Curving wooden wall fronts Ruukki Health Clinic in Finland by Alt Arkkitehdit

Slim batons of timber clad the facade of this medical clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit, which is set on the edge of a Finnish forest.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

Offering dental, paediatric and general healthcare services, the public clinic is located beside existing medical wings – including a care centre for elderly people – in Ruukki, a locality in the Northern Ostrobothnia region of Finland.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

The Ruukki Health Clinic is surrounded by a pine forest. As an acknowledgement to this setting, Alt Arkkitehdit chose to clad the facade in wood, using slender strips of larch that typically turns grey as it ages.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

The building has two straight facades and one concave, creating a curved L-shaped plan.



The timber facade – which matches the height of an adjoining block – juts out as it approaches the roof on this concave side, creating an overhanging lip that helps to shelter the glazed entrances to the centre.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

“Ample eaves protect the cladding from weather and connect the embracing, free-form wall to the older buildings with its stern but polite profile,” explained Alt Arkkitehdit.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

“Other facades are stylishly nonchalant and functional with ribbon windows providing therapeutic forestscapes to the interior, alongside natural light,” the architects added.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

A waiting room is located in this hollow and is intersected on one side by a corridor that leads to treatment rooms in both directions. At the end of one corridor, a glazed passage connects to the neighbouring medical wing.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

“The functional scheme is based around a simple idea of puffing out the centre of a rational L-form, which makes it possible to group dental care, healthcare, and child healthcare as distinct – but connected – units around the central lobby at the core of the building,” said the architects.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

Tubular pendant lights hang from the perforated white ceiling above the waiting area, while a large red cross decorates the grey floor between the entrance and reception desk.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

“Opening the shape of the corridors towards the central core lessens negative institutional connotations and eases the orientation by opening up views from the lobby towards the appointment rooms,” said the studio.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

General clinical spaces are lined up along the two straight facades of the building that feature long strip windows, while two separate pods for dental and children’s heathcare are set on either side of the waiting area.

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit

Irregularly placed windows bring light into these rooms.

Photography is by Ville-Pekka Ikola of Alt Arkkitehdit.


Project credits:

Collaborators: Alt Architects and Architectural office Karsikas Ltd.
Architectural design: Alt Architects
Principal designer and project coordinator: Martti Karsikas
Principal designer: Architectural office Karsikas Ltd / Martti Karsikas
Architectural designer: alt Architects Ltd, Ville-Pekka Ikola, Antti Karsikas, Kalle Vahtera
Client: Municipality of Siikajoki, Chief of property management Juho Kauppila
Contractor: Sorvoja Oy, Martti Sorvoja
Structural design: ARKINS Suunnittelu Oy, Kalle Hautajärvi
HVAC – Design: LVI Suunnittelu Ervasti Oy, Ville Ervasti
Electrical design: Sähköinsinööritoimisto Ratex Oy, Olga Siermala

Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit
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Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit
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Ruukki Health Clinic by Alt Arkkitehdit
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Made in Italy: the best in post-war Italian graphic design comes to London

Book covers for Rizzoli by Mario Dagrada, 1964-71

Paper company Fedrigoni has collaborated with UK design studio SEA and the Aiap archive in Milan to produce a London exhibition and series of books on post-war Italian graphic design

Made in Italy consists of an exhibition, a case-bound limited edition book and also four individual books – each dedicated to the work of a particular Italian graphic designers, the first two being Franco Grignani (1908-1999) and Giancarlo Iliprandi (1925-).

Other Italian designers whose work will feature in the show next month at the Protein gallery, Studio 2, in London’s Shoreditch – and in the single edition book – include Mario Dagrada, Mimmo Catellano and Heinz Waibl.

Photographs from inside the Aiap archives in Milan

 

The project has been made possible thanks to the extensive body of work housed at Aiap, the Associazione Italiana Design Della Comunicazione Visiva. A few images from SEA’s tour of the organisation’s Graphic Design Documentation Centre, which is dedicated to collecting and preserving the country’s graphic design history, are shown in the post.

The aim of Made in Italy is to bring the work of some of Italy’s most celebrated graphic design practitioners to more prominence in the UK. While the more familiar names of Griganani and Iliprandi are now rightly held up as leaders in their field, many other lesser known figures have perhaps not had the international exposure they deserve.

SEA say that they have also produced a set of posters for the project, including a reproduction of Iliprandi’s skull and crossbones design he produced for Arflex in 1970 (see book spread below).

Made in Italy will be launched at Studio 2, 31 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EY on June 11. General admission is Friday 12 and Saturday 13, 10am-5pm (free). See mii.london for more details.

Rossana poster by Giancarlo Iliprandi

Type by Heinz Waidl

Design House Guzzini posters, 1970 by Mimmo Castellano

Cover of the Made in Italy book

Covers of the Made in Italy ‘Design Series’

Opening page of Giancarlo Iliprandi book

Canti della Resistenza Italiana record sleeves, 1965; RB Rossana poster, 1971 by Giancarlo Iliprandi

Arflex posters, 1970 by Giancarlo Iliprandi

Opening page of Franco Grignani book

Ducotone advert, 1957; Alfieri & Lacroix advert, 1968 (top); Dompè Framaceutici brochure, 1950 by Franco Grignani

Alfieri & Lacroix poster, 1968 (top); Ricerca come arte poster, 1980; Alfieri & Lacroix Tipolitozincografia in Milano, 1960 by Franco Grignani

Exhibition poster, 1971 by Franco Grignani

Exhibition poster, 1970; Alfieri & Lacroix advert, 1968 by Franco Grignani

Photographs of the Aiap archives

Trying to Create a New Raw Material Out of Leather Waste

Madrid-based designer Jorge Penadés has been working on ways to salvage wasted leather. We don’t mean old leather that’s been discarded, we mean brand-new leather, fresh off of the factory floor. “Leather is a beautiful material but very inefficient in terms of its manufacturing process due to its natural origins,” he writes. “No matter which tanning process a hide went through, the quality of a piece of leather depends directly on the part of the animal that came from. The higher the movement [on the cow’s body], the lower the quality:”

Those ratios being what they are, “companies involved in the production of leather goods produce a large amount of discarded materials, leftovers and offcuts.” Thus Penadés has been experimenting with shredding the scraps and forming them into a new raw material that he can then shape into furniture.

This video shows you his forming process:

We’re curious as to what type of resin he’s using; his project description says that his end material, which he calls Structural Skin, “is made 100% from an animal source,” but plant resins come from trees and synthetic resin obviously comes out of a lab.

Penadés’ early attempts at reworking the material yielded the finish you see below (and in the video above):

However, further experimentation has led him to shave the material on four sides, yielding a different look:

Penadés and his work will be appearing at next month’s DMY Berlin Design Festival under the “New Talents” category.

Hôtel de Nell, Paris: Elegant design, five-star service and Japanese-style soaking tubs make this minimalist hotel a quiet oasis within the clamor

Hôtel de Nell, Paris

When traveling through a destination city full to the brim with expectations, stumbling upon a hidden gem is extra special—and extra rewarding. That’s exactly the feeling after a stay in Hôtel de Nell, located in the residential-feeling 9th arrondissement……

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Animated Recipe: Vanilla Oat Milk: A lactose-free and easy-to-make alternative that can be enjoyed as is or in a coffee

Animated Recipe: Vanilla Oat Milk


Give non-dairy milk a try with this lactose-free alternative. Not only is it low in cholesterol and fat, it also contains twice the amount of vitamin A than its dairy counterpart. This version contains agave to slightly sweeten, but you can easily……

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Extinction-inspired Lighting

Inspired by ancient marine dinosaur fossils called Ammonites, the Amonita desk lamp is first sculptural decor and second a source of soft illumination. The metal spiral with built-in LED strips creates a unique lighting effect of movement. In two sizes and 3 finishes of yellow, zinc or white, they’re as mesmerizing in the dark as they are in daylight.

Designer: Hugo Ribeiro


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A Mapping Projection on the Sydney Opera House

Dans le cadre du festival de lumières VIVID 2015, le studio anglais Universal Everything a collaboré avec plus de 20 studios d’animations différents pour réaliser un mapping animé sur le célèbre bâtiment australien : le Sydney Opera House. Toutes les animations ont été travaillées au dessin au préalable avec des inspirations issues de la pop-culture et de graphismes modernes.

Credits :

Creative Director: Matt Pyke.
Animation Director: Chris Perry/
Sound Designer: Simon Pyke / Freefarm.
Producer: Greg Povey.
On-Site Producer: Mic Gruchy.

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Cutie Wool Sculptures

Voici une sélection de petites sculptures en laine réalisées à la main par l’artiste ukrainienne Anna Dovgan. Avec un style épuré et coloré, cette collection est composée de jolies et attendrissantes figurines prenant la forme d’un renard, d’une poule ou encore d’un avocat amoureux de sa moitié.

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Special Lanes for Ducks

The Canal & River Trust est une association caritative qui s’occupe de la protection des animaux. Afin de protéger les canards qui se baladent au milieu de la foule près des rives et des cours d’eau, en Angleterre et au Pays de Galles, ils ont imaginé des pistes pour canards tracées à la peinture blanche et représentant une silhouette d’oiseau, juste à côté des pistes cyclables.

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Little Wind and Solar Powered House

Le bureau d’architectes Nice Architects basé à Bratislava en Slovaquie a développé le concept d’une petite maison baptisée « Ecocapsule« , uniquement alimentée par énergie éolienne et solaire. A l’intérieur sont présents un couchage et une cuisine dont les besoins en hauts sont comblés par la collecte de l’eau de pluie. Les premières livraisons devraient être possibles d’ici 2016.

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