Mikontalo

View to top of Mikontalo, showing the old panel colors
Mikontalo in 2010

Mikontalo is a large student housing complex in Hervanta, Tampere, Finland. Its exact address is Insinöörinkatu 60, 33720 Tampere, Finland.

With affordable rents, easy availability, and location near the Hervanta campus of Tampere University, it is a popular dwelling for first year students and exchange students.

Mikontalo was built during the period 1978–1980.[1] Representing brutalism, it consists of 4 blocks with 12 floors where 767[2] dwellings are situated. Mikontalo offers for its inhabitants saunas (two per building), a free gym, public lounge with a TV-set, Nintendo Wii, Soundsystem, board games, coffee machine and microwave; laundry room (5 washing and 2 drying machines), cable TV, and connection to the Internet.[1]

The building went through major renovations from Summer 2007 until Summer 2009.[1] During the renovation juliet balconies were added to some of the apartments. Also the façade panels were painted with bluish grey color, replacing red, orange and yellow colors.

  1. ^ a b c "Mikontalo". TOAS. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  2. ^ "Mikontalo" (in Finnish). TOAS. Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-10-19.