Mikontalo
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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 Tampere University of Technology, it is popular dwelling for first year students and exchange students.
Mikontalo was built during period 1978–1980. It consists of 4 blocks with 12 floors where 768 dwellings are situated. Mikontalo offers for its inhabitants also saunas [two each building], public lounge with a TV-set which is currently closed due to vandalism, laundry room [5 washing and 2 drying machines], cable TV and, of course, connection to the Internet.
According to word of mouth, Mikontalo is the biggest dwelling building in Finland, and even in Nordic Countries. This is however hard to confirm.
The building will undergo major renovations starting from D-block on Summer 2007.
[edit] MIKONTALOLIGHTS
In early December 2007, the D block of Mikontalo, while undergoing the reconstruction, was the scene of MIKONTALOLIGHTS project.
The object of MIKONTALOLIGHTS project is to create the world's physically largest colored graphics platform by using the windows of Mikontalo's D staircase as light pixels. The platform is used to play Tetris and other games and present demos created by the students of Tampere University of Technology. The project climaxed on December 4 when the new lights of the building were lit. The goal was to gain global visibility for Tampere University of Technology and the rich student culture of city of Tampere.
MIKONTALOLIGHTS is a part of the 42nd jubilee year of the Student Union of Tampere University of Technology. MIKONTALOLIGHTS was fully carried out by students who are willing to give their work contribution besides their studies. TOAS and the building contractor of Mikontalo Rakennustoimisto Palmberg Oy have made it possible to accomplish MIKONTALOLIGHTS by providing Mikontalo as a platform for the project.
