The Cloud Block Inclusive Housing / INARO Integrated Architecture Office
The project seeks to explore how architectural design can support commonality and inclusion while reinterpreting the semi-dense perimeter block typology in a former warehouse area, Postipuisto, in Helsinki, Finland. Social inclusion forms the core of the design. The housing block accommodates affordable housing, co-housing, rental apartments, and owner-occupied units. The different housing tenure types share a common courtyard for all residents. The design of plan types is adjusted for each unit. For instance, the affordable apartments at the eastern tip of the block were designed for a local organization providing housing for low-income residents. Here, apartments for different households are mixed, including larger family apartments, studios, as well as special units with high-level accessibility for the elderly.
© Mika Huisman
- architects: INARO Integrated Architecture Office
- Location: Helsinki, Finland
- Project Year: 2024
- Photographs: Mika Huisman
- Photographs: Daniel Reini
- Photographs: Marc Goodwin
- Area: 16500.0 m2
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