Another familiar looking sight: an old municipal home enlarged and turned into a nursing home, when a nearby mental asylum was completed and the mentally ill were moved there.
As the area is full of active social and health care buildings, we start our tour from the back.
The old part built in 1953 was the most interesting of course, but there was more.
The building was enlarged for the first time back in 1977.
A better look at the “beautiful” new part.
The third part of the building was more like the original. It was built in the late 1990’s.
The area was located on a cape facing the lake.
The place was closed because of, surprise, surprise, air quality problems, the silent killer of all Finnish public buildings, back in 2017.
The city has started redeveloping the area. The old main building from the 1950’s is listed as regionally important. Although planning was still underway, it was the most likely part of the complex to be preserved in the end.
Back when I visited, they still planned on demolishing everything, though.
And here I am again walking through the area trying to find weak spots.
So far no good.
The entire new, yellow wing was for dementia patients. There must have been a lot of them.
The 1970’s wing is up front, the 1990’s wing to the right.
The 1990’s wing seemed to have twists and turns to every corner.
But I finally got the better of it.
Where the newer meets the newest.
I believe the old people enjoyed the large balconies – if they had the chance to use them.
It seems, that there have been unauthorized visitors.
The far end. The interesting balcony construction is still present.
There really is nothing more 1970’s than this.
The wood is in good shape!
The main entrance is behind that corner.
And here we are. Generative AI has been used to remove the name of the institution.
Walkaround done. Unfortunately no entry this time.