Construction This is what the new residential apartment building to be built on Helsinki’s Lehtisaari looks like, which when completed will be the…

Lehtisaari and the associated Kaskisaari are known for their large detached and terraced houses. The building stock of the very loosely built area is mainly from the 1960s.

23.10. 16:18

Helsinki In the next few years, a new apartment building will be built on Lehtisaari, which will be the highest in the area when completed. This is a site called the Lehtisaari Tower, the construction of which is scheduled to begin in spring 2021.

The house to be built at Papinpydnkuja 1 is also becoming a much-needed thing during the Korona era: a telecommuting room.

Talon CEO of constructive Newil & Bau Petri Ylivuori says the new residential apartment building is a starting shot for wider residential construction. In addition, the company is building four other apartment buildings in the same block of Papinpydnkuja. The current shopping center next to the block, on the other side of Lehtisaarentie, is to be demolished, and new apartments have also been planned to replace it.

The current building stock in the area is mainly from the 1960s. Lehtisaari and the associated Kaskisaari are known for their large detached and terraced houses.

The Tower of Lehtisaari draws on 1960s architecture. The symmetrical faade is made of brick and rough-handled light burnt brick with a texture all the way down to the balcony lines. The details use oak and wood in general, says Ylivuori.

The house uses a lot of wood, for example on the balcony.Picture: Newil & Bau

28 meters the high and nine-storey house will have a total of 30 apartments, ranging in size from 32 to 118 square meters. Two-thirds of the flats are family flats, and the average price per square meter of flats is about 6,700 euros. The house will have a five and a half meter high entrance hall and street level business space. The business premises are to have a restaurant or caf.

A rather topical specialty of the house is the telecommuting room, which comes to the second floor of the house. The 14 square meters can accommodate one or two people at a time, and the room can be booked through the residents common electronic system.

Over the mountain according to Lehtisaari Tower will be built comprehensively and in detail. Investments will be made in landscaping, courtyard architecture and the entrance hall. In addition, the life cycle carbon footprint of the house is calculated to be 54 percent smaller than the average for current new apartment buildings.

The life cycle carbon footprint measures the climate impact of a building throughout its life cycle.

This can be achieved, for example, by using solar panels and geothermal energy instead of district heating, and by building a frame that will last 100 years. Today, hulls are typically built to last 50 years.

In addition, efforts are made to insulate the windows, for example, so that heat does not flow to the so-called magpies. Recycled steel is used as the building material and water and heat consumption are optimized.

A retail space for a caf or restaurant will be built on the street level of Lehtisaari Tower. Observation image.Picture: Newil & Bau

Lehtisaari is located in western Helsinki, on the border of Espoo and Helsinki. It is crossed by Kuusisaarentie, which connects Lehtisaari in the east via Kuusisaari to Munkkiniemi and in the west to Otaniemi and Tapiola in Espoo.

In 2018, 1,184 people lived in the very densely populated Lehtisaari. The overall look of the area is very green, with about two-thirds of the area being parkland.

Perceptual image from inside the house.Picture: Newil & Bau

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