2007 mini-school (outdoor furniture)

A concrete outdoor furniture in a school yard
(The piece is a replica of the school building in 1:40 scale).
Location: Laajasalo Koulutanhua ground school. Helsinki, Finland
Design: COMPANY (Aamu Song & Johan Olin)
Material: concrete, steel.
Manufacturer: Kaj Lindholm, Timo Kortelainen
Client: Koulutanhua school / P. Kantola Architects

Students on top of their school.

Two additional pieces are located across the school yard.

These buildings are scaled down replicas of two nearby buildings next to school area.

23.08.2007
Juhuu! All pieces ready!
Thank you so much Kaj Lindholm and Timo Kortelainen for great wood work and casting.

17.08.2007
All is ready for lifting and placing the pieces.

16.08.2007
Molds are assembled once again for casting the base for the pieces.

15.08.2007
The ready pieces will stay waiting for a few days before fixing them to right places.

15.08.2007
Molds off.
Happily surprized of the quality.
All details remain in the concrete cast.

13.08.2007
The renovation of the school is finally about to be finished. The mini-school is the last to be made.
Here molds are ready and in place.

Molds were made of 30 mm film veneer with 24 door and 482 window details attached to inner surface.
Suurkiitos for carpenters Timo and Kaj for great work and super-patience.

05.2007
Mock-up for testing that drawings work before carpenter starts the work.

2006
Google earth is very helpful as a design tool. The client likes our proposal but thinks that there should be more places for sitting.
We google the closest to buildings in the area and scale them down and add them to the plan.

2006
We get an assignment from Pirjo Kantola Architects to design outdoor furnitures for Koulutanhua ground school in Laajasalo, Finland. The school building is a nice two-strey building from 70's. We decide to make a replica of the building in c.1:40 scale to serve as an outdoor sitting area.
The design is baptised ’mini-school’.