The school operates on the principles of openness and flexibility, project work and self-motivated learning and knowledge acquisition.

The building was designed by Arkkitehtitoimisto Kauko Lahti, an architectural firm from Jyväskylä.

Gross area = 6,410 m2 (= 68,970 sq ft)
Net area = 4,450 m2 (= 47,880 sq ft), of which the share of the dining facilities and central kitchen 766 m2 (= 8,240 sq ft)
Net area / pupil = 11.1 m2 (= 119 sq ft) (incl. the central kitchen)
Volume  = 31,220 m3 (= 1,102,380 cu ft)

Total cost including furniture and equipment ca. FIM 60 million = 8,843,000 USD, of which the share of the central kitchen FIM 11 million = 1,621,000 USD

View an annotated floor and site plan of the Kuokkala school at: Kuokkala Plan

Reino Tapaninen, Chief Architect
National Board of Education, Finland
P.O. Box 380
FIN-00531 Helsinki, Finland
Phone +358 9 77477121 | Fax +358 9 77477197 | E-mail: reino.tapaninen@oph.fi