The Pilke House is a combined office building and science centre in Rovaniemi, Finland. It was built in 2011 and is notable for its low carbon footprint and the use of sustainable wood products in its design.
Science Centre Pilke
Science Centre Pilke, opened in June 2011, has interactive exhibits, presentations and short tours, and is designed for people of all ages.Science Centre Pilke tells the story of forest and timber useRovaniemi prepared for entertaining winter tourists | travel | Finland Times The exhibition at the Science Centre focuses on the sustainable use of northern forests: the growth and management of forests and forest-based products and commodities."Pilke Science Centre Now Open" ISSUU - Rovaniemi City News 2011/2 by Rovaniemen kaupunkiDanship News 1_2 2014Home - m.rovaniemi.fi
Office building
The Pilke House also houses the offices of Metsähallitus, the organization which manages Finland's 37 national parks, providing workspace for 135 people.Finnish Sports Gala Awards Metsähallitus for Promoting Outdoor Recreation. Eustafor.
Architecture
The building is a wooden beam-column structure, an example of ecological wood construction and Finnish architecture."From Wood to Chips" DigiPaper. The carbon dioxide emissions of the wooden Pilke House are about one third of those of a steel or concrete building of the same size."Rovaniemi Office Wins ‘Wood Structure of the Year’". 65 Degrees North. In 2011 Pilke House was presented with the Wooden Structure of the Year Award by the Puuinfo organization.Lemminkäinen building wins award . Good news from Finland. The facade of the building consists of wooden bearing exterior wall blocks. The rooms and spaces inside the building can be altered and resized flexibly. The Pilke House is designed by the architectural studio Arkkitehtityöhuone Artto Palo Rossi Tikka Oy (APRT). The chief designer was Architect Teemu Palo; Juhani Suikki worked as the project's architect.The Pilke House built by Lemminkäinen receives the 2011 wood structure of the year award - Lemminkäinen
References
External links The homepage of Science Centre Pilke The homepage of Metsähallitus http://www.metsa.fi/sivustot/metsa/en/Sivut/Home.aspx