lindroos architects

Vanha Domus 1st Prize
Type: Student housing, competition 1st prize
Team: Lindroos Architects & JADA
Client: Tampereen opiskelija-asuntosäätiö (TOAS)
Location: Tampere, Finland
Area: 11500brm²
Year: 2020–
Collaborators: XAOS Collective (visualizations)

ENFILADE
"ENFILADE" SARA HILDEN ART MUSEUM

Type: Cultural, Competition "Upper category"
Location: Tampere, Finland
Area: 6500m²
Year: 2020
Status: Concluded
Collaborators: Futudesign Oy, Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, XAOS Collective (visualizations)

KAISANTUNNELI
KAISANTUNNELI

Lindroos Architects, together with Sitowise designed entrances to new pedestrian and bicycle connection below Helsinki Central Railway Station. Canopy at the east entrance creates a new smooth transition from built city to historical Kaisaniemi Park. West entrance adapts itself to new urban Kansalaistori square. The site is located on listed built cultural environment (RKY).
Type: Infrastructure, comission
Client: Sitowise / City of Helsinki
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Year: 2020-
Collaborators: Oladesign (visualizations)

VIPUSENTIE
VIPUSENTIE

A wooden, protected former Elanto storage is transformed into a single family house. Carefully studied interior has a contemporary twist, yet still keeping character of the 1920’s building. Existing facades are restored to their original state. The site is situated within listed built cultural environment (RKY) in Käpylä, Helsinki.
Type: Residential, transformation, comission
Client: Private
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Area: 125m²
Year: 2019-
Status: Ongoing
Collaborators:Ingenjörsbyrå Anders Westerlund Oy Ab, Vesa Kolehmainen (LVI), Energiavahti Oy

LAMMINRAHKA
LAMMINRAHKA SCHOOL

Type: education, Competition
Location: Kangasala, Tampere Finland
Area: 14000m²
Year: 2019
Status: Concluded
Collaborators:Mori Meana Architecture,
XAOS Collective (visualizations)

Kämp Garden
KÄMP GARDEN

Garden – Center for Finnish Fashion is focused on showcasing central names on the Finnish fashion. Projects spatial and functional requirements are tarnsformed into a simple grid layout allowing flexible program split and expansion of stores. The grid forms an infrastructural backbone, where one square forms one rental unit.
Type: Retail, Commission
Client: Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Team: Lindroos Architects & Futudesign
Main Contactor: Rakennusliike Oy Antti J. Ahola
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Area: 2100m²
Year: 2017-2018, Completion November 2018
Collaborators:Loikka Works Oy, Juni Communications, Sipti Consulting, Solvit Oy, Insinööritoimisto Veikko Vahvaselkä, L2 Paloturvallisuus, Yhtyneet Insinöörit, Paloff, Genpro.

KIILA
HUVILA KIILA

A simple volumetric shift creates a contemporary holiday house with a generous living space framing a sea view.

Type: Holiday house
Client: Private
Location: Kemiö, Finland
Area: 80m²
Year: 2019–
Status: Ongoing

Nuuksio
HUVILA NUUKSIO

Project consists tree single standing wooden houses in a forest: main building, sauna and a shed. Cottages surrounded by the wilderness are carefylly situated at the edge of bedrock.

Type: Holiday house
Client: Private
Location: Espoo, Finland
Area: 120m²

Kantonschule Limmattal 2nd Prize
ERWEITERUNGSNEUBAU KANTONSSCHULE LIMMATTAL

Type: Education, Competition 2nd prize
Location: Zürich,Switzerland
Area: 6500m²
Year: 2017
Status: Concluded
Team: ARGE Osma Lindroos, Pawel Krzeminski,
Blaser Architekten (general plannung)
Collaborators: Westpol Landschaft Architekten, Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Transsolar, Emmer Pfenninger Partner AG

Tampere Art Museum
TAMPERE ART MUSEUM

Type: Cultural, Competition
Location: Tampere, Finland
Area: 6750m²
Year: 2017
Status: Concluded
Collaborators: Futudesign Oy, Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Nomaji maisema-arkkitehdit Oy, Atelier Aron Lorincz (visualizations)

Berufschule Zürich
ERSATZNEUBAU FÜR DIE BAUGEWERBLICHE
BERUFSSCHULE ZÜRICH

Type: Education, Competition
Location: Zürich,Switzerland
Area: 6970m²
Year: 2018
Status: Concluded
Team: ARGE Osma Lindroos, Pawel Krzeminski, Daisuke Hirabayashi Blaser Architekten (general plannung)
Collaborators: Schnetzer Puskas Ingenieure, Transsolar

Hanno Railway
Station Renewal 3rd Prize
HANNO RAILWAY STATION RENEWAL

Type: Interior, Competition 3rd prize
Client: Seibu Railway Company Ltd.
Location: Hanno, Japan
Area: 6000m²
Year: 2017
Status: Concluded
Collaborators: Futudesign Oy,
Atelier Aron Lorincz, (visualizations)

Nuoranpunojankatu
7 extension
NUORANPUNOJANKATU 7 EXTENSION

Type: Residential, Comission
Client: As oy Nuoranpunojankatu 7
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Area: 1000m²
Year: 2016
Status: Concept Design
Collaborators: Arkkitehtitoimisto Markus Lindroos Ky

Archive
MUSEOVIRASTO OFFICE Helsinki 4575 brm², Client: Senate Properties, Completed 2012
Katri Vala heat pump station, Client Helsingin Energia 2006
HELSINKI MAIN POST BUILDING Helsinki Finland, 28290 brm² Completed 1938
ARABIA FACTORY Helsinki Finland, 13500 brm² Porcelain Factory Completed 1947

project list

2020	TOAS Vanha Domus 1st prize
2020	Kaisantunneli entrances
2020	Sörnäistentunneli entrances
2020	Huvila Nuuksio
2019	Tottakai!
2019	Vipusentie Re-use
2019	Lamminrahkan koulukeskus, competition
2019	Huvila Kiila
2019	Uusi Kansallinen, Collaboration with Bruno Fioretti Marquez, competition 3rd prize
2018	Kämp Garden – Center for Finnish Fashion
2018	Josafatin kallion sähköasema
2018	Ersatzneubau für die baugewerbliche berufsschule Zürich, competition
2017	Erweiterungsneubau für die Kantonsschule LIMMATTAL, competition 2nd prize
2017	Hanno railway station renewal, Competition 3rd prize
2017	Tampere Art Museum, competition
2016	Nuoranpunojankatu 7 extension
2010s	Museoviraston toimitilat Sturenkatu 2a, As Oy Mäkelänkatu 39-43 Helsinki.
2000s	Vierumäen koulu laajennus, Porolahden peruskoulu, Katri valan lämpöpumppuasema,
	Helsingin yliopisto, Teollisuuskatu 23-25, Lastentarhaopettajaininstituutti, Vierumäen sivukoulu
	Helsingin yliopisto, Siltavuorenpenger 10, Uomarinteen koulu, Rautpihan päiväkoti
	Korttelitalo Poikkilaakso, Ålands sjömansskola,
1990s	Simonkylän koulu, Ala-Malmin peruskoulu Söderkullan keskusta, Kiinteistö oy Mestaritalo
1980s	Lannaslunds skolor, Sjundeå svenska skola, Vestersundsby skola, Länsinummen peruskoulu
1970s	Lastentarhaopettajaininstituutti, Ahvenanmaan tekninen opisto, Ålands yrkesskola
1970s	Vaasan hotelli- ja ravintolakoulu, Internat i Jakobstad, Ålands sjömansskola, Ålands sjöfartsläroverk
1960s	Oulun talouskoulu, Ålands yrkesskola, Turun merenkulkukoulu, Jakobstads skolcentrum
1950s	Espoon ammattikoulu, Helsingin kotitalousopettajaopisto,, Tampereen seurakuntatalo, Turun seurakuntatalo
1940s	Kotkan teknilliset ammattioppilaitokset, Arabian tehtaat, Arabian lastentarha, Gutzeitin laatikkotehdas, Puutalo Oy tyyppitalot
1930s	Helsingin Postitalo, Härmälän kirkko

profile

Lindroos Architects is an architectural practice based in Helsinki Finland and Basel Switzerland. A wide expertise covers different scales from furniture design to large public buildings and urban developments. Lindroos Architects design approach combines tradition with contemporary by using latest analog and digital technology. Lindroos Architects seeks a specific answer for each project on a global context.

Osma Lindroos

Osma studied architecture in Helsinki University of Technology. He worked for offices in Helsinki and collaborated with Swiss practice Herzog & de Meuron in Basel and Tokyo 2009-2016. During his collaboration with H&dM Osma worked on international projects such as Skolkovo university in Moscow and Miu Miu Flagship Store in Aoyama, Tokyo. Besides his own design work, he teaches architecture as a lecturer at the Aalto University in Helsinki.
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Markus Lindroos

Markus has over 40 years experience from wide range of projects in Finland. Over the years Markus designed and built more than twenty educational buildings and renovated multiple heritage buildings. He has been member of diverse research and development workgroups for sustainability within building industry and authorities.
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Annukka Lindroos

Annukka’s expertise is city planning, urban design and strategy consulting. Due to her a long experience as Deputy Director of City of Helsinki Town Planning Division, and her experience as a jury member for many architectural and urban competitions, she provides consulting as specialist at excellence for any project related to cities and urbanism.
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History

Lindroos Architects was originally founded as Arkkitehtitoimisto E&E Lindroos by Elma and Erik Lindroos in Helsinki 1937. Elma and Erik Lindroos won several important architectural competitions during their time and built more than hundred twenty buildings focusing on residential, commercial and public projects. Among the projects, for example, Helsinki main Post office(1938), Arabia Factory (Helsinki 1944) are well known and still admired by locals and international visitors.
Markus Lindroos joined office in 1973 and developed working field further into educational facilities as well as renovation and conservation of historical buildings. During 1981-2017 office name was Arkkitehtitoimisto Markus Lindroos Ky.
Osma Lindroos took over family-based practice as a director 2017 and renamed the office Lindroos Architects. As he lives partially in Switzerland, he opened a branch office in Basel.

News

Kämp Garden featured in AIT issue 1/2.2021
1st prize in TOAS Vanha Domus competition 10.9.2020
Vipunen gets building permission 1.9.2020
Lindroos Architects designs entrances to connection below Helsinki central railway station 14.5.2020
Lindroos Architects collaborates with Bruno Fioretti Marquez in Uusi Kansallinen 19.11.2019
Osma Lindroos is appointed as member of Jury in Vuoden Huiput 2019 18.11.2019
Lindroos Architects is involved in Japan export project Tottakai! 4.10.2019
Garden completed 15.11.2018
Osma Lindroos appointed as a Lecturer in Aalto University 19.02.2018
2nd prize in Kantonschule Limmattal 11.07.2017
3rd prize in Hanno Railway Station Renewal Competition 14.12.2017
Hanno selected on second stage 03.10.2017

contact

Osma Lindroos
Architect MSc, Director
osma@lindroosarchitects.com
+358 50 501 7057 / +41 78 694 7086

Helsinki
Lindroos Architects Oy
Köydenpunojankatu 7 a 10
00180 Helsinki Finland
Business-ID: 0217116-1

Basel
Lindroos Architects
Hüningerstasse 40
CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland
Business-ID: CHE 452.698.266

info@lindroosarchitects.com
www.lindroosarchitects.com