assistance - Matti Vesikansa
My mentor during specialization at the Museum of Finnish Architecture in Helsinki (1975/76) was Matti Vesikansa, practicing architect working on different projects, mostly in architecture with social responsibility. I helped him once, on a competition project for small settlement of social housing. I don't have any drawing of that project, but here are some attractive Matti's drawings for the Fun Children Park. He had very specific and unique style, and many of his architectural cartoons were published in Arhittekti (Finnish magazine). Matti (1945-1987) was dear friend. Silvija and me saw for the last time him in January 1987, on the nice party, Matti and Sari with their friends gave to us. Frozen lakes and snow around, tasteful Finnish food and drinks, fire in fireplace, and Saara, their daughter playing Sibelius on piano together with the same orchestra playing on gramophone player. When I worked Bundek competition, Matti let me to add his drawings for children park, and Branka Kaminski redrew them - those drawings are presented here.