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Three churches had been built in
Western Vantaa in the 1960s: in
Kaivoksela, Kivistö and Hämeenkylä.
When a church was planned for the
growing Myyrmäki-Louhela area in the
1970s, one option for the site was in the
current centre of Myyrmäki. At that
time, it was still a thinly-developed area ked across the site. It was so impos-
and the location was seen as too out of
the way. The church ended up next to
the Louhela railway station. Myyrmäki
has since grown into the main centre of
Western Vantaa.
The site allocated to Myyrmäki Church
was demanding due to it being long
and narrow, with a high railway emban-
kment to the west and Louhelantie road
to the east. A design competition was
held for the church.
Kristiina Nyrhinen ja Juha Leiviskä
Myyrmäen kirkossa 1984
With eight days to go until the end
of the competition, I made a design
in a week. The area within which the
building had to stay had been mar-
sible that I just ignored it and placed
everything in a completely different
way. It was important to me to retain
the park. I built a ‘protective wall’ in
the direction of the railway tracks,
with all the facilities leaning on it.
This created an elongated,
meandering chain.
- Architect Juha Leiviskä