Kartanonkoski () is a Finnish housing

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in the southern part of the City of

Vantaa Vantaa (; , ) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki, in southern Uusimaa. The population of Vantaa is approximately . It is the most populous municipality in Finland. Vantaa is part of the Helsinki Metropoli ...

. Kartanonkoski is a part of the Pakkala district and furthermore a part of Aviapolis marketing brand area of Vantaa. The area is located on the grounds of the Backas Mansion. Located in or near the area are the International School of Vantaa, Jumbo shopping mall, and Ruutinkoski Rapids. The area is 2 kilometres away from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

History

In 1998, the City of Vantaa organized a

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for the planning of a "garden village". The winner was the Swedish

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Djurgårdsstaden arkitekter. The area is part of the Pakkala district but for marketing reasons the suburb was named Kartanonkoski. The town planning concept was partly taken from the

Garden city movement The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with Green belt, greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, i ...

in Britain from the end of the 19th century, as well as the

New Urbanism New Urbanism is an urban design movement that promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating Walkability, walkable neighbourhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has ...

movement at the time of its inception. The overall town plan shuns the typical orthogonal street grid in favour of curving street delineations, crescents, shifts in axes, localised symmetry, and more organic structures. The area consists of houses and apartment blocks arranged mostly in terraces though many of the detached and semi-detached houses on the south side of the area are of generic rectangular type, but in bright colours. Numerous children's play areas are situated throughout the area. Public green areas permeate the entire area, contributing to the "garden village" ambience. The construction began in 2000.Helsinge-Vantaa 650 - The Pakkala Tour
2.3.2010 With its red-tiled pitched roofs,

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s, vernacular detailing, ornamentation and bright colours - as well as lack of flat roofs and strip windows - the architecture of Kartanonkoski represents a Neo-vernacular or Neohistorism style. It is heavily influenced by the

Nordic Classicism Nordic Classicism was a Architectural style, style of architecture that briefly blossomed in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) between 1910 and 1930. The style was also known as Swedish Grace architecture in Sweden. Until ...

of the 1920s - especially in places the wooden Puu- Käpylä district of Helsinki - but also the

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of the 1970s and 1980s. The houses are mostly two storeys, but in places go up to five storeys. The intention of the architects was to combine the technology and building methods of the present - most of the houses are built using

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concrete construction synonymous with modernism - with the architectural tradition of the past with heavy emphasis on aesthetics. The construction costs were initially 10% higher compared to that of modernist style buildings, but the apartments sold at prices 50% higher than ordinary flats.

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