Antti Tuure

Hello! I’m an architect currently working on my dissertation at the Graduate School of Industrial Timber Construction at Tampere University.

The Graduate School of Industrial Timber Construction at Tampere University

Doctoral researcher. January 2021 -

TUPA architecture Oy

Architect, partner. March 2018 -

Assignments have included designing and visualizing residential buildings and detached houses, as well as working on timber apartment buildings and attic extensions for apartment complexes. I have nearly 10 years of experience in apartment and urban design.

Timber buildings research, Apartment design, Urban design, 3D-modeling, Visualization

Awards and honours

2019 Idea competition for the city center of Sastamala, honourable mention, (assistant)

2019 Lappeenranta Town Hall block architectural competition. 2nd prize

2016 Isover multi-comfort house students contest, national stage’s 1st prize + international stage’s honourable mention

2016 EFL Design Competition – Accessible Housing, honourable mention

My research focuses on design principles related to space efficiency and material efficiency, which are linked to project feasibility, sustainability, and the circular economy. My work involves numerous case studies of constructed timber apartment buildings, exploring the architectural and structural solutions employed.

Special attention is given to net apartment efficiency, the thickness of structural elements, and comparative analyses of material efficiency and carbon footprints in intermediate floors.

The construction of timber apartment buildings has been particularly common in mid-rise buildings, which are 3 to 8 stories high. My research examines 55 constructed timber apartment buildings, providing a comprehensive overview of the current state of timber construction in Finland. The study focuses on the architectural and structural solutions used in Finland between 2018 and 2022 under the Land Use and Building Act, which came into effect on January 1, 2018. 

The construction methods used in the case study sample were either volumetric element construction method (3D), or panel construction method (2D), and the study explores the differences between these two construction methods.

Architecture

Peer reviewed scientific articles:

Finnish mid-rise timber apartment buildings Architectural, structural, and constructional features: https://doi.org/10.37457/arf.146875

Space Efficiency in Finnish Mid-Rise Timber Apartment Buildings: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13082094

Master of Science Thesis:

Wooden multi-storey housing on Kuokkala, Jyväskylä: http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201811082551

News articles:

Wood Magazine 1/2019, Published on March 20, 2019:

https://issuu.com/puuinfo/docs/puu_1_2019_lowres/78

Puuinfo, Published on September 1, 2024:

Julkaistu tutkimus suomalaisten puukerrostalojen arkkitehtonisista, rakenteellisista ja menetelmällisistä piirteistä - Puuinfo