The Island where the Rainbow lives Rastis, Helsinki When Andersson was commissioned to do a work for Rastis’ multi-purpose house in Nordsjö/Vuosaari in Helsinki, the building was still under construction. Andersson rushed off to ask the architect Karl-Johan Slotte if it was possible to have an influence on the architecture. He said that the floors were still uncovered, so Andersson asked him to give them to him, and he did! The building serves several purposes functioning as high school, day-care centre, a small music hall, as well as a place where young people can gather in the evenings. The general idea behind the building is to provide facilities for the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Anderssons aim was to to do a work which takes a deeper step into the school’s ordinary life, to create a total art work, a place which the pupils would remember later in life with the same feeling as a good fairy tale. Andersson started by writing a story, which took into account the minority's settlements on the coast and in the archipelago, as well as their specific festivities. It resulted in a tale about two child islands searching for their father island, who had disappeared millions of years ago. During the voyage the child islands undergo many adventures. They meet the rainbow who lives in a flagpole, when it is not "on duty" and a strange hedgehog made of kitchen-ware. On the floors you can see figures from the story cut in linoleum. The floor of the main entrance is made to look like an archipelago with islands spread out in the sea. The father island rises from the sea holding the flagpole. The cloud shaped Luck, hiding under the top of the flagpole, has come out to see what is going on. The Hedgehog, cast in bronze, is sitting on a small island, inviting the children to touch him. The interactive part of the work, i.e. when Andersson worked together with the children, resulted in three "souls" guarding the music hall, the dining-room and the gym. The teachers wanted to incorporate the story and the art work even further into the school’s educational program. The classrooms have names taken from the story and teachers use it as inspiration for different classes. They have also turned the tale into a play and a song. pictures (13) Holmen där REGNBÅGEN bor (The fairy tale in swedish)