Auteurs
Soikkeli, Anu / Suikkari, Risto / Reinikainen, Kalle
Résumé en anglais
The historical and cultural values of the postwarreconstruction period housing areas have been
officially noticed just quite recently in Finland. At thesame time the popularity of these areas has increased. It
is feared that technical alterations of the old buildingswill disrupt the uniformity and destroy the identity of
these neighbourhoods. The Karjasilta neighbourhood inOulu functions as a pilot area of the study.
In the beginning of 2008, a structured resident surveywas launched as a part of a new research project,
Karjasilta as a residential environment and culturalmilieu. The aim is to shed light on the qualities and
values of both the physical and social environments -scale, materials and social factors.