Communities
We design environments that support overall wellbeing, health and activity. We design for the needs of communities. Appealing living and working environments are far-reaching investments. We develop functionally diverse and beautiful outdoor spaces that delight the users. We bring customers into the design process through a collaborative approach. We conduct workshops, experiential field days and interviews.
Outdoor learning environments are one of our areas of expertise. The quality of the outdoor space has a significant impact on people´s physical activity and health. We design playgrounds, sports environments, yards, parks, and different kinds of spaces that support the identity. We want to do our best for communities to do well.
Get to know our works
Puotila school yard
The plot of the Puotila elementary school is centrally located between the residential area and the metro station. The old elementary school and barracks were demolished under the new building.
Lohja partnership block
The aim of the design for the partnership block completed for the Lohja housing fair of 2021 was to encourage communality and encounters between inhabitants in a village-like, cozy scale. In addition to the functions of the residential yard, the outdoor areas of the daycare center and nursing home are also located in the common yard.
The Kaapeliaukio square
Helsinki has a new building dedicated to the art of dance. Nomaji was responsible for the landscape design of the House of Dance project, including the associated public outdoor spaces.
Helsinki Summer Streets 2022
The Summer Streets leading from Esplanad towards the Design Museum square brought the forest to the city. Nomaji and Sweco were responsible for the conceptualisation and design of the summer streets.
Riveria Peltola’s campus
A new school building was planned for the Riveria campus area in Peltola, east of the center of Joensuu. At the same time the outdoor spaces of the campus area were developed to better meet the needs of the renewing vocational school.
Kintterö health forest
The nature path structures of Kintterö are part of the EU-funded GoGreenRoutes project. This initiative supports the implementation of nature based solutions that enhance the physical and mental health of urban residents.
The Kruunuvuorenranta schoolyard and park
“Pelago” project is a result of collaboration between Nomaji and Rudanko+Kankkunen in the invited architecture competition organised by the city of Helsinki. The goal of the competition was to discover a vision and concept design of a new service block building in the Kruunuvuorenranta district and the southern part of the adjacent Haakoninlahti Park.
Akola
The main building of the Akola manor was built in the 18th century by the Iijoki river in Northern Finland. At one time, the main building was prominent in the river landscape.
Vasikkasaari
The nature path structures of Vasikkasaari were completed in the fall of 2020 and are part of the Urban Eco Islands – Urban and Smart Island Tourism Destinations European Union initiative. The initiative strives to create new solutions for sustainable nature travelling.