Toggle navigation
  • Poemstone

  • Poemstone

Poemstone

Location: The Tossavainen family grave, Tervo Cemetery, Tervo, Finland
Commissioned by: The heirs of Tossavainen
Poems: Jouni Tossavainen
Artists: Jaana Partanen and Heikki Lamusuo

07 / 2006

"Poemstone" rises up out of the moss-covered cemetery. Jouni Tossavainen's poems of mourning run in silver lettering across the surface of the monolithic slab of verse. There are four poems, one on each side. One poem runs on from the next over the edge and mix with other, from one space to the next. When you walk around the stone, you can read the poem in different way. The carefully chosen natural stones, for the mother, the father and those to come, are located around the slab of verse.

Poemstone, 2006, polished black gabbro from Lapland, silver lettering, size: 1,5 x 0,3 x 0,3 m.

Poemstone, 2006. Photo © Pa-La

Poemstone, 2006. Photo © Pa-La

Poemstone, 2006. Photo © Pa-La

SAMMALEISET ASKELEET /
JA PIAN ON SYKSY

Poems by Jouni Tossavainen circulates around the stone. Photo © Pa-La

We think that adaptability is more important than flexibility when it comes to creative collaboration.
The ability to tell the same story, even if the amount of pages in the book would change. With the experience of hundreds of both small and large projects, we can deduce that even though we are very proud of what we have accomplished, the merit for our best work goes to our clients. They have shared our point of view, that we can succeed only because we share the same vision and dream. We design spaces, buildings and environments that are comfortable to live and work in, pleasant to the eye and sustainable. We are a creative design and architecture office, we want to create an inclusive world all around us - Piece by Piece.
× Close