Paja, Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Extension

Architect: Architects NRT
Competition: 2006
Completion: 2010
Gross area: 4045 m²
Themes: Finnish Architecture 2010/2011
Category: Educational buildings
Tags: colour extension Finnish Architecture 2010/2011 university

Extract from the Finnish Architecture 2010-2011 jury report by Juhani Pallasmaa:

“The extremely reductive formal language, materiality and detailing deviates from current Finnish modernism, being reminiscent of certain recent Japanese projects. However, the reductivism seems motivated as it strikes up an arresting dialogue with the existing setting.”