THL K-Building Laboratory

Helsinki, Finland

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Architects: Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Year: 2021
Team: Kirsti Sivén, Asko Takala, Eliane Leuzinger, Jukka-Veli Heikka, Jaakko Isosomppi, Kaisa Savolainen, Eero Holopainen, Tony Kajasviita, Ilmo Kapanen, Milja Nykänen, Alex Torres, Albert Rabaza, Aino Born, Laura Snirvi, Saara Sillanmikko, Saku Kuittinen, Dan Palarie

The new K-Building “TeHoLab” is a special laboratory building for THL: The National Institute for Health and Welfare.

The THL Campus consists of several different administrative and research buildings – the oldest dating back to the 1960s. The new K-building is built on the site of an old D-building (a former animal shelter).

The complex and demanding program required unique and flexible solutions. Asymmetrically stretched the H-shape building is linked to the existing campus across different floor levels.