Westendinhelmi Housing, Espoo
A resonance is set up between the two sides of the long court: from its comparatively constricted east end (where most people will approach it), it widens in the middle, then is slightly constrained again. Combined effects of the slope and the constriction, expansion, constriction sequence give the court a sense of privacy and informal generosity, enhanced by the fine trees and the way in which individual private gardens open to the green.… The scheme is reasonably dense, it respects the landscape and was finalized in detail by participation. Its approach could be adapted for many suburban sites and seriously lower budgets.
Peter Davey, The Architectural Review, June 2001
- 17 apartments
- Total gross area 4000 m²
- Completed 2000
- Published:
- Rob Gregory: Key Contemporary Buildings, 2008
- The Architectural Review, June 2001
- The Finnish Architectural Review 5/2000, Helsinki
- Monument 30 (1999) Darlinghurst, Australia
- Developer: Alfred A. Palmberg