Hollywood in Kerava and the hilarious art house – These are the ambitious construction sites of the Grand Designs Finland program

Grand Designs Finland – program starts a new season on Wednesday, September 20. Now the ambitious construction projects of the upcoming second season have been revealed. The program is shown on MTV3 channel and MTV Katsomo.

The program follows the house projects of brave builders from the drawing board to the homes of their dreams. The new season will feature ten ambitious and personal projects. This season, apart from the capital region, houses will be built in Lohja, Loviisa, Turku, Tampere and Jyväskylä. The northernmost house rises to Kilpisjärvi.

The season features a diverse coverage of people’s different dream houses. One project is a Hollywood-inspired house built in Kerava, and a hexagonal home resembling a work of art has gone up in Turku.

This production season’s Grand Designs houses have been designed, among others, by PES architects, known as the designer of the West Terminal Tuomas SilvennoinenALA-Architects, who designed the Oodi library Juho Grönholm and the designers of the Life on a Leaf art house Erkki Pitkäranta and Jan-Erik Andersson.

The architect will continue to host the program Sampa Lappalainen.

Below you can see what kind of construction projects will be seen in the second season.

Boomerang – Kirkkonummi

Long-time promoter of major events Risto found a wonderful seaside plot in the capital region and wanted to build a leisure apartment while respecting nature. Tuomas Silvennoinen of PES architects was chosen as the architect, who has been responsible for, among other things, the design of Helsinki’s West Terminal and the future Musiikkitalo in Turku. The house got its name Boomerangi from the shape of the roof, which unites three separate houses into one whole.

When placing the house on the plot, the trees growing there were taken into account. “You can’t buy old trees with money, you have to protect them,” Risto says. There are three full-grown pine trees growing through the house.

Bagua – The best

Nina and Tero build a house in the landscape of Tero’s childhood for Parais. The family has lived abroad for years, and they have previously experienced the problems of a mold-damaged apartment. That’s why it was decided to invest in the breathing air of the new house. The materials were wanted to be particularly close to nature and low-emissions: for example, cork, natural stone and straw plasters.

The dream is a home where it is good for a family with three children to settle down permanently. The couple also wants to keep as many things as possible in their own hands and do all the planning work themselves.

Auvinen Aalto – Jyväskylä

Mirva and Snare and their daughters have moved to Jyväskylä and dream of building a house by the most famous architect in their new hometown, Alvar Aalton, in spirit. Anssi is a construction professional who, in addition to his education as a civil engineer, recently graduated as an architect. He works as an architect, structural designer and corresponding master of his own house. Does construction become easier when all the information is in the hands of one man?

Villa Suvisaaristo – Espoo

Jani and Eve found a wonderful seaside plot in Espoo, a short distance from the center of Helsinki. The architect of the house was selected Pet Michaelwho has been designing several modern detached houses in the Espoo region.

The starting point for the construction of the home was a wonderful seascape and spectacularity with its high-quality materials and large windows. The windows were indeed a challenge, because their large size and the shortage of materials caused by the war slowed down the progress of the construction site, so that frustration was close to waiting for the move.

Voima-Vahtila – Loviisa

Inspired by nostalgia Whereby and Mark found the old house of their dreams in Loviisa, which, however, burned down shortly after moving. In order to overcome the grief caused by the fire, the couple, completely inexperienced in construction work, decided to find an old log frame and move it to the site of the burnt house. The couple also decided to do all possible work themselves, starting with moving the stone footing and lifting the logs. The couple took construction tips from YouTube.

Kuusi-O – Turku

Artist Jan-Erik Andersson and graphic designer Marjo Malin is known for his personal Life on a Leaf art house modeled after a magazine. Now the artist couple is building a new hexagonal two-story home, the design starting point of which is the hexagon, a shape found in nature, for example beehives. The building, designed in collaboration between architects Erkki Pitkäranta and Jan-Erik, examines the amount of space needed, and the artworks designed for the house by several artists are a central part of the new home, which is already like a work of art in its design.

Kerava’s Hollywood

Peter and Sanae both of them had dreamed of the wonderful villas in Hollywood. When the construction of a joint house became topical, the couple knew what kind of house they were going to design. We wanted a lot of space in the house for a growing family: for example, a movie room and a gym, as well as a second living room in the spirit of Sanae’s Moroccan roots.

The house’s large size of 608 square meters did not scare the builders, because Petri is an award-winning master builder. However, my own giant project requires a lot of sacrifices from the family, as Petri spends all his time at the construction site and Sanae runs everyday life alone. Although there is expertise, even a professional cannot always avoid accidents.

Villa Kauppila – Tampere

When Sarah and Ville decided to build their family a summer villa in Tampere, it was clear that they wanted the house to be as unique as the landscape in which it was built. The couple had admired the work of the ALA architects who designed the Oodi library. When the office was interested in the project, they were instructed to “make it absolutely cheekless”. Due to the challenging technical solutions, the house will be laborious to build. The house partially sinks into the slope, and its exceptionally large window surfaces and undulating roof shape give the house a distinctive look.

Peak – Salmon

He has had a long career as an EU official Berry returned a few years ago from Brussels and decided at the age of 77 to build a house in the landscapes of his childhood in Lohja. At first, the plans were for a traditional detached house, but after seeing the architect Martin Lukasczyk designed small houses, the idea of ​​Peak, a modern house peeking over the slope, was born. As a first-time builder, Marjata has had a lot to learn, starting with zoning and building technology, but with an architect, skilled builders and helpful relatives, a bold and personal house like its inhabitants is born.

Northern lights home – Kilpisjärvi

British Amelie and one from South Africa Brett toured Europe with their children in a motorhome and decided to spend the winter in Kilpisjärvi. Due to the travel restrictions caused by Corona, the couple got stuck in Kilpisjärvi and finally decided to stay there to live. In order to make the construction as easy as possible, the couple ended up ordering a house from a factory, which is conveniently and quickly assembled on site. What is it like to build a house in a place where everything is far away, you can’t always find a common language with the locals, and Finnish building regulations surprise you time and time again?