Base Street Trio
Avarrus arkkitehdit Oy

Base Street Trio is a three family row house built from CLT in Tammisalo in eastern Helsinki, Finland. It is Helsinki’s first building constructed from solid-wood panels without insulation in the external walls. Built on a steep hill plot, the meticulous element design and a high quality frame product ensured a quick and smooth construction phase for the house despite the challenging location.

Wood in interiors lowers levels of stress

In interiors, wood seems to have the power to regulate people’s levels of stress. In a comparison of different work rooms, stress level, measured as the skin’s capacity to conduct electricity, was lowest in a room with wooden furniture. Not even plants brought into a room fitted out in white had the same effect. Read more