Kartanonkoski is a housing suburb

Suburb

The word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...

 in Southern part of the city of Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

. Kartanonkoski is a part of Pakkala district and furthermore a part of Aviapolis

Aviapolis

Aviapolis is a business, retail, entertainment and housing marketing brand area in Central Vantaa, Finland covering 42 square kilometers including the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.-Business:...

 marketing brand area.

The area is located the Backas mansion and the International School of Vantaa. Furthermore, the Jumbo mall and the Ruutinkoski rapid are located nearby.

History

In 1998 the city of Vantaa organised a competition

Architectural design competition

An architectural design competition is a special type of competition in which an organization or government body that plans to build a new building asks for architects to submit a proposed design for a building. The winning design is usually chosen by an independent panel of design professionals...

 for the planning of a garden village. The winner was the Swedish architectural firm

Architectural firm

An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture.- History :Architects have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep and Senemut . No writings exist to describe how these...

 Djurgårdsstadens arkitekter. The area is under Pakkala district but for marketing reasons the suburb was named Kartanonkoski. The concept was taken from British city planners of the 1890's. The building were not square or rectangular, but shaped instead like half-moons, or curves. Furthermore the suburb area was to be lined with green areas and plenty of trees. The construction began in 2000.

The architecture of Kartanonkoski represents Neo-Traditional style. It is heavily influenced of the Scandinavian Neo-Classicism of 1920s. Most buildings are fairly low-rise, up to five floors. Most houses sport gabled roofs or pitched roof

Pitched roof

A pitched roof is a roof for which one or more roof surfaces is pitched more than 10 degrees, and alternately a roof with two slopes that meet at a central ridge. Some definitions are even more general, including any roof with a sloping surface or surfaces....

s with penthouses, decorations and ornamentation. Elements shunned in Modernist architecture, such as symmetry, harmony and balance, are visibly present at Kartanonkoski. The intention of the architects was to combine the technology of present with the architectural tradition of past with heavy emphasis on aesthetics.

The construction costs were initially 10% higher than with usual Modernist style buildings, but the apartments sold at prices 50% higher than ordinary flats.