Saatsi Architects – restoration and renovation architects in Finland

Restoration, repair and alteration

Repair and alteration of old buildings is the core of our expertise. Alongside the restoration of protected buildings, we design repairs and alterations for more ordinary buildings of all ages. We favour traditional materials and structures and have extensive experience of natural ventilation. Restoration projects (in Finnish)

New buildings

We design healthy and durable new buildings, from small pavilions to residential and educational buildings. We are at our best when a project combines old and new, both architecturally and technically. New building projects (in Finnish)

Landscape design and planning

We prepare courtyard plans for housing companies as well as wider landscape management plans. Our special expertise covers historic gardens, stormwater solutions and traditional plant species. We also prepare local detailed plans and reference plans for planning purposes.

Laser scanning, measured drawings and modelling

We laser scan existing buildings and photograph them by drone with our own equipment, and produce building information models, photogrammetric models and measured drawings from the point clouds as accurate base data for design and surveys.

Surveys and inventories

We prepare building history surveys, inventories of the built cultural environment, repairability assessments, conservation management plans, restoration reports and colour studies, as well as condition surveys and hazardous substance surveys. Our clients include municipalities, the state, parishes, universities, housing companies and private owners. Surveys (in Finnish)

Housing companies

For housing companies we design pipe renovations with the related alterations to apartments, as well as repairs and alterations of facades, balconies, roofs, courtyards and individual apartments. We also design infill development, extensions and attic apartments, and prepare reference plans for changes to the local detailed plan. Housing company projects (in Finnish)