Retrofitting the historical Finnish log house : the example of the Hyrkkälä house
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"In the world of rapidly developing building techniques and cost-efficient new materials the old buildings with outdated solutions might not be considered worth restoring. In Finland, there are hundreds of old log houses built in the 19th century and despite the growing interest, many of them have remained abandoned. According to the log construction specialist Hannu Rinne1 (2010), most of these houses could still be updated to meet contemporary living standards; therefore, this thesis explores the retrofitting processes of the old residential buildings, having a focus on the traditional Finnish log house. The thesis is divided into three main segments: the extensive literature review, the case study research, and the implementation to the design proposal. The first part investigates the old Finnish log houses, the construction and materials. The research examines the development phases of the log dwellings to identify the most essential elements that have retained during its development process and are hence classified as the key elements of the Finnish log house. The second part of the research examines retrofitting, having a focus on how the older houses can be updated to meet the living standards of today. This thesis belongs to the field of interior design and is therefore focused on the adaptation of interior spaces. The key elements of the interior retrofitting are comparable in diverse old houses regardless of building material, and therefore the research examines both log and stone built houses. The outcome of the research over the diverse retrofitting projects will later be implemented to the design proposal which is the practical part of the work. The design proposal introduces the example of the Hyrkkälä House, which is a traditional Finnish log house and stands as a proposition for the other log house retrofitting projects across Finland [...]."