Students reinvent Julkujärvi Camping Centre

The School of Architecture at Tampere University of Technology (TUT) and the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Tampere arranged a competition for redesigning the Julkujärvi Camping Centre in Ylöjärvi in the vicinity of Tampere. The objective was to find a design that synthesizes functionality, environmental performance and aesthetics.

A total of 24 entries were submitted to the contest within the deadline. The contestants were exchange students from a number of different countries and they found the nature surrounding Julkujärvi an inspirational starting point for their designs.

The jury praised the winning design “Nutz" by Belgian exchange student Sylvain Nozet for its originality, as the building blends into and grows out of the surrounding woodlands. The jury decided unanimously to award the following designs:

1st prize: "Nutz" by Sylvain Noizet, Belgium
2st prize: ”Patamat” by Jan Skoumal, the Czech Republic
3rd prize: “YOUKNOWWHOOO” by Jan Ondrak, the Czech Republic

Honourable mentions were awarded to "8th” by Ana Patricia Roque Marcelo Pires from Portugal and "Bending” by Clarence Cesaire from France.

The members of the jury were Professor Kari Salonen (Chairman) and Professor Hannu Tikka from the School of Architecture at TUT, Researcher Malin Moisio and Adjunct Professor Tuomo Poutanen from the Department of Civil Engineering, Property Manager Pekka Niemi from the Evangelical Lutheran Parish of Tampere and MSc (Tech) Ville Varjo from Turkoosi 11 Oy.

The prizes will be given out at 13:15 on Monday, 14 May 2012 in the lobby of the Sähkötalo building at TUT.

The contest was part of an annual course titled 'Finnish Wood Architecture'.

Further information:
 Professor Kari Salonen, tel. +358 40 849 0442, kari.salonen@tut.fi

Pictures of the designs will become available online on Monday, 14 May.