The housing fair’s pilot houses and experimental construction methods
During the entire history of the housing fair’s operations it has offered the opportunity for designers and builders to develop their products, test experimental building methods and exhibit these innovative solutions. The list below details all the pilothouses and experimental construction methods during the history of the Housing Fair.
Hämeenlinna 2007
Low-energy house Villa Real
Espoo 2006
Village house Palttina
Kotilo
Heinola 2004
Life Cycle House
Laukaa 2003
Low energy house Sarastus
Kotka 2002
House built using the thermal concrete technique (Specihouse 2100)
Villa Villaton, wood fibre board- air gap ventilation-construction
Pillar –Beam-framed house constructed with glue laminated timber (glulam)
Kajaani 2001
Sustainable development woodhouse ( Woodfine)
Wooden houses, different building methods
Tuusula 2000
Villa 2000, experimental house
Lappeenranta 1999
Suomi- woodhouse
Kotini - Järjestelmätalot...(industrially made building parts)
Solid brick- made using the “light brick pointing” technique for a stonework house.
Rovaniemi 1998
Multi- service centre Lounatuuli (group home/state subsidised housing)
Raisio 1997
Clayhouse
Eurohouse
Ylöjärvi 1996
Wooden apartment blocks
Steel frame terrace and low-rise apartment blocks
Joensuu, Marjala 1995
Liperis´s Eco house
Energy house
Apartment block with a 3-metre storey height
Pietarsaari 1994
Glass house
Solar house IEA-5(kv energy saving programme)
Lahti 1993
Re-cycled materials house
Architect/construction companies´ invitational competition houses
Varkaus 1991
Intelligent house
Shoreline lagoon housing development
Tampere 1990
Steel apartment block
Change of usage from an industrial space to residential housing
Turku 1988
Steel constructed detached house
Winter city experimental house, glass roofed spaces for public and residential use.
Tornio 1987
Apartment block renovation
Imatra 1986
Building projects carried out in a farming environment.
Jyväskylä 1985
Communal residence pilot house
Apartment block built on a slope
Wooden house built using traditional techniques
Kuusankoski 1983
Renovation carried out without a moisture barrier.
Forssa 1982
Safa –urban block
Helsinki 1981
Piko Project, energy houses
The renovation of the Wooden Vallila area
Conservatories
Kuopio 1980
A group of solar houses
Joutseno 1979
House specific heating methods experiment
Lahti 1978
Solar house
Vantaa 1977
Eco house
Housing specially adapted for the disabled
House’s outdoor spaces
Oulu 1976
Independent housing co-operatives
Vaasa 1975
Side- entrance housing
Hämenlinna 1975
Rautaruuki´s low-rise steel house
Kokkola 1975
Independent group building
Pori 1975
Densely built low -rise housing
Kerava 1974
Narrow framed low-rise housing
Kangasala 1972
The Housing Board’s experimental housing in both terraced and apartment block style
Semi-detached house A-71
Tuusula 1972
The Housing Board’s experimental house A-70
Solutions implemented at the housing fairs
- The world's unrestricted access district was built in 1995, in Marjala, Joensuu. The housing fair area received, among others, the Helios award from the EU's programme for the disabled.
- Finland's first government subsidised, community housing project, was implemented in Jyväskylä's Tuulenkylä Fair in 1985. The residents have in communal use; two saunas, a laundry room, fireplace room and a community house.
- In Kuopio, in 1980, nine separate solar energy houses were completed. Their technical solutions ranged from liquid and air circulation solar collectors to heat pumps and various other techniques for het storage.
- In the 2000 Tuusula Housing Fair the experimental house Villa 2000 was constructed with the premise of saving energy, ensuring the longevity of the framework solutions and adaptability of the interior spaces.