HoPE Project

The HoPE-project examines the role of exported houses learning from the experiences of the Finnish company Puutalo oy’s housing export to Poland and Israel between 1940 and 1980, developing data for future crisis reconstruction based on the historical information. Puutalo oy traded mainly with crisis-stricken areas providing aid for communities facing reconstruction on a massive scale. As a result, hundreds of thousands of houses made according to Finnish modernist architectural ideals contributed to both temporarily and permanently changing and defining new landscapes globally, whilst providing shelter for the inhabitants in post-trauma communities.