Event calendar

2006

The builders Heikki Heinonen and Esa Juvonen start to make the foundation, the two bearing walls and the second floor in concrete. Andersson, with help from artists Susanna Peijari and Sara Nilsson make ornamentation into these structures.

Planning of the interior ornamentation for the floor, lights, colours of the walls, kitchen- and bathroom equipment.

Antti Koponen starts to make the electrical drawings.

The hole for the termal heating is drilled 160 meters into the rock.



2005

Andersson, with help from Sebastian Savolainen, make a model of the building's construction in 1:5 scale.

Veijo Honka from the engineering company NHL becomes the main supervisor of the building project.

Mikko Siren becomes the construction planner.

Timo Vättö starts to make the drawings for DWV (Drain,Waste, Vent).

A discussion forum about Life on a Leaf and architecture is added to the house's demo web site.

Architect Heikki Pietiläinen makes the 3D model of the whole house

Tasokaivuu successfully finishes the DWV (Drain,Waste, Vent) works during the summer months. Electricity was installed in August along with broadband for the Web broadcast.

2004

1.5. Andersson signs the rental contract for the land lot.

6.5. Building permission is approved.
Graphic designer Marjo Malin starts to work on the Life on a leaf Internet site.

3D graphic artist Pasi Kivimäki starts to work on the VRML2 virtual 3D model of the house for the Life on a leaf Internet site.

Andersson and design student Anu Mäkinen work on the coming main table for the Life on a leaf house.

2003

Architect Oliver Walter makes a 3D model of the building, which is used for the application for the building permission.

A detailed drawing of the land lot and the building is given to the city, so that a rental contract can be made.

2002

28.5. The exception permission to create a land lot for a private house on the planned site in Hirvensalo is approved by the city officials.

2001

Detailed planning and making a small scale model of the Life on a Leaf building. Design student Dafna Maimon helps to make the model. Architect Jyrki Tasa comments the model on one of Andersson’s doctorate seminars and gives good advice of how to make the house even more organic.

2000

A new house is planned for the land lot in Raunistula, which takes into considerations the regulations in the area. The new house is based on the shape of a traditional Finnish wooden house, but with organic, curved lines.

The house is approved by the city officials, but meanwhile the land lot has been taken into the auction system and Andersson’s offer to rent the land is too low and the land lot goes to another person.

The Life on a Leaf house project is taken into the Doctorate program in The Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, which gives it a more official status and gives Andersson an opportunity to theoretically study the process.

12.4. The local housing committee decides that the project is important for the city and that a land lot has to be found for the original leaf shaped house.

14.12. Permission is given to start planning a leaf shaped building on a site in Hirvensalo, an island in front of Turku. From the site the medieval castle in Turku can be seen, as well as the big ferries going from Turku to Stockholm. The site is not meant for building private houses so an exception permission is needed.

1999

Architect Erkki Pitkäranta inspires artist Jan-Erik Andersson to build his own personal house, shaped like a leaf, based on concepts they have worked on together under the team name Rosegarden.

The director of the Turku City Art museum, Päivi Kiiski, gets interested in the idea and presents it to people in the Turku city administration.

Turku City suggest a land lot 13 kilometres outside of the city. Andersson’s family, who is to live in the house, finds it too far from the city.

A new land lot is found in Raunistula, an area of old wooden houses close to the city centre. But the leaf shaped house is not considered to fit into the surroundings by the city officials.