MATASKÄR ISLAND

Heat, then ice. Forest, then sea.

ESPOO - HELSINKI ARCHIPELAGO

Private Island

10 MIN FROM KEILANIEMI
20 MIN FROM HELSINKI
30 MIN FROM THE AIRPORT

And yet, when the boat cuts its engine at the jetty, none of it remains.

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    TODAY - PRIVATE EVENTS

    Sauna and a window onto the sea. The rest is breath.

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  • THE NEXT CHAPTER

    TOMORROW - HOSPITALITY

    A low-density island sanctuary taking shape in the Finnish archipelago.

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THE ISLAND

A three+ hectare island at the edge of the Espoo archipelago, joined to the mainland by a bridge — arrive by car, by bus, or by yacht.

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THE HORIZON · SEASONAL LIGHT

In summer the dusk lingers past midnight. In winter the sea freezes around the island and the silence doubles.

HERITAGE

In 1896, an engineer named Edvin Bergroth gave this island to be a school. For more than a century children were taught here. What comes next is built on what is already here.

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A FUTURE

Mataskär is being prepared, quietly, for a future that is consistent with its past. A small, low-density sanctuary. Twenty to fifty rooms. Private villas. A wooden chapel. A wood-fired sauna. A forest that will continue to outnumber everything we build.

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