VIIKKI SCIENCE PARK HOUSING AREA Helsinki Type: Competition 1st prize 2007 Client: HOAS, University of Helsinki Size: 15 000 m² Status: 1st phase completed (7/2010) Entry "LOUIS LOUIS" A housing block for university students and staff consists of 7 residential buildings (260 apartments) and a parking garage. The design emphasizes communality and forms a distinctive addition to the Univerisity Science Park campus. Student housing buildings are connected by a path running through the entry courtyards. Slight variations in the buildings' geometry open up maximum views to the pastoral surroundings. On-site photography by Tuomas Uusheimo and Tiia Ettala.