29 April 2024
Webinar
Turku, Finland

We are back with a new webinar series on place-led development: development that matters. This time we’ll be diving into Pihlajaniemi in Turku, Finland. A former military barrack in the old capital of Finland will be transformed into a thriving new neighborhood.

The project covers a total of 300,000 square meters, primarily residential, with 20% being price-regulated social housing. Half of the project now has a legal city plan, with construction starting this year.

The Place-Led Development Working Group under Placemaking Europe hosts a series of sessions in 2021, the Deep Dives, in order t

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Deep Dive #9 Turku – Finland with David Sim and Otto Vinerius (Softer and Senaatti)

Transforming a former military barrack in the old capital of Finland. Pihlajaniemi in Turku, will be transformed into a thriving new neighborhood.

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The Place-Led Development working group meets online regularly, and organizes a live Place-Led Development program during each Placemaking Week Europe.