Rykmentinpuisto School and Daycare Centre

First life cycle project in the municipality of Tuusula

The Rykmentinpuisto school and daycare centre is the largest construction project in Tuusula’s history to date and the municipality’s first life cycle project. The life cycle project includes the design and construction of the property as well as building maintenance services for a 20-year service period.

The model enables a high-quality, long-term solution for the municipality. The consortium formed by Fira and Caverion won the competitive tendering process for the implementation, i.e. the service provider. The premises were completed in August 2025.

Opportunity to develop a new operating culture

We built facilities in Rykmentinpuisto for a total of approximately 1,000 primary and secondary school pupils, including approximately 40 pre-schoolers and 150 special needs pupils. The daycare centre has 168 places. The school employs nearly 200 teaching and early childhood education professionals.

In autumn 2025, the Hyökkälä and Mikkola schools and their pupils merged into Rykmentinpuisto School. The upper secondary school brings together young people from different schools in the area for their upper secondary education. Most of the staff transferred from other schools in the area. The model enables the development of a new operating culture.

A safe and inspiring lea ing environment

The Rykmentinpuisto school and daycare centre offer children, young people and staff mode and healthy lea ing facilities. The school also brings together special needs students from the area. We have paid attention to the space and working solutions needed by special needs students already at the design stage. The aim has been to enable special needs students to study safely and enthusiastically in mainstream education.

The Rykmentinpuisto school and daycare centre combine lea ing, culture and the joy of exercise thanks to its proximity to a sports centre and a versatile local sports field. The building serves children, young people and their teachers as well as residents. Outside school and daycare hours, the facilities can be used by various municipal user groups, such as clubs, associations and adult education centres. The facilities serve as a shared living room for the residents of the area.

Strong focus on environmental friendliness

We utilise renewable energy in the building. The roof has a solar power plant with a peak output of 160 kilowatts. In addition to district heating, the site has an air-to-water heat pump that heats some of the floors, among other things. The tender included a carbon footprint calculation as part of the evaluation criteria, and we focused on low-carbon solutions in the construction.

The carbon footprint of the building over its life cycle is 37% lower than that of the reference property. We followed the Healthy Building and Dry Chain10 concepts and aimed for a four-star RTS environmental rating for the property. In terms of energy efficiency (E-value 61 kWh/brm2, a), the property is in energy class A and is almost half as energy efficient as required by school building regulations.

Start of operations: Operations began in August 2025 at both the school and the daycare centre.

Gross square metres: The building covers an area of approximately 15,000 gross square metres.

Implementation method: We implemented the Rykmentinpuisto school and daycare centre as a life cycle project using a competitive negotiation procedure.

Location:
Rykmentinpuisto School and Daycare Centre
, Rykmentin puistotie 19,
04300 Tuusula

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