable development.
Viikki includes many of the environmental measures typical of other such

projects: new efficient public transport, high biodiversity and healthy
materials, to name a few. An overall target was an overall reduction in
environmental impact by 30 – 50% from current levels. Minimum targets
are set for each parameter, but developers themselves can then prioritise
between the different categories.
This flexibility in target definition has led to a variety of solutions, each

with a different focus. For example, a project may achieve only the
necessary minimum target for water, but can then compensate by gaining
extra points for energy conservation.
Solar energy provides 15% of all heating, and typically, reductions of

roughly 50% for fossil fuel dependency and 30% for reduction in water use
and household waste have been achieved. However, the project was
ahead of its time in the sustainability debate, by putting special focus on
design for future re-use and design-life expectancy. There was also an
emphasis on developing new housing types, planning for the disabled and
children, as well as the introduction of a blend of owner-occupation and
rental and housing co-operatives and even an area for self-build. All the
contractors who took part were obliged to submit a research proposal, so
that all the parts have pilot project features.
Viikki Sustainable Housing
The city planning department in Helsinki was the central actor in the Viikki
process. Post occupancy analysis was also undertaken, and the results
have subsequently been published. Such follow-up research is essential to
improve and develop the targets necessary for the future, and this
represents a far-sighted, long-term strategy on the part of the government
and the city authorities.
Biodiversity
Viikki’s 1,700 home eco-district masterplan has served to enhance

residents’ connection with nature:
• Nature reserve – Viikki is adjacent to a 250 hectare wetland bird

habitat, with controlled public access;
• Enhanced landscapes – The Viikinjoa agricultural area has been
enhanced to create a 34 hectare district park;
• Green ‘fingers’ – Corridors of ecological planting bring nature into
the housing areas;
• Ecology park – A special children’s ecology park is being
constructed following a design competition;
• Environmental education centre – The ‘Gardenia’ is an
environmental education centre managed by residents;
• Garden centre – An advice centre has been established on the edge
of neighbouring woodland;
• Allotments – A range of smallholdings including plots and
greenhouses are available to residents.
Information source | Helsinki City Planning Office

CASE STUDY: Viikki Eco 1999. In the future the area will also be
Neighbourhood Blocks served by the new orbital 'Jokeri' line,
running across the Helsinki Metropolitan
SECTOR: Holistic area. By 2010, Viikki residential district
COUNTRY: Finland will be completed with a Science Park as
it’s hub. The Science Park is an
international centre of excellence
BACKGROUND growing up around part of the University
of Helsinki in Viikki which specialises in
biology and biotechnology. Viikki will
then provide 6000 jobs,places for 6000
students and homes for 13000 people.
EVALUATION
The Viikki eco neighbourhood blocks are
the result of long-term work aimed at
putting ecological principles into practice
in actual building. Two design
In December 1998, the Government competitions were organised for the area
approved a programme of ecologically and a number of seminars and debates.
sustainable development for the The master plan competition was won by
construction and property sector, which a proposal based on a finger-like
focuses partly on arriving at models of structure with alternating buildings and
good practice. In 1998-2000, a special green open spaces. The layout permits
subsidy for pilot projects in line with the functions to be combined naturally,
principle of sustainability was linked with nutrients and water to be recycled
the Government experimental building (composting, allotments, collecting
programme. During the period 1998 to surface water run-off), and the utilisation
2002, an experimental area of ecological of solar energy. Another competition was
building of international importance is organised for the first blocks. The
being constructed at Viikki, a district to proposals were evaluated using eco-
the Northeast of the centre of Helsinki. criteria drawn up by an interdisciplinary
working group. The eco-criteria define
levels of five different aspects: pollution,
natural resources, health, bio-diversity
and growing food. An environment profile
was calculated for each competition
proposal. In this system, points for those
five aspects are added up. A zero-points
scheme fulfils the strictest minimum
criteria for conventional residential
building. A ten-point design represents
an ecologically excellent scheme and to
exceed twenty points requires
exceptional innovation.
Viikki is situated 7 km from the heart of

Helsinki. Buses began running between
Viikki and the city centre in Autumn
BENCHMARK DATA
Plenty of data is available based on
detailed evaluation of the plans and
construction. In the Viikki projects,
carbon dioxide emissions will be cut at
least by 20% in relation to conventional
building and consumption of pure water
by more than 20%. Building site waste
during construction is 10% less than
normal and, when the buildings are in
use, the amount of mixed refuse (max.
160 kg/person/year) is aimed to be 20%
less than normal. The use of non-
renewable fossil fuels and greenhouse
Source: gas emissions are prevented by cutting
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/english/projects/viikki_kivikk
o/latokartano/# energy consumption. A good 60% of
normal heating energy is used (105
Here is an example of an environmental kWh/m2/year) and 45 kWh/m2/year of
profile for a proposed block. This block electricity. Consumption of primary
gets 4.3 points from reducing pollution, energy (energy bound up to materials)
2.8 points from efficient use of resources, also has been reduced by one fifth that
2.3 points from healthiness, 1 point from of conventional building.
sustaining biodiversity and 1.4 points
from possibilities to grow food. 11.8 eco-
points together tell that the block is an
ecologically excellent scheme, but
doesn't have any exceptional
innovations. The best blocks in the area
exceeded some 21 points. In this
comparison the maximum possible
number of points is 34.
Example data on Viikki schemes and

conventional building
DRIVERS
The Viikki project can be regarded as a
response to the Rio Climate Change
Conference an Kyoto Agreement. The
domestic driver is the Government's
programme of ecologically sustainable
development including aims for cutting
energy use.
LESSONS LEARNT
The area is still under construction. All
the lessons are not to be seen yet. The
only clear lesson so far is that much can
be done. More data will be collected and
reported, when the area is totally
constructed. The way of organising this
kind of holistic project, environmental Community Project
evaluation of the schemes and many [email protected]
technical innovations in construction Editor in Chief Kari Ojala, Kuntatekniikka
might be the main areas of learning. The magazine, the author of this paper
main problems which contradict [email protected]
ecologically favourable results are: is the
area too far from the existing services
and will the car use followed from this REFERENCES
'eat' the benefits of good house and area Towards a Sustainable City. The Viikki
construction by high level of traffic Eco Neighbourhood Blocks 2000. The
energy use and pollution. Studies will be Finnish Association of Architects, Eco
made on the topic when possible. Community Project 2000. Contact:
Pekkarinen-Kanerva (above).
Ecological building criteria for Viikki.
APPLICATION Helsinki City planning Publications
Most of the information can probably be 1998:6. Contact: Jalkanen (above).
utilised in other countries. A special Viikki.A Science Park at the Centre of a
follow-up or monitoring project has New University District. City of Helsinki,
already been established, so the results City Planning Department 1999. Contact:
will be reported systematically. The solar Jalkanen (above).
heating project included in Viikki
schemes is also approved for the EU
Thermie Programme. See 'Lessons
learnt' above.
TRANSFERABILITY
See 'Application' above.
IMPACT ON SUSTAINABILITY AREAS

Environmental: High
Social: Medium
Economical: High
Institutional: Medium
PROJECT CONTACT
Project director Heikki Rinne, Helsinki
City [email protected]
Project manager (land use planning)
Riitta Jalkanen, Helsinki City
[email protected].
Architect Pirjo Pekkarinen-Kanerva, The
Finnish Association of Architects/Eco
Espoo Housing Fair
Espoo Housing Fair 2006
Background to Finnish Housing Fairs
The Finnish Housing Fair Co-operative Organisation (Asuntomessut)

(founded in 1966) is a non-profit body whose aim is to improve the quality
of housing construction in Finland and to improve living conditions.
The most prominent activity of the organisation is arranging the annual

Housing Fair and the annual Holiday Home Fair.
In 2006, the Espoo Housing Fair (14.7.-13.8.) and the Koli Holiday Home
Fair (16.6.-9.7.) are the main events.
In 2007, the City of Hämeenlinna will host the Finnish Housing Fair, and in
2008 the City of Vaasa.
The Housing Fairs are organised annually in different parts of Finland.

Together with the city/ community hosting the Fair, the Organisation
attempts to find the optimal surroundings for these events.
The success of the Fair is the end result of solid co-operation between the
hosting community and the Finnish Housing Fair Co-operative
Organisation. In recent years, some 150.000-200.000 guests have visited
each Fair.
The Finnish Housing Fair Co-operation Organisation is strongly

committed to research work aimed at improving Finnish housing. The
Organisation wants to positively influence the development of housing in
Finland.
According to Statistics Finland, at the end of 2004, there were about 2.4
million household-dwelling units in Finland. 54.4% of them were single-
family residencies (of which 40.6% were detached and 13.8% attached
and/or semi-detached single-family residences), the rest being in blocks
of flats. Additionally, there are around 470,000 holiday houses in Finland;
with 1.9 million Finns having access to a holiday house (total population of
Finland is 5. 3 million).
The Espoo Housing Fair
This summer’s 2006 Housing Fair in Espoo is running between the 14th
July and 13th August 2006 and was opened by the Finnish Prime Minister
Mr. Matti Vanhanen. The fair area has been constructed as an integral
part of the development of Kauklahti as a community centre, whilst
respecting both the area’s local and cultural history.
Espoo Housing Fair
The Fair Area
The Espoo Housing Fair’s 13-hectare site is being constructed as a part

of the developing Kauklahti local centre, whilst respecting the area’s local
and cultural history. Kauklahti is one of the oldest inhabited built- up
areas in Espoo. Espoo´s oldest habitations, a stone- age village milieu,
was discovered in the area.
The main objectives of the area plan are to enable supplementary building
and pinpoint the residential services typically found in local centres as well
as recreational activities enhancing the area’s living conditions.
In connection with the planning process directives outlining building

practices were drafted, block-by-block, for the fair site. These directives
concern, for example, parking areas and the facades of the buildings A
plot competition was held to decide upon the recipients of the building
plots in the fair area. The competition criteria emphasised that the
planning and technical implementation should be of the highest standard.
Transport connections to the area are excellent. The Kauklahti train

station is only a short walk away and the journey from the centre of
Helsinki takes only half an hour. The area also has good connections
along Ringroad III or Kauklahdenväylä, if you come by car.
Nearly half of the area’s 263 homes are intended as rental homes
earmarked for young occupants.
Visitors to the fair can expect to enjoy a broad selection of apartments,

terraced houses and semi-detached and 25 detached houses for families
and single people as well as 25 “DIY”/ self-build homes built by their
future occupant families.
In the heart of the area is community centre Palttina that will house an
artistic and environmentally focussed playschool and also space for a
residents` community park that will be open to all the occupants of the
area. It is hoped that the community centre building will be become the
area’s central meeting point.
Exhibition
In 2006, the annual Finnish Housing Fair shows an exceptionally

diversified residential area built in an urban setting. It also tackles the
desire of most Finns – to live in growing urban centres – but with a
predominance of detached dwellings.
Espoo Housing Fair

Themes
“Interior Design”, “Home & Work”, “Diversified Housing Solutions” and

“The Community Spirit” are the four central themes of the 2006 Finnish
Housing Fair.
The “Diversified Housing Solutions” theme is demonstrated by the sheer

size of the development: a total of 263 homes of which 117 are rental
apartments specifically designed for young adults. The Fair demonstrates
58 homes in single-family houses and in low-rise apartment buildings. The
show houses range from thirty square meter one-room apartments to one-
family houses of over 200 square meters.
For interior decorating enthusiasts, the Finnish Housing Fair 2006 offers
more to see than ever before. There are over fifty homes with completed
interior design, including some workrooms, which enable the combination
of work and home life. Some show homes have an annexed apartment
designed for working. There are workrooms in one-family houses, or the
work space may be built in a garage or a rear building. In rental apartment
buildings, separate workrooms and business premises are in the lower
floors.
Most of the show homes have been furnished and decorated in line with
their occupants' wishes and tastes. The Fair also demonstrates that
creative interior design need not always be costly. On display is for
instance a smart and well-functioning home decorated with second-hand
furniture. Additionally, EVTEK Institute of Technology students have
designed a home for a fictious physically disabled young man at
Klippinkitie 5. This house was built by Alkuasunnot Ltd, a non-profit
property company. The apartment's special safety sensor system was
designed by the Electronic Circuit Design Laboratory of the Helsinki
University of Technology. The sensors are installed in the floor structure
and track the movements of an occupant around the home. The twelve
apartments will be rented out by FMD, Finnish Association of People with
Mobility Disabilities. FMD will select the occupants, adapt the sensors and
equip each flat according to the occupants' individual needs.
Non-profit Organisations Provide Know-How, Consumer Counselling

and Tips
In addition to the building industry, the Finnish Housing Fair 2006

provides a platform for many other organisations. At the Espoo Fair,
there are three theme exhibition halls: Interior Design, Building and Home
Living, and special attention has been given to consumer services, as the
mission of the Finnish Housing Fair is to provide the latest information on
housing to the consumers. Consumer guidance is also available on easy
access housing, fire safety, prefabricated houses and building costs. It is
Espoo Housing Fair
the biggest permanent garden and landscape exposition in Finland. It

gives expert advice on landscaping and gardening to Fair visitors
including guided tours and advice on organic gardening and composting
is available at exhibit number 53.
The Finnish Housing Fair web site at http://www.asuntomessut.fi contains

detailed information on the show homes, on their interior design and on
consumer services of the Finnish Housing Fair 2006.
Special Events & Services:
The Kauklahti Chapel will be open daily at 12 – 18 during the Fair.

Ecumenical prayer vigil daily at 17.00 (in Swedish on Wednesdays,
Orthodox on Thursdays). Church concert on Saturdays at 18.00 (one
hour).
Little Builder Centre (Pikkutaitaja)

for children to plan their own house, test their building skills and have a
good time. Organized by Vetovoima Association.
Further information:
Suomen Asuntomessut (The Finnish Housing Fair Co-operative ), Mr.

Pasi Heiskanen, Managing Director, tel. +358 (0)40 848 6200
Housing Fair in Espoo 2006, Mr. Seppo Kallio, Project Manager, tel. +358
(0)50 595 6694
Details in Finnish on the Housing Fair 2006 show homes at

http://www.asuntomessuopas.fi/
Copyright-free photos for journalists: http://asuntomessut.valokuvia.fi

Photographer: Antero Tenhunen
Opening hours
Open daily for the public at 10am-6pm on 14.7.-13.8.2006
Groups 12 euros per person per day
Groups defined as no less than 15 persons, who enter the fair

simultaneously
Welcome to
Finnish Housing Fair Co-operative
Organisation
Pasi Heiskanen
Managing Director
6.6.2005 Pasi Heiskanen
Our Owners: Members of Co-operative Organisation

 The Finnish Housing Reform Association
 Okobank
 Sampo Bank
 The Finnish Housing Association
 Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities
 The Finnish Fair Foundation
 The Finnish Bankers´Association
 The Finnish Savings Banks Association
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Our Aim: to Improve Living Conditions
 To improve the quality of construction in Finland and to

improve living conditions.
 To organise a Housing Fair and Holiday Housing Fair where
different types of housing are shown.
 The latest trends in living are brought to the attention of the
general public. – internet a new way to give information
Our Organisation: Small Team with Many Partners
 9 -10 permanent workers

 office employed by local authorities
 a great number of partners of marketing, services,
construction, exhibitors
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Our Way to Operate:
A Non-profit
 any profits are used to ensure

the continuity of activities and
to fund housing research
 200 000 euros given each
year in research and
development
 The Casa Humana prize and
grant encourage and support
innovations in Finnish housing
 The strength: the fairs can be
organised all over Finland
Our accomplishments:
A long tradition
 First Housing Fair was organised in
Tuusula in 1970 and the first holiday
housing fair in 2000.
 35 Housing Fairs, 5 Holiday Housing
Fairs
Finland´s biggest summer

event for the public
 on average 150 000 visitors/
Housing Fair
 50 000 visitors/ holiday Housing
Fair
 Well-known event in Finland
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Different emphasis and different themes
 Varkaus 1991: information techonology

 Mäntsälä 1992: sustainable development
 Joensuu 1995: accessibility
 Laukaa 2003: child-friendly design
 Heinola 2004: The living lifespan
 Oulu 2005: Invidual planning and northern light
Housing Fair is always

a joint project
 Together with a local community and

Finnish Housing Fair
 The Finnish Housing Fair is responsible

for services provided at the housing fair
event, the technical facilities and
marketing of the fair.
 Finding a suitable site, laying on mains

water and electricity and organising car
parking are the job of the local
community.
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Benefits both
 To create a new exemplary residential area
 To stimulate local economy
 To improve the image of municipality
 To improve living conditions
 To inform and to research
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Egebjerggard
An Urban Quarter with a difference
Egebjerggard is a large housing estate, built between 1985 and 1996

with various architect designed zones and individual houses. It is located
to the West of Copenhagen on the edge of Ballerup a tomw of 50,000
inhabitants located 20 km from Copenhagen. The project was developed
by a group of Co-operatives that defined the financial, managing and
functional plan in accordance with the Ballerup Authorities and with the
Egebjerggard Tenants’ Association.
The project addresses the issues of social cohesion through attention to

detail in urban planning and the mix of house types and ideas also make
this settlement interesting from architectural point of view. The site
includes a school and kindergarten. In addition, the local community has
access to the nearby lake and expansive green areas.
This project represents a break from many years of standard planning

practice. It is a full-scale social experiment in urban development
attempting to incorporate holistic thinking and the relationships between
ecology and cultural and social conditions into the development of a new
sustainable urban community.
The quarter comprises some 850 dwellings, institutions and business

properties. Dwellings are located side by side with local shops, several
community centres, school, playgrounds and public institutions. Although
located on the edge of Copenhagen, the area is urban in character with a
high street at its focal point. The houses are located closely together
lining streets and squares. They represent a variety of architectural
solutions, without losing their quality of belonging to a coherent urban
structure: a stimulating environment for children, youngsters and older
people.
The quarter has had crime prevention and community safety measure
consciously designed into it. For example, there is a clear demarcation
between different kinds of areas and buildings to increase the residents'
sense of attachment and belonging. Buildings and spaces were designed
to maximise natural, informal surveillance.
Danish Housing Co-operative management abilities: in the

Egebjerggard district in Ballerup - Copenhagen
The parties involved in the Egebjerggard district building process are: the
land owner (the Municipality and private parties), the Housing Trust (Co-
operative with joint ownership), the Tenants’ Association (composed of
one representative of Public Authorities, one representative of the
Cooperative and three representatives elected by all tenants) and the
Local Authorities.
Egebjerggard
The management, funding and building process is divided into the

following start-up phases:
1. The Municipality determines the amount of co-op housings to build in
its territory
2. When the Municipality decides to start-up the intervention and locates

the building lot, the Co-operative creates a “project management” team
that buys the lot from the Municipality or from private owners, in a joint
ownership regime, so that partners will not be allowed to resell neither
the area nor the buildings
3 The Co-operative selects the designers and defines costs for

realisation and periodical and extra servicing
4 Costs, rent and servicing fares are determined through an agreement

between the Municipality, the Co-operative acting as an intermediary,
and the tenants’ association
5 At this point, once management and realisation costs are defined, the
financial phase starts:
• the Municipality finances 14%, that will have to be refunded in 20 years

free of interest;
• a Social Finance Company finances 84%; half of the 6% interest is
paid in ten year by the State and the rest is paid by the finance
company;
• 2% is financed by tenants, through their deposits, that will be returned
to them at contract termination.
The Co-operative acts as a trust company, with the aim of reaching

objectives defined in accordance with citizens and Local Authorities. In
this process the cooperative’s management abilities are crucial, as it acts
as an intermediary between parties and manages the process, from
financial management, to intervention planning and building and public
areas servicing.
The Danish Co-operative does not physically buy the land, nor does it sell
the apartments: it manages interventions, financially, during
implementation phases and along the buildings life cycle.
Within the frame of interventions concerning numerous co-ops, the

Municipality protects citizens and the other developers, assuming the right
to assign tasks to a different co-operative, if the one in charge does not
satisfy cost and quality requirements, or if, for financial problems, it is not
able to complete interventions.
Egebjerggard
The Egebjerggard district intervention is included in the afore-

mentioned Cooperative Housing programmes. It is an experimental
district in which two themes were developed, as agreed with local
authorities, promoters and citizens:
• energetic efficiency, testing new materials to optimise energy
consumption and developing technologies to use renewable energy
sources (thermal and photovoltaic solar energy)
• public areas high quality, thanks to artistic creations disseminated
around the district, giving the area high and refined quality.
The development includes:
• different housing typologies, all with low density, to be used by
families, students and elderly people;
• school services and daytime child-care centres;
• services for the elderly and the disabled;
• inclusion of designed green areas, gardens, parks and artistic
creations
The range of typologies and special care in choosing materials for

flooring, public lighting and green areas give the district a high social and
environmental added value.
Total Energy Design in Skotteparken, Egebjerggard, Denmark:

One of the areas on the site is Skotteparken, is an EU- supported
experimental project with 100 solar-heating, low- energy dwellings. The
aim was to reduce gas consumption for heating and domestic hot water
by 60% compared with normal building projects and at the same time to
reduce the consumption of electricity and water by 20% and 35%
respectively. The project was given financial support in 1987 from the EU
Thermie programme to demonstrate local solar heating design in
combination to low temperature district heating in connection with the
establishment of "the housing quarter of the future" in Ballerup. The
results from the Skotteparken project has inspired projects in 6 other
European countries.
Key features of the Architecture and Urban Design:

- affordable/ecological design
- green building and ecological sustainability
- sustainable community design
- environmental management:
- environmental health
- environmental remediation
- environmentally sound technologies
- incentives for sound management
- monitoring and control
- resource management and pollution reduction
- urban greening
Egebjerggard
Key features of the Housing:

- affordable
- construction industry link-up and new technologies
- eco-logical design principles
Summary
In 1994 Skotteparken was awarded the international housing award "The
World Habitat Award".
Based on a 2-year monitoring period it was concluded that it has been

possible to reach an energy saving of at least 50% of the energy
consumption
for heating and domestic hot water compared with traditional projects in
Denmark.
BO01 Housing Fair
The derelict industrial zone of Västra Hamnen in Malmö has been

redeveloped into a new urban quarter with a range of workplaces and a
college. Up to 10,000 people will eventually live and work in the area
when completed. Bo01 has been developed as a demonstration project
to provide a model for future cities. The heavily polluted former industrial
zone first had to be completely decontaminated.
Bo01, Malmö, Sweden

Bo01 provides 600 housing units over an area of 30ha. In addition to one
of the world’s most environmentally friendly developments, special
attention was also paid to the need to address sustainability from a social
quality viewpoint. The driving vision behind the project was a belief that
‘The city of the future is a city built according to ecological principles.
Bo01 is one step along the way towards a sustainable society’.
The chances of successful implementation depend on establishing a very

firmly anchored common vision”. The Malmö project is based on their
‘Kvalitetsprogrammet’, a very comprehensive document which both
communicates visions and goals, as well as specifying the concrete
targets and management tools. It was substantiated in conjunction with
the developers.
Key aspects of the development are:
Energy: 100% renewable energy supply (perhaps the first in the world to
reach this) including wind, sun, biofuels and geothermal power, as well as
biogas from sewage and waste.
Biodiversity: special attention paid to a very green profile, with parks
and landscaping features. Buildings also had to attain a level of ‘green
points’, which led to numerous innovative grass roof, facade and planting
solutions. Water cycles: all rainwater is infiltrated to the ground on site -
independent of mains drainage - through the use of green roofs, reed
beds, retaining ponds and swales.
Transport: pedestrian and cycle paths, an ecological bus network, and
a special “mobility center” with a service centre for electric and biofuel
cars and car sharing. Unfortunately, private cars have also crept into the
scheme, together with basement car parks, which many find both a
negative and anti-social addition.
Aesthetic quality: a strong quality control program based on key
concepts of identity, variety, complexity, human-scale, meeting places,
security and sensory experience.
Social goals: for mixed community composition, services and shops
have been less successful. It will take some years before the right level of
urban vitality is attained.
Building design: high demands were set for reduction of wastes and
water use, energy (105kwh/m2), and healthy materials. All contractors
BO01 Housing Fair
were required to be environmentally certified. Environmentally friendly

solutions for appliances include energy efficient lighting and shielded
electric cabling. Urban layout is according to bioclimatic principles using
sun, light and wind sheltering, as well as the introduction of variety and
interest through subdivision into small plots, as opposed to the
developers’ preference for large ‘plots. Nevertheless, the layout is
compact and space effective.
Information technology and communication: a project in its own right,
‘Intelligent Bo01’ integrates broadband, intra-net, alarms and facilities
management processes from an overall system level right down to
individual apartments.
Specific sub-projects were built to demonstrate solutions above and

beyond today’s currently ‘viable’ environmental solutions, in other words
to demonstrate future solutions well beyond simply what the market can
accept today.
The strong political and administrative commitment in Malmö was a pre-

requisite for maintaining vision and insuring implementation. Awareness
of sustainability is also greater in Sweden than in Norway, and this is
reflected in public investment in demonstration projects.
Comprehensive post-occupancy analysis and follow-up evaluation is also

being done - a vital (yet all too often omitted) process for the accumulation
of experience.
Visitors to Bo01 are generally impressed, but as with all building

exhibitions there is a huge range of different building types. But it is
important to look beyond outward appearances. The real success story in
Bo01 lies in the ecological infrastructures (which remain largely unseen),
the energy system as well as in the landscaping and the
‘Kvalitetsprogrammet’ itself as the overall planning tool.
source | Malmö City Planning Office / BoO1

BO01 Housing Fair
The Bo01 exhibition area

When Malmö hosted the European housing exhibition Bo01, it took the
first step in transforming the seafront area into a residential housing
district.
Some 350 apartments were completed there in time for the exhibition.
The next phase for this exhibition area is for construction work to continue
in the area between Daniaparken and the European Village.
A prominent feature of the buildings and environment of this exhibition

area is the concept of ecological sustainability, which has also won great
recognition from national and international quarters. The starting point for
this project as far as the city of Malmö was concerned was to create a
sustainable district with a high level of quality in terms of its architecture,
public environment and materials. This was achieved!
Bo01 CITY OF TOMORROW
Västra Hamnen, Malmö, Sweden
Sweden's first international housing exhibition, Bo01, will open on 17 May

2001 in Malmö. The "City of Tomorrow" in the ecologically sustainable
information and welfare society will be demonstrated and discussed until 16
September. The aim is to create a debate centered around how we live today
and how we will live in the future. Bo01 will show provocatively imaginative
visions of future living, where high demands on aesthetics, ecology and high
technology are combined with placing man in the centre. We are going to do
this is two different locations:
The Housing area

The residential area, a newly built permanent city district with mixed buildings,
encompassing both commercial and social services together with about 500
housing units. Bo01 demonstrates how intelligently utilised information
technology, dignified welfare solutions and pleasurable, sensual beauty can make
the sustainable city so attractive that it will be chosen in our time.
The Exhibitions
A temporary exhibition area where the theme is discussed with theemphasis on
the visionary. Ideas and visions of future living areas which cannot be fully
realised today are here in the form of exhibits— as a contribution to further
debate. This is northern Europe's largest exhibition investment in the year 2001.
The Urban Form

On a magnificently situated point of land in resund, a new urban center is being
constructed for living, education and work, with the aim of showing that high-
class architecture provides better conditions for the long-term sustainability of
buildings and cities. The first stage will be completed in May 2001 and will be
included in the European Bo01 City of Tomorrow home exhibition. Bo01
maintains that the speedy conversion of society to long-term sustainability will
only be possible when the sustainable alternative is perceived as more attractive
— the sustainable city and sustainable way of life must therefore prove itself to
be at least equally as convenient, financially advantageous, comfortable, pleasant,
exciting and beautiful as today´s non-sustainable ones. The currently quantifiable
requirements for ecological sustainability (e.g. energy saving — the district will
actually be self-sufficient with energy) are thus necessary, but not sufficient –
only when intellectual, emotional, and social requirements are provided for can
the sustainable society be achieved. Sustainability presupposes genuine
consideration and intellectual commitment.
The site
The location in the city is unique — Västra Hamnen, a former industrial estate by
the ocean, within walking distance of both the city center and the beach. The
district consists of landfill, and is currently flat and desolate, apart from a narrow
park along the seafront. There are already some industrial enterprises, offices, and
university buildings by VästraHamnen, such as the enormous workshop building
that currently houses the Malmö trade fair. The permanent part of Bo01 makes up
the first stage of Västra Hamnen´s conversion into a complete, new district for
living, work and study. We want to demonstrate there that this industrial
wasteland can be transformed into the center of the world.
Urban form
The plan has been sculpted by the grandeur of the site (the ocean, the
expanse of sky, the horizon, the sunset), by very strong exposure to the wind
from the west, and by the broad-meshed grid of boulevards in the district.
This ensures orderliness and empathy on a grand scale and at the same time,
gives space to discover a teeming, less tangible world on the inside of the
large squares. The plan has also been shaped by our ambitions: — to offer an
urban structure that is sufficiently robust, — to meet the demands of an
uncertain future (the network structure of block city and clear borders
between the public and private spaces), — to provide the conditions for the
essence of the city, the meeting between different people and cultures, — to
come about gradually (the small-scale property division of the plan, its range
of different residential environments), — to let cars get through, but on the
terms of the pedestrians, — to provide the conditions of a city environment
which, over and above empathy and comprehensibility, also offer a wealth of
information, mystery, surprises, and many unique and promising urban
spaces; a dramatic tension between the grand and the intimate, — to offer a
wealth of all forms of vegetation, from the individual garden, to the
sheltered, thickly wooded public canal park through the interior of the area.
That is how the plan took shape. The grid has been distorted by the wind,
among other things, like a fishnet hung out to dry. And as a result it has
actually become more rational, more valuable to build, live and stroll around
in. Thus the urban form is not from the "Middle Ages", but is of today. The
inspiration comes from antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the
Baroque period, the 20th Century, and the scale of the interior of the area
takes its precedents from typical northern European cities — low, tight,
intimate, incredibly efficient in its use of area. The total development rights
are for approx. 180,000 m2.
Klas Tham
Principal Exhibition Architect Bo01
E-mail: [email protected]
Bo01 — the Ecological City

From Polluted Industrial Land to a Leading Ecological Area
Four fifths of the world's population will be living in cities within a few decades.
Urbanisation generates economic development and well being, but also leads to
problems with water and sewage, traffic, poor energy systems and
overconsumption of resources. Solving the cities' environmental problems is
therefore the key to a sustainable future. The aim is for the district to be an
internationally leading example of environmental adaptation of a densely built
urban environment. It will also be a driving force in Malmö's development
towards environmental sustainability.
100 % Locally Renewable Energy

The new city district will exclusively be supplied by renewable sources of energy.
The energy used in the Western Harbour will be generated in or near the area. A
large proportion of the heating needs will be extracted from sea water and
groundwater and will be complimented with solar collectors. Electricity will be
generated by wind power and photovoltaic cells. Bio gas will be produced from
the area's waste and will be used to heat homes and power vehicles. An effective
energy usage is essential in order to reach the target of entirely locally produced
renewable energy. The buildings in the district are designed to minimize energy
demands for heating and electrical equipment that is installed should be highly
energy efficient.
Eco-Cycle
The area is attached to the existing sewage system in Malmö, which will be
improved with a plant to extract nutrients and heavy metals from the sludge. The
nutrients can then be returned to agriculture and the metals used in the treatment
process can be reused. A large amount of the organic waste produced in the area
will be transformed to biogas in a new bio gas digesters. The household waste
that is not separated for recycling goes into the vacuum refuse chutes where the
waste is separated into organic waste and other waste. The organic waste is taken
to the bio gas plant for digestion into bio gas which is then returned to the
housing area. The remaining waste will be incinerated to generate district heat.
Recyclable packaging materials will be collected at special points close to the
houses.
Traffic
The area is planned to minimize future transport needs and car dependency. Cycle
traffic is the most important element in the area's transport system. The footpath
and cycleway network will be of a standard to make it an attractive alternative for
short journeys. Cyclists in the area will always be prioritised ahead of cars. The
public transport system will be attractive and well developed from the outset in
order to attract many users and become the natural choice for residents in the area.
A major programme for vehicles powered by environmentally friendly fuels is
planned. Public transport will run on environmentally fuels, the area's car pool
will have a number of electric or gas powered vehicles and vehicles used for the
maintenance of the area will also be electrically powered.
Ecological Building
Environmental thinking is ever present in the construction of the district's
properties. Substances listed in the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate's list of
hazardous materials will not be used in the building process. The buildings will be
built so that inhabitants and users can utilise them in an environmentally friendly
and resource efficient way. Building materials should be reusable when the
buildings are demolished.
Biodiversity
The district is being built with the aim of containing a diverse range of natural
life. A number of habitats are being created for many different plant and animal
species. Roofs and walls will be covered with plants in order to increase the green
space. Rainwater and seawater will be used in public spaces to support a broad
range of species. A district ecologist will be employed in the Western Harbour
area.
Local Investment Programme for Ecological Adaptation

Bo01/Western harbour is part of Malmö's Local Investment Programme for
ecological development (LIP) which includes a number of projects to accelerate
the development of an environmentally sustainable Malmö.
Hanna Roberts
Head of Environment
The green Bo01

BO01 CITY OF TOMORROW
Sweden´s first international housing exhibition, Bo01, will open on 17 May
2001. The "City of Tomorrow" in the ecologically sustainable information
and welfare society will be demonstrated and discussed until 16 September.
The aim is to create a debate centered around how we live today and how we
will live in the future. Bo01 will show provocatively imaginative visions of
future living, where high demands on aesthetics, ecology and high technology
are combined with placing man in the centre. We are going to do this is two
different locations:
The permanent Settlement (A)

The residential area, a newly built permanent city district with mixed
buildings, encompassing both commercial and social services together with
about 500 housing units. Bo01 demonstrates how intelligently utilised
information technology, dignified welfare solutions and pleasurable, sensual
beauty can make the sustainable city so attractive that it will be chosen in
our time.
The temporary exhibition (B)

A temporary exhibition area where the theme is discussed with the emphasis
on the visionary. Ideas and visions of future living areas which cannot be
fully realised today are here in the form of exhibits —as a contribution to
further debate. This is northern Europe's largest exhibition investment in the
year 2001. Our ambition is that both the above parts should together form a
whole, an attraction of international class. Architects, artists, designers and
technicians at national and international levels are helping us to realise this
ambition. Bo01 is expected to attract at least one million visitors. Bo01 is
supported by the Swedish Gouvernment and the European Commission.
We know, from statistics of earlier national housing exhibitions, that there

are two main visitor attractions: garden and interior design. There is nothing
intrinsically surprising about the great interest aroused by gardens, but
previous housing exhibitions have never put the garden very high on their
list of priorities or done very much to market it. With few exceptions,
courtyards, parks, streets and piazzas have barely been completed. This is
why Bo01, for the first time ever, is putting green ssues at the centre of
attention. We are adopting a holistic approach to the subject, both large and
small scale and in both the permanent and temporary parts of the exhibition.
Our means to this end are as follows:
• Visitors and residents will experience homes and the external environment
as a single unit in the permanent part of the exhibition,the Settlement. Here
Bo01 will instance what can be achieved in a newly constructed urban
environment with ecological, aesthetic and functional inflections. Parks,
waterfront promenades, streets and piazzas and exciting courtyards will be
created with a very high level of aspiration. The public environment at Bo01
is intended to attract people from all over Malmö.
• We are also putting green in focus by making the entire frame of the
temporary exhibition area consist of a large, newly planted Willow wood.
This Willow wood, the first thing which the visitor encounters on arrival at
Bo01, is intended as an appetizer for the temporary green projects, all of
which interact with the wood and, hopefully, will arouse widespread
attention. The main Bo01 entrance is located in the temporary exhibition
area, and this is devoted to a discussion of the Bo01 theme, with special
emphasis on the visionary. Garden, park and nature are an important part
of our housing conditions, and so in this part of the exhibition we want to
present green projects which can't rigger discussions concerning the
importance of the garden to peopleof tomorrow.
Agneta Persson
Director Exhibition Planning
responsible for the green concepts at Bo01
THE HOUSES
The buildings of Bo01 City of Tomorrow are the first part in the process of
transforming the former industrial area to a brand new living urban district.
The housing exhibition gives promises for tomorrows way of living with man
in focus.
Some of Europe's most promising and interesting architects have created the
new environment, such as Santiago Calatrava, Zurich, Gert Wingård,
Gothenburg, Kai Wartiainen, Stockholm, Ralph Erskine, Stockholm and
Bertil Öhrström, Malmö, in cooperation with Moore Ruble Yudell, USA.
Bo01 also highlights some young swedish and danish architects.
The housing area consists of 500 dwellings in a very varied design. From one
and a half storys to the height of six storeys. Higher blocks towards the
keyside and lower in the area in between. Just to make the inner part of the
housing area more comfortable and cozy and sheltered from the strong
winds from the sea.
HOME EXHIBITIONS
Bo01 also presents the largest housing exhibition of all time with about 50
specially furnished and designed dwellings in the newly erected houses. The great
number of inspiring dwellings are created by internationally well known
designers.
For further information contact:

Bo01 City of Tomorrow Box 453 SE-201 24 Malmö, Sweden
Phone: +46 40 668 09 00
Fax: +46 40 668 09 10
Key stakeholders in Bo01 are the Swedish government, the City of Malmö,
Sydkraft, Telia, HSB and SBAB. The project is also supported by the European
Commission.
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Bo01 City of Tomorrow

Bo01 European Housing Expo and Exhibition
– architecture and sustainability in Malmö 17th May – 16th September 2001.
City of Malmö
Department of planning
and building control
L i n d h e
SE-205 80
Telephone +46 40 - 34 10 00
J e n s
Fax +46 40 - 97 03 14
e-mail [email protected]
b y
www.malmo.se
C o v e r p h o t o
Bo01 – City of Tomorrow
Box 453
SE-211 21 Malmö
Telephone +46 40 - 668 09 00
w w w . t r y c k f o l k e t . s e
Fax +46 40 - 668 09 10
e-mail [email protected]
www.bo01.com
The key partners in Bo01 are the Swedish Government, City of Malmö, Sydkraft, HSB, Telia och SBAB.
D O T Z E R O
The project is supported by the European Commission.
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“Dust dancing in the sun”
Photo by Ole Woldbye

Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916)
Four fifths of the world’s

population will be living in Architecture contributing
cities within a few decades.
Urbanisation generates to sustainability
economic development and
the city and the objects something that of the rooms must possible, so we fix
Photo by Jens Lindhe

well-being, but also leads to human beings need: beauty. A beauti- lend themselves to it and polish it.
problems with water and ful environment strengthens us and different uses. A Meanwhile, we
sewage, traffic, poor energy instills joy in us. When environmental bedroom is not an couldn’t care less
technology is shaped with conscious ideal passageway, if the dreadful is
systems and over consump-
design and when the eco-buildings show for instance. Beauti- replaced before its
tion of resources. Solving the examples of stunning architecture, the ful transitions bet- technical lifetime
cities’ environmental prob- sustainable alternative becomes a sen- ween rooms can is over. The avoca-
sory delight. also fascinate us. Views through rooms do green appliances popular in the
lems is therefore the key to
where the light falls in an unexpected 1970’s are a textbook example. Count-
a sustainable future. way can be sheer poetry. The Danish less refrigerators, stoves and the like
A good living environment
An urban district is under Good architecture marries functional artist Hammershøi captures the atmos- were thrown out solely because of
construction in Malmö’s requirements with good design. The phere in his paintings, where one sees their color when people got tired of it.
Current discussions about how we can objective must always be to create a rooms where the light filters in softly At Bo01, many architects have strived
Western Harbour which will
make the transition to becoming a sus- good living environment for those who from the side and makes the floors glow. to express timeless and classically
be the focus of the first tainable society are dominated by issu- will be working or living in the buil- beautiful design.
European Housing Expo es related to natural resources and the dings. A good building should have a Materials and methods
Bo01 – City of Tomorrow closed-loop system. How can we produce pleasing indoor environment. Beautiful Sustainable architecture is also a mat- Consumption of resources
less garbage? How can we conserve natural lighting in the rooms is one ter of choosing materials and methods Architectonic solutions affect the con-
between 17th May and 16th
water and energy? These are important example. Windows should be placed that are beautiful and have long lifeti- sumption of resources in a building.
September 2001. The theme questions that have rightfully been given and designed so that natural light flows mes. This may mean that construction First and foremost in more obvious
of the housing expo and dis- prominence. Solutions must be found. into the interior in an esthetically plea- costs a bit more, but the expense can ways: the thickness and construction
trict is The City of Tomorrow Still, there is another significant sing way. Think of older houses where be recouped through lower mainte- of walls determine how energy efficient
aspect to the issue. How do we create mullioned windows soften the transi- nance costs. Properly chosen materials the building becomes and whether
in the ecologically sustainable built environments that supports the tion from the dark room to the world endure and are easily maintained. warmth from the sun is utilized by
information and welfare human being? How do we design attrac- outside. A room with windows facing Buildings of heartwood can stand for means of large west and south-facing
society. Visitors will be able tive and vital sustainable cities? These in more than one direction also gives a thousand years – Norwegian stave windows. But also in a way that is less
and similar questions were the spring- a delightful impression of natural light churches are but one example. When often discussed - skilled architects create
to participate in a wide range
board to ideas surrounding Bo01. and an unobstructed view. individual components decay, they solutions that make the most efficient
of environmental activities If we are to achieve a successful The way that rooms are designed is can be replaced. Stone is an even more use of space possible. This is something
such as study-tours, advice, transition to sustainability, the sustai- also important. Long and narrow rooms durable material. The Romans built that has tremendous impact on the
information, exhibitions, nable alternative must be as appealing are avoided at Bo01, since they are so well that their monuments survived total consumption of resources over
as the non-sustainable. It must be as often difficult to furnish and make full two millennia of wear and parts of them the lifetime of the building. Bo01 offers
seminars etc. comfortable and pleasurable to live a use of. Instead, designers have created have been reused as building materials several examples of this principle.
The aim is for the district sustainable lifestyle as it is not to do so. squarish rooms, with a preference for for new buildings. A pleasant home must have useful
to be an internationally lea- Why is this so important? The simple a little extra height. These multipurpose Robustness means that something spaces. When transition spaces take up
answer is that people are governed by rooms can be easily used as a study, a lasts a long time. It goes without say- too much room, when door openings
ding example of environmen-
their emotions as much as by their intel- dining room, bedroom, computer room, ing that people lavish more care on the are in the wrong place and the doors
tal adaptation of a densely lect. That is why we need attractive alter- or living room. This approach will pro- beautiful than the ugly. Buildings with open in the wrong direction, opportu-
built urban environment. It natives now - so we will have a fighting bably lead to longer sustainability for details that breathe meticulousness and nities to put every square meter to use
will also be a driving force in chance at changing our society before the home. beauty inspire respect and, in the best are limited, which is irritating. Dead
it is too late. The connections bet- cases, a touch of space is a waste of resources that brings he
Malmö’s development nd
In this respect, the contribu- ween the rooms must reverence. We no joy to anyone. Here the architect s Li
n
towards environ- tions of architecture and design also be thoroughly want to keep can contribute with floor plans that by
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are critical. The architects and ot
mental sustain- considered. The the beautiful yield lower construction and operating Ph
designers at Bo01 give interior location with us as costs because they save on materials as
ability.
long as well as energy costs.

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Sustainable Housing Study Tour 2006

Housing Associations/ SFHA:

Homes for Scotland:

Highland Housing Fair

Check in commences 6.40 and closes at 8.00

Meet at Edinburgh Airport at 7.15 at

Arrive Helsinki 13.25 Please note that Finland is 2hrs ahead of UK

Transfer to Hotel This is pre-arranged.

Tuesday 8th August

Transfer arranged from Housing Fair at

Transfer to Hotel This is pre-arranged.

Thursday 10th August

Transfer arranged from Hotel at 09.30

Check in commences at 10.30 and closes at

Arrive Edinburgh 13.15 UK time

Helsinki Scandic Simonkentta

Telephone: 358 968 380

Malmo Radisson SAS Hotel

Telephone: 0046 40 698 4000

Sun 6th August

07.15 - Meet at Edinburgh Airport at Sterling Flight Check-In Desk

08.40 - Depart Edinburgh (Sterling Airlines Flight No. NB876)

13.25 - Arrive Helsinki

Please arrive promptly as there is no free catering service on this flight

The unit of currency in Finland is the Euro

Please note that Finland is 2hrs ahead of UK time

Transfer to Hotel has been pre-arranged with Kovanen

Free afternoon - Suggested visits:

On Mannerheimintie heading North West - all within walking

From Mannerheimintie heading East - for those who just want to be

And heading South East on Mannerheimintie towards the harbour:

19.30 Dinner and briefing:

Basilica is a good Italian restaurant located in the newly developed

Mon 7th August

12.00 - Transfer to Housing Fair in Espoo for informal visit in the

20.00 Dinner and briefing for Tuesday

Elite is one of the oldest restaurants in Finland. In addition to the

And discussion on history of Finland Housing Fairs and other background.

Tuesday 8th August

09.00 - Formal presentation on Housing Fair by Espoo City Council

10.00 –15.30 Housing Fair walking tour

16.00 - Transfer to airport for 17.45 flight to Copenhagen (Finnair

18.25 - Arrive Copenhagen

Please note that the unit of currency in Copenhagen is the Danish

Transfer to hotel - Malmo Radisson pre-arranged with Interbus

Wednesday 9th August

09.30 – Transfer by bus for follow-up guided tour and visit to

13.00 – Lunch at the Danish Architecture Centre - buffet

14.00 - Visit to new mixed developments in Orestad with representative of

Possible alternative/ additional options some of which will be included –

Haletole - Sydhavn Soders

Thursday 10th August

See Helsinki Map Reference F

Rouholahti waterfront development is a new housing and mixed use

A sample of things to see (not necessarily shown here) are:

HYKS housing at Itämerenkatu 34 – by Veli-Pekka Tominen

Viikki Sustainable Housing

Viikki is a new suburb on a green-field site northeast of central Helsinki.