In March 2016, the central church of Ylivieska, Finland, was destroyed in a fiery blaze an act of arson that leveled the 18th-century wooden structure into a pile of ash Now, the community is set to start fresh with a brand new church designed by K2S Architects, after the Finnish firm was selected as the winners of a competition for the new Ylivieska Church The competition asked architects to design a structure that could serve the function of the former church building while creating a contemporary structure that responded to its context in a new way the proposals were roughly divided into five types: cross-churches inspired by the old church; triangular floor plans resembling Ylivieska's coat-of-arms; square or stretched rectangular footprints; various symbols; and inspired/free-form,” the jury noted in their citation “The most successful were the proposals for a new building that made a clear coherent figure that was tall enough in relation to its environment to be able to create a new urban focal point.” K2S’ design was selected unanimously by the jury. The architects will now continue working with the Ylivieska Parish to plan for future realization "Trinitas" / K2S Architects "Silta (Bridge)" / AOR Architects "Kooda 2" / OOPEAA "Emilia" / Benjamin Aspelin, Stian Vestly Holte, Simon Schumacher "Ristit (Crosses)" / APRT Architects "Mina Olen Tie (I Am The Way)" / Benjamin Schulman News via Ylivieska Parish You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Appointed by the local parish that decided to rebuild a historic church after a destructive arson K2S Architects designs a new church building using traditional Finnish architectural techniques and contemporary construction methods to provide comfort to the local society K2S Architects was selected to design the new church through an open architecture competition in 2017 The new church of Ylivieska forms a visible landmark in the urban surroundings of the Kalajokilaakso area The building mass is divided into three parts with gabled roofs – the church hall the mass of the entrance lobby is beveled diagonally forming a natural entry plaza together with the war graves and the ruins of the old church The form of the new church is a natural continuation of the Finnish church-building tradition bringing warmth to the atmosphere of the space gabled form of the church hall is continuously shaped and structured by light from the skylight along the ridge and the indirect natural light at the altar recess Project: Ylivieska ChurchArchitects: K2S Architects LtdLead Architect: Kimmo LintulaProject Architect: Sasu MarilaDesign Team: Mari Ollila and Anna SuominenClient: Parish of YlivieskaPhotographers: Tuomas Uusheimo Input your search keywords and press Enter You can see how this popup was set up in our step-by-step guide: https://wppopupmaker.com/guides/auto-opening-announcement-popups/ was destroyed in a fire lit apparently on purpose Police detained a local man born in the 1980s the Ylivieska church represented tall Finnish wood church architecture The church had wall paintings by Swedish artist Thomas Kiempe from the 1780s and Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa from 1892 Saturday's fire in Ylivieska culminated in the crash of the tall steeple Locals spread photos of the scene on social media The fire occurred some hours before a scheduled Easter night vigil around 500 people attended an outside ceremony near the ruins which was presided over by Oulu Lutheran bishop Samuli Salmi Finnish Minister of Education and Culture Sanni Grahn-Laasonen issued a statement deploring the loss of "centuries of local culture" Church arson is relatively frequent in Finland a young man caused a fire that destroyed the Cathedral of Porvoo the site of the declaration of Finnish autonomy by Czar Alexander of Russia HELSINKI FINLAND JUser: :_load: Unable to load user with ID: 58 A man has been arrested in connection with a fire that broke out and devoured a church in Ylivieska Ari Rutanen, the detective chief inspector in charge of the pre-trial investigation at the Oulu Police Department, reveals in a press release that the relatively young native-born man under arrest is suspected of aggravated criminal mischief after tentatively confessing to setting the church on fire Finns have widely expressed their dismay at the destruction of the 18th-century wooden church “The act of mischief in Ylivieska is shocking and stupefying a part of the cultural heritage of Northern Ostrobothnia was destroyed irrevocably in a single moment Bodily injuries were luckily avoided,” Sanni Grahn-Laasonen (NCP) the cabinet member responsible for church affairs the Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland was similarly shocked by the news from Ylivieska “My thoughts are with the people of Ylivieska The destruction of the church is very sad news give us strength in our troubles,” he tweeted The Parish of Ylivieska has also reported that roughly 500 people attended a midnight service at the ruins of the church on Saturday Aleksi Teivainen – HTPhoto: Mikael Korkeakangas, Tomi Hirvinen – LehtikuvaSource: Uusi Suomi Advertisement inquiries and other after-sales issues: info@helsinkitimes.fi Helsinki Times is the first and only English language newspaper providing news about Finland in English A weekly print edition of Helsinki Times was published from March 2007 up until Feb Helsinki Times is an online-only publication and other groups and individuals interested in Finland from all around the world © Helsinki Times All rights reserved.  Terms of Use | Privacy Policy Caverion Corporation Investor news 3 April 2019 at 10.00 a.m Caverion and Skanska selected as implementation partners of schools' life cycle project in Ylivieska The city of Ylivieska has selected the alliance formed by Skanska and Caverion to implement a life cycle project for two schools The construction of the new school buildings will start in late spring 2019 The present value of the life cycle projects of the new Taanila comprehensive school and Jokiranta school is EUR 45 million in total It is the largest investment in the history of the entire city The new middle school to be built in Jokiranta will replace the old school building while Taanila will be an entirely new school The schools will be completed and ready to welcome pupils for autumn semester 2021.  “Healthy and safe schools boost our vitality We are glad to have obtained experienced and reliable providers to implement our new schools,” says Kari Kentala The new comprehensive school to be built in the Taanila district on Ouluntie road will have premises for about 400 pupils and indoor and outdoor sports facilities for all citizens of the municipality Located in the Niemenranta district on the crossroad of Mäntytie and Visalantie the Jokiranta school afflicted by indoor air problems will be mainly replaced with a new building The size of the Taanila comprehensive school will be over 7,000 m2 and the Jokiranta middle school over 6,000 m2 which means that the food will be prepared elsewhere and transported to the schools.  Caverion will be responsible for the total delivery of building systems including design in the construction phase Caverion will be responsible for the maintenance and care of the buildings as well as managed services The service includes 24/7 HelpDesk and customer portal for monitoring key indicators of the buildings and ordering services Skanska is responsible for the construction work and planning and works as general contractor for the project.  “The life cycle model is particularly suitable for implementing projects with a high level of responsibility The cooperation is focused on finding the best solutions to ensure healthy and safe conditions and environment for children staff members and all building users,” says Ville Tamminen “Energy efficiency is in the spotlight in both projects The goal is to qualify for energy efficiency class A and four stars in the Finnish RTS Environmental Classification,” says Markus Pöllä Project Development Manager at Skanska Talonrakennus Aiming for a flexible learning environment  The design solutions of the schools follow the new pedagogical practices of the national curriculum and take into account the special needs of education at Ylivieska Learning environments are transformable and pedagogically flexible and can also be transformed according to future educational needs All spaces have been designed to be multi-functional and can easily be transformed for different needs taking into account for example the versatile use of spaces in evening time Read more about our services to public sector. Kari Kentala, Technical Director, the city of Ylivieska, tel. +358 44 4294 248, kari.kentala(at)ylivieska.fi  Markus Pöllä, Project Development Manager, Skanska Talonrakennus Oy, tel. +358 40 543 5699, markus.polla(at)skanska.fi Kirsi Hemmilä, Communications Manager, Caverion Suomi Oy, tel. +358 50 390 0941, kirsi.hemmila(at)caverion.com experienced warm temperatures on Sunday – but the forecast calls for snow and lows of -11C later in the week Open image viewerFloodwaters in the village of Niemelänkylä in Ylivieska Image: Janne KörkköYle News14.4.2024 13:49In Northern Ostrobothnia officials warned of flooding around the Kalajoki river as snow and ice thaw amid rising temperatures Water levels were expected to rise further on Sunday especially in the village of Niemelänkylä in Ylivieska the North Ostrobothnia Rescue Service said in a press release The Kalajoki river has overflowed its banks this weekend in the municipalities of Ylivieska Three people had to be evacuated on Saturday night from Niemelänkylä The rescue service predicted that floodwaters would peak on Sunday and Monday The critical flood situation in the Kalajoki Valley took a new turn on Saturday afternoon when two ice dams in the river collapsed in Alavieska Residents of a few houses were evacuated at that point The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) forecast calls for more mild weather with rain or sleet in some areas on Sunday Daytime highs on Sunday may reach 12 degrees Celsius in some western areas and up to 10 degrees in North Ostrobothnia Temperatures on Monday will be cooler but still above freezing throughout the country except in the far northwestern arm of Finnish Lapland The long-term forecast calls for temperatures to plunge back down to -11 in North Ostrobothnia by Friday Yle meteorologist Nina Karusto said that snow is likely even in southern parts of the country next week a joint service of the FMI and the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke) has issued warnings of local flooding in many parts of western Finland in the next few days The highest amber alert levels are in Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia and the western part of North Ostrobothnia Users with an Yle ID can leave comments on our news stories. 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Previously, if a lot of tickets were booked for a railcar service, a bus was ordered in addition to the railcar, but information about this was not shown on our customers’ tickets. This led to confusion at the station when, despite the passenger having booked a ticket for the railcar, they were instructed to board a bus. However, the railcar may sometimes be sold out and there is no bus connection available. In these situations, you can buy a ticket for the next available service. To improve travel comfort and safety, a maximum of two bikes can be transported on a railcar from 29 July. The Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency’s Espoo Rail Line project will cause changes in train traffic between Helsinki and Turku, starting from May 2025. From Monday, 23 June to Sunday, 27 July 2025, there will be a traffic interruption between Helsinki and Karjaa. Trains between Karjaa and Turku will run at longer intervals. 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Give us feedback and enable us to build a better service together. who they suspect intentionally set fire to a 230-year-old church in the town of Ylivieska over the Easter holiday The fire completely destroyed the northern Ostrobothnian church on Saturday evening and police say the reason behind the arson was linked to the man's personal problems Image: Yle28.3.2016 16:57•Updated 28.3.2016 17:01According to police the suspect does not have a criminal background and has indirectly admitted to having caused the fire but has not confessed to committing a crime Police say the man is "troubled" and has had a tendency to make illogical statements Police also stated that there is absolutely no indication that the incident was motivated by racism or extremism and said it appears the man was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the incident During a police press conference about the incident on Monday afternoon police chief Ari Rutanen said that it appeared the suspect's motives were linked to his own personal problems Flammable liquids were used to set and accelerate the fire that devoured an 18th-century wooden church in Ylivieska, Northern Ostrobothnia, on 26 March, Ari Rutanen, the detective chief inspector in charge of the pre-trial investigation, reveals in a press release He adds that the perpetrator is likely to have broken into the church because the fire started from inside the church after the doors of the church had been locked - Court detains man suspected of setting a church ablaze in Ylivieska (31 March - Young man arrested in connection with church arson in Ylivieska (28 March indicates some degree of premeditation or willingness to make sure the fire is successful Police cannot comment further on these details now or later without jeopardising the investigation,” he states in the press release Rutanen also emphasises that whether or not the suspect has confessed to a criminal offence which has been the subject of considerable media attention is inconsequential for nature and scope of the pre-trial investigation due to the gravity of the suspected offence The Oulu Police Department also praises members of the public for providing information to assist the ongoing pre-trial investigation Aleksi Teivainen – HTPhoto: Tomi Hirvinen – Lehtikuva Most of Finland’s estimated 200 or so wolves live in northern and eastern parts of the country but there are small but growing populations in the south and west as well are increasingly worried about wolves encroaching into residential areas there have been more than 100 reports of wolves intruding in people’s yards in the municipalities of Kalajoki The Kalajoki Valley region is home to several wolf packs The figures are based on data collected by the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) two wolves have been shot under special permits with the most recent on the border of Ylivieska and Sievi last weekend four wolves have been killed under such permits They have been granted by local police in cases of repeated visits to yards and preying on sheep and cattle All the individuals shot have been healthy such frequent appearances near homes are quite rare “Before last weekend’s shooting the animals were visiting people’s gardens on a nearly-daily basis,” says Keijo Kapiainen the agency’s game manager for the Oulu region “More than 100 visits to yards is an exceptionally large number,” he adds Kapiainen says there is no single clear reason for the local wolves’ fearlessness around human habitation He does not believe it is primarily driven by the search for food “Maybe the wolves’ territory has been formed in a settled area In that case animals just move around wherever their territory is There is a similar situation in a heavily-populated area of south-western Finland where the number of yard visits has also risen since there have been so many sightings in the area,” suggests Kapiainen The Kalajoki Valley region includes some densely-populated parts which originally attracted the large canines into the area At least one municipality in the area has considered it necessary to arrange special transport for schoolchildren due to the fear of wolves However Kapiainen expects the situation to calm down now “We’re keeping an eye on the wolves’ movements Of course we hope that these culls will have an impact,” he tells Yle There is also a healthy wolf population in Pedersöre Local game officials said last week that a herd of some 40 rare Finnish forest reindeer has moved into the municipality threatened subspecies of reindeer has not been seen in the area since the 1780s They are believed to have spread from Perho to the south-east where a small number were released into the wild in the 1980s Canada: More Grizzlies and wolves moving north to High Arctic Finland: Flash, bang – no more wolves at the door in Finland Norway: Pet passports needed between Sweden and Norway Russia:  Are wolves from illegal Russian kennel in Finland? 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