Our "Living in nature" proposal for the development of a former home for the elderly in Turku has been chosen as the winning one. The project was created together with Schauman-Nordgren Architects and Reale Oy, and aims to create a new neighborhood in proximity to nature and with a strong sense of community....
In these years the Aalto University Campus is being developed into a diverse and urban campus area. We are very excited to be the ones to update the celebration square in close relation with the iconic Alvar Aalto buildings....
This fall, two new colleagues have started at our Helsinki office, who will help manage the growing number of Finnish projects. Anna is a recent graduate from Aalto University with the master's program 'Creative Sustainability in Architecture'. ...
A merry Christmas and a happy new year from all of us at MASU Planning! ...
Today at 7 pm, partner Malin Blomqvist will give a lecture at the architecture department at Die Technische Universität München. The lecture will be a detailed introduction to our design philosophy and approach to landscape architecture....
We are very excited to welcome Laura to our team, and our office in Helsinki. With her enthusiasm for the field and extensive knowledge of urban development and city planning, Laura will be a great addition to our team. She has jumped right into a new Helsinki planning task, to develop the streetscape and overall image of the Hakaniemenranta coast area....
We are proud that our proposal for the transformation of Kumpula Campus was awarded 1st prize. Instead of separating the different functions of our city, the transformation of Kumpula Campus is a study of how we can weave them together and establish a lively neighborhood, where the boundaries between learning, research, living, and working have disappeared....
Come and visit our Helsinki office on the 8th of October next week. We will be taking part in the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Finnish landscape architecture education. From 16-18 o'clock our office will be open as a part of the open-office-tour. ...
Today Frederiksberg Municipality celebrated its most successful newly completed projects. One of them being the first DGNB-certificated school and schoolyard in Denmark. In his speech, the mayor of Frederiksberg highlighted Duevej School and climate schoolyard for being well adjusted into the neighborhood scale and composite context....
We have designed a bench for urban spaces together with Hitsa. The classic circular shape fits beautifully into new and historic urban spaces, where it’s scale and materiality adds a recreational character to the space. Simple and elegant, yet still robust enough to withstand the wear and weathering of life in the city. A long-lasting bench that will age well and require a minimum of maintenance. ...