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Alusta Pavilion for Multispecies Encounters : Circular eco-friendly structures combining habitats for insects, birds, and plants with educational and recreational spaces

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Nationality
Finland
Group
Suomi/Koivisto Architects
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About Project

The Alusta Pavilion is an open space for protecting the environment and sharing culture, demonstrating how people and nature can live together in the city. It reminds us that human health and happiness are closely connected to all forms of life—insects, plants, and the microorganisms in the soil.

Installed in downtown Helsinki from 2022 to 2024 and now relocated to Aalto University, the pavilion uses clay structures, decaying wood, flowers loved by bees and butterflies, and soil-enriching fungi and charcoal to provide habitats and food for insects and birds. By regenerating healthy soil, it ultimately gives benefits back to humans as well. The structure itself embodies seasonal change, presenting a different appearance each time and bringing the rhythm of nature into urban life.

The pavilion was designed with reuse in mind from start to finish. Seasonal flowers and butterflies offer visitors joy and healing, while learning, discussion, and participation programs allow people to experience the importance of the environment as more than abstract knowledge.

Visitors ranged from children to scholars, and entomologists and ecologists observed positive natural changes in the space. The Alusta Pavilion is an open place for everyone, built with simple and low-cost technologies that make it easy to replicate. More than just an exhibition, it presents new possibilities for communities and nature to recover and grow together, opening a path for everyone in the city to experience the healing power of nature.

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