Reuse of materials, City of Helsinki 2023

The master level studio was organized in collaboration with the City of Helsinki. The task was to conceptualize and design a housing quarter in Meri-Rastila using reused building parts, consisting of two separate buildings around a shared yard. The concept and architectural design aimed to utilize the potential of the most significant construction waste streams, testing how circular design differs from the existing practice: what are the functional, aesthetical, and processual ramifications of circularity for the architectural design process and the resulting housing architecture? The housing architecture was intended to promote social integration by fostering interaction, a sense of community, and preventing segregation.