#sturenkatu

[huariqueje]

Sturenkatu 2     -    Tolonen Timo , 2021.

Finnish,b.1977-

Oil on canvas, 100 x 92 cm.

[huariqueje]

Sturenkatu  -   Tolonen Timo, 2021.

Finnish,b.1977-

Oil on canvas, 130 x 75 cm.

[ezebunaf4-blog]

Exactly two years ago, during the final DSS C33 class seminar/Send-Forth in @diakamk Sturenkatu Campus, Helsinki, Finland. . On this day, I rounded up my BSc studies, became an alumnus of this beautiful university and completed my first academic mission in Finland. . I miss these buddies💕Proudly #diakonia . . #Diak #Bsc #graduation #sturenkatu #diakamk (at Diakonia-ammattikorkeakoulu)

[rosollis-blog-blog]

#finland #helsenki #boy #spring #rocks #mountains #sun #freshair #heat #holiday #bright #good #weather #freshness #student #student #sturenkatu #sibelius #street #sea (в Kesäranta)

[bellston]

Helsinki 04.05.2014

[kasperstromman]

Insignificant Helsinki landmarks #2: The Sturenkatu mushroom

The Sturenkatu mushroom is a prime example of 1930s functional architecture; the structure was originally built to protect automobile drivers from the elements while filling up their car. Back then the building used to be a Volvo dealership.

What's interesting though is that there's an almost identical concrete mushroom in Stockholm's Stureplan (“a hig-end public square in central Stockholm”), which contrary to the Helsinki mushroom is a popular place for meeting up. The Stockholm mushroom was built in 1937, so clearly there was something going on with the name Sture and concrete mushrooms in the 1930s?

The Stockholm mushroom was actually demolished in 1988, but after an outcry from the townsfolk an exact replica was created the following year.

Most people in Helsinki either don't know or don't care about the Helsinki mushroom. And why should they? It's not exactly central, and there's not that much near it apart from an old industrial area.

And that's why it's the Kasper Stromman Design blog's favourite meetup place.