Architecture | The outer wall of Espoo’s city hall is being dismantled – HS described the crumbling of the hated and loved concrete colossus

Espoo The demolition of the disputed town hall began today, Tuesday, with the dismantling of the outer walls, when the demolition of the building’s frame began.

The demolition machine began to crumble the outer walls of the building piece by piece.

Demolition of the frame of the town hall, which had been standing empty for a long time, began today with the demolition of the terrace floors located on the lowest floors of the building.

“The terrace floors are wider than the upper floors of the house, and the parts that are wider than the rest of the building have to be demolished out of the way first, so that we can proceed with demolishing the upper floors”, project manager of the city of Espoo Mikko Kivinen tells.

Demolition of the higher levels is scheduled to begin next week.

The building disposal started in July with demolition work done indoors.

The demolition of the office building, completed in 1971, has been debated since the premises were left empty in 2008. The use of the building was eventually abandoned due to serious indoor air problems.

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In place of the town hall, which is to be demolished, several municipal and commercial services have been planned in the House of Espoo residents, which unites them under one roof.

At the same time as the demolition of the house, some politicians have recently proposed at least partial preservation of the building.