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Oopeaa Office for Peripheral Architecture Anssi Lassila is the founder and principal of OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture.

His international breakthrough was the Kärsämäki Shingle Church in 2004 after which he quickly gained a distinctive position among young Finnish architects. His architecture displays an interest in combining a sculptural form with traditional materials and innovative techniques. Lassila has extensive experience in working with wood in architecture. In his approach he emphasizes the potential embed

ded in exploring new methods and techniques as a means of developing new solutions in building. OOPEAA works on a wide range of projects on varying scales from churches and daycare centers to housing and town planning as well as extensions to historically valuable landmarks. The office was originally founded in 2001 and it is based in Seinäjoki and Helsinki, Finland, and it currently employs a staff of 15. OOPEAA has been honored with significant awards both in Finland and abroad, including the Finlandia Prize for Architecture in 2015 and the Wood Architecture Award in 2015 as well as nominations for the shortlist for the Mies van der Rohe European Prize for Architecture in 2005 and in 2011.

22/12/2023

It is time again to wind down and enjoy time with family and friends during the holidays. It has been a busy year in the office with a mix of several long-term projects completed during the year and new ones breaking ground, and yet others still on the drawing board.

I want to express my heartfelt thanks to our wonderful team at the office for their hard work and commitment in making it all happen. I also want to thank our collaborators and clients for their vision and dedication. Together with all of you we have been able to create meaningful work that we all can be proud of. Wishing you all a peaceful holiday time, we look forward to continuing the collaboration with you in the coming year 2024!

06/12/2023

Happy 106th Independence Day Finland!
Hyvää 106:ta itsenäisyyspäivää Suomi!

20/11/2023

Anssi Lassila is speaking at a conference on Sustainable Wood Construction in Berlin on November 21, 2023. The event brings together German and Finnish experts and practitioners to reflect on the current trends in wood construction as a sustainable alternative. The conference is part of the Low Carbon Built Environment program organized by Business Finland. The event is free of charge but requires registration. For more information about the event in Berlin, see HERE.

https://oopeaa.com/anssi-lassila-speaking-on-sustainable-wood-construction-in-berlin/

14/11/2023

Anssi Lassila is speaking at the Wood Camp Live 2023 in Brno on November 15, 2023. The two-day event focuses on new developments in wood construction. The program features presentations by international experts and local specialists on wood construction.

For more information and the full program for the Wood Camp Live 2023, see HERE. https://www.woodcamp.cz/program-2023

06/11/2023

Järvenpää Professional Training Center Campus House (STEP). The new school building in now ready and in use by students and teachers. Photo by

01/11/2023

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at the Puupäivä, Wood Day, on November 2, 2023. The annual Wood Day conference addresses topical issues in the field of wood construction. This year, the themes of circular economy and the potential of digitalization in supporting ecologically sustainable practices emerge as an important core of the conference program.

In his talk, Anssi Lassila will focus on two recently completed projects by the office: the new Campus House for the STEP Professional Training Center in Järvenpää and the restoration and renovation of the Rauhalinna Castle in Savonlinna.

For the full program of the Wood Day 2023, see https://puuinfo.fi/puupaiva/ohjelma/suunnittelijapaiva/

31/10/2023

The proposal, ”Kitara, taivas ja tähdet” (‘A Guitar, the Sky and the Stars’) by OOPEAA together with tmi Otto Samuli Heinonen has been awarded second prize in a competition seeking for ideas for a vision for the future development of Ylöjärvi. Drawing from the long history of Ylöjärvi as an ideal location for business and services at the intersection of good transport links in proximity of Tampere, the third biggest city in Finland, the proposed plan creates a pleasant scale that combines good transport connections, functioning services, lively urban space, and a strong connection with nature.

https://oopeaa.com/oopeaa-awarded-2nd-prize-for-a-vision-for-ylojarvi/

29/10/2023

The restoration and renovation of the Rauhalinna Castle has been selected finalist for the PLAN Award 2023 in the category of Renovation, Completed Projects. Photos 1-3 4-7 For more information, see
https://www.theplan.it/eng/award-2023-renovation/rauhalinna-a-landmark-for-historic-preservation-oopeaa-office-for-peripheral-architecture

28/10/2023

Under the arch.

13/10/2023

Casa B has been nominated for the 2024 EU Mies Awards. The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have today announced the list of works nominated for the 2024 EU Mies Awards. Casa B transforms an abandoned structure in the historical city of Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain into a dwelling of contemporary standards. Highlighting the original qualities, the building is given a new life. For a complete list of the nominated works for the 2024 edition and for more information on the EU Mies Awards, see https://miesarch.com/press/2024

27/09/2023

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at a conference on Contemporary Living – New Trends in Europe. The event takes place at the Palazzina Reale in Florence, Italy on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 5-7 pm. The conference is part of the “Glance Around” program curated by architect Arianna Callocchia and hosted by the Florence Architects’ Foundation, . Welcome!

27/09/2023

Meanwhile in Seinäjoki. The new Station building is taking shape. In the future, people moving in and out of the city by train will go through this arched passageway. Photo by

26/09/2023

Today we celebrate the inauguration of the new Campus House Lastu for the STEP Professional Training Center in Järvenpää. We are excited to see the building now ready to welcome its new users.

Thank you for the great collaboration!

25/08/2023

After the holidays the fall season is now in full swing! Many new projects on the drawing board and several in the final stages too, soon to be ready to welcome their new inhabitants and users!

Image 1 and 2, Rauma square
Image 3 and 4, Seinäjoki station area
Image 5 and 6, Järvenpää campus,
Image 7 and 8, Rauhalinna
Image 9 and 10, Suuruspää sauna

07/07/2023

Thank you for an inspiring experience at the UIA2023CPH! A lot of exciting and thought provoking discussions in a condensed period of just a few days.

It is more evident than ever, the time to act is now. No more excuses, no more explanations.

photos by

03/07/2023

Anssi Lassila is taking part in a session on the Sustainable Future of Mass Timber Architecture at the UIA World Congress 2023 in Copenhagen on June 5. The session is part of the Rethinking Resources, one of the six thematic categories around which the abundant program of the congress is built. In the session, architects from the Nordic countries share their experiences in building with wood. It is chaired by Monica von Schmalensee of White Architekter. The other participants in addition to Anssi Lassila are Siv Helene Stangeland of Helen & Hard and Robert Schmitz of White Architekter.

https://oopeaa.com/uia-world-congress-2023-sustainable-future-of-mass-timber/

19/06/2023

It was an honor to participate in the invited competition for a new House of Espoo and its surrounding blocks. Our proposal, Kontrapunkti weawes the temporal layers of the urban structure together into a new whole. It celebrates the character of Espoo as a fundamentally modern city built around the ideal of creating an urban concentration with an easy access to the surrounding nature. Renderings 1,2 and 3 .no

13/05/2023

Few on-site interior photos of the Järvenpää Professional Training Center. Wood works nicely!

12/05/2023

Visiting the site of the new main building for the Järvenpää Professional Training Center today. Work is in its final stages already. Walls of solid wood. Looking good! The school will be ready to welcome new students in the fall.

09/05/2023

Today we are celebrating the groundbreaking for Seinäjoki Station and Aallokko Center. The ceremony marks the beginning of a multi-year project that will transform the area around the train station into a nodal point in the heart of the city. This first stage of the project is slated to be ready at the end of 2024. The new train station and the service center will be inaugurated in 2025. In the next stages of the project, they will be supplemented with housing and a parking facility.

19/04/2023

AIT Dialogue – Impulses of a Future-Oriented Generation of Architects: Anssi Lassila is giving a lecture at the BAU 2023 conference in Munich on April 20, 2023. Looking at the process of making architecture for projects of different scales, he will address the question of the potential for creating change through architecture. The lecture series is organized by the AIT Magazine.

31/03/2023

Short visit to the Järvenpää Professional Training Center Campus House. The new school building will be ready in the summer. Looks promising!

08/03/2023

Last week we celebrated the topping out of the Järvenpää Professional Training Center Campus House. The new main building complements the Järvenpää Professional Training Center campus with a multifunctional hubthat brings the entire campus together. The wooden two-story building houses spaces for education and provides services for the community. There are teaching spaces for the healthcare professions and for the beauty and hair professions as well as spaces dedicated to special education for adults. The building also contains a large multipurpose hall, seminar spaces, and a gym that can be rented out. There is also acafeteria and a beauty salon, both run by the students.

05/02/2023

Small is beautiful. Seinäjoki Kontra Pavilion on a Sunday morning.

22/12/2022

After an eventful year with a broad range of projects of different scales and types, it is again time to slow down for a break around the Holidays. During this year, many of our recent projects have been recognized with important international awards, including the Tikkurila Church and Housing, the Karlsson Housing, and the Villa B. We have also had a chance to embark on many new projects, both big and small, from the development of entire city districts to educational buildings and housing to exhibition spaces for the arts and pavilions for events. None of it would have been possible without our amazing, dedicated team and our wonderful collaborators. We want to express our heartfelt thanks to all of you! Wishing you all peaceful and relaxing holidays, we look forward to continuing the collaboration with you in the coming year 2023!

20/12/2022

Konsthall Tornedalen, a view from the river bank.
The site is located in a breathtakingly beautiful place on the Torniojoki river bank with a view to the arctic hills and the wilderness of Lapland. The building is carefully designed to fit in the delicate nature of the landscape. Taking its cue from the heritage of wooden barn houses in the area, the design creates a large wooden building with a strong but simple shape. It suits well the program of exhibitions and events of the Konsthall Tornedalen. As a kunsthalle, it is an art museum and performance space without a permanent collection.

https://www.konsthalltornedalen.se/pageom

https://oopeaa.com/portfolio/konsthall-tornedalen-in-the-torniojoki-valley/

01/12/2022

Exciting news! Villa B in Ciutadella de Menorca has been selected as the winner of the World Architecture Festival 2022 Award in the category for Completed Buildings: House & Villa (Urban/Suburban). Thank you for jury for recognizing Villa B, the careful transformation of an abandoned structure in the historical city into a villa of contemporary standards.

26/11/2022

It was a pleasure to be part of the New European Bauhaus seminar Into the Woods today. It was an intense and inspiring day of reflection and discussion on the important topic of our forests as a resource for building a sustainable tomorrow. Thank you to Sanna Marin, Prime Minister of Finland, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia, and Ebba Busch, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden for their provocative and encouraging welcoming words. Thank you to my fellow panelists Tomas Sandell, Sandell Sandberg Architects, Yoko Alender, Estonian parliament, and Mark Hughes, Aalto University for bringing such a broad range of perspectives into the discussion. And thank you to Helena Bjarnegård, National Architect of Sweden for chairing the panel Architecture Inspired by Nature.

18/11/2022

We thank the Jury members for recognizing two OOPEAA projects with the PLAN Award 2022: The KARLSSON HOUSING in the category for Housing and the TIKKURILA CHURCH AND HOUSING in the category for Public Space.

The THE PLAN Award is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. With 20 thematic categories, it is an important opportunity for architects, designers, urban planners, and planners to participate in an international community and contribute to the discussion of the key issues in the field. The quality of the award is underscored by its international jury, made up of leading figures in the architecture, design, real estate, and academic fields.

17/11/2022

Three OOPEAA projects have been selected as finalists for THE PLAN Award 2022: Villa B in the category of Renovations, Karlsson Housing in the category of Housing, and the Tikkurila Church and Housing in the category of Public Space.
The project for the new TIKKURILA CHURCH AND HOUSING was realized in close collaboration between the architects, the builder, and the client. The goal was to create a multifunctional building that provides for the needs of the growing and increasingly multicultural community consisting of students, families, working people and elderly.

The final results will be revealed in the award ceremony on Thursday, November 17, 2022. The event will take place at the Fondazione Riccardo Catella in Milan. It will also be streamed live. You can register to follow the event online or find more information about the finalists at https://www.theplan.it/eng/whats_on/the-plan-award-2022-finalists

Photos 1, 5-7 by Hannu Rytky
Photos 3 by Marc Goodwin
Photos 2, 4 by Tuomas Uusheimo

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