Karhu and Päivölä

The Karhu and Päivölä terraced houses are world renowned. The buildings rep­resent the culmination of the development in workers’ housing in Sunila. The single-room flats on the ground floors have front yards demarcated by a granite wall, and the two-room flats on the first and second floors have large terrace-like balconies.

The elegance of the terraced houses does not dwindle with time. They are known around the globe in architecture literature as well as among the operators and hobbyists of the field. They are the peak of the evolution of Aalto’s workers’ housing units in Sunila..