Buildings|Lastenlinna has been empty since the New Children’s Hospital opened six years ago.
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The block of Lastenlinna will be transformed into an area of business and office buildings, possibly also apartments.
The block’s original hospital building with towers has been preserved, including the main interior spaces.
New buildings can be placed along Stenbäckinkatu and Linnankoskenkatu.
The oldest part of the Children’s Castle is listed on Docomomo’s Finland list as a valuable site for the reconstruction period.
Long the buildings of the empty Children’s Castle are getting new life, when the block intended for health care turns into an area of business and office buildings. Housing may also be placed in the block.
The culturally historical and architecturally valuable original hospital building with its towers has already been protected, but now the protection regulations also extend to its most important interior spaces.
The oldest curved part of the Children’s Castle Hospital with its towers was completed in 1948. It was designed by the architects Elsi Borg, Otto Flodin and Olavi Sortta.
New buildings are planned for the block of Children’s Hospital in place of the expansion parts of the hospital.
Renew office and residential buildings can be placed on the site of the extension parts completed in 1959 located along Stenbäckinkatu and Linnankoskenkatu.
Apartments could be created for about 150 people. Building rights in the block are not growing at all.
The city environmental committee will discuss the block’s change on Tuesday.
Children’s Castle the oldest part is listed on Docomomo’s list of the international modern architecture research and preservation organization Finland as a valuable object of the reconstruction period.
The hospital’s design sought to maximize air and sunlight access, and that’s why the building got its curved shape and tall tower.
The decorative plastering, reliefs and decorative sculptures on the facades distinguish the Children’s Palace from other public constructions of the era. The eagle reliefs were made by a rap master Yrjö Kyllönen sculptor Sakari Tohkan based on plans.
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