Saamelaiskulttuurikeskus Sajos, Finland, Finnish Lapland Building, Design, Architects
Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos
Inari Building Development, Finland – design by Halo Arkkitehdit
29 Oct 2017
The Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos, Finland
Location: Inari, northern part of Finnish Lapland
Design: Halo Arkkitehdit with M3 Architects
Saamelaiskulttuurikeskus Sajos
This building is located in the northern part of Finnish Lapland. Sajos is the centre of culture and administration for the Sami people. The building includes not just the usual spaces you would find in a cultural centre – offices, restaurant, library – but a parliament hall and auditorium. The structure is in-situ concrete with the facade clad in spruce using a strong vertical rhythm. The centre will form a critical support network for this indigenous people on the northern fringe of Europe.
photograph : Mika Huisman
The Sami Cultural Centre Sajos is located in the village of Inari. The Sami, the only indigenous people in EU. The building creates better possibilities for the Sami in Finland to preserve and develop their own language, culture and business.
On site plan the cultural centre is formed roughly as a cross, creating different yards facing natural or man-made attractions in the vicinity and connecting the building to it’s environment. Shape is carefully plotted to avoid harming old trees on the site. It is a modern interpretation of forms found in ancient sámi handicrafts.

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