The new Central Finland Central Hospital drew inspiration for its interior design from the national parks of Central Finland, bringing as much wood and forest elements as possible close to the patients and staff. Hirsityö Heikkilä built two large log structures inside the hospital: one serves as a café/kiosk, and the other as a children’s play area. All log structures were crafted by hand using top-quality pine from Central Finland, which has been machine-dried and fireproofed.
Completion Year: 2019–2020
Developer: Central Finland Health Care District
Main Contractor: SRV Construction Ltd
Designers: Teemu Kurkela, Olli Vaskelainen / JKMM Architects
Log-structured children’s play area photographed from the third floor.
Children’s play area completed.
The log-structured children’s play area consists of spaces of various sizes.
Carefully hewn logs are beautiful.
Log-structured commercial space completed.
Customers in the commercial space can enjoy the log walls up close.
The solid log wall in the commercial space, finely finished.
A log surface covered with a hidden stain.
The over one hundred year old logs come from Kuorevesi in Jämsä.
The corner of the salmon tail in the log frame of the children’s playground.
Logs are being installed in place. The longest logs are over ten meters long.
Children’s playground under construction in the Saarijärvi carving hall.