How to find us / Accessibility

HOW TO FIND US and ACCESSIBILITY INFO:

Poimu is a little difficult to find, so please follow these instructions. There are two entrances through which you can access Poimu: KUORTANEENKATU 13 or KUMPULANTIE 1 (accessibility info below).

KUORTANEENKATU 13, HELSINKI:

We are at Kuortaneenkatu 13, Helsinki (opens Google Maps in a new window). You can find your way in by looking for a building that says “KIINNIKETALO” on the wall. Then find the back of the courtyard, a loading bay and a door next to it. You’re here!

Then make your way to the 5th floor via elevator or stairs, and press the doorbell that says “POIMU”.

KUMPULANTIE 1:

Another route is via Kumpulantie 1 (opens Google Maps in a new window). Tram and bus stops are 50 meters from this door. Take the elevator to the 8th floor. Go to your right through a corridor. On your left you will see 2 elevators, and on your right the stairs. Make your way to the 5th floor and and press the doorbell that says “POIMU”.

ACCESSIBILITY: KUORTANEENKATU 13

We are at Kuortaneenkatu 13, Helsinki (opens Google Maps in a new window). You can find your way in by looking for a building that says “KIINNIKETALO” on the wall. Then find the back of the courtyard, a loading bay and a door next to it.

The front door is open daytime in weekdays but it’s a bit heavy and there is a threshold with no ramp. Entering through the front door, there is a small elevator.

The elevator is 69 cm wide with no automatic door:

One can also enter through the loading area, where there is a large elevator, 100 cm wide. There is an electric lift with a push button outside, leading onto the loading bay. The door of the loading elevator is also heavy to open and there is no push button to open it, but there is no threshold on the entrance. To enter Poimu from the stairwell there are two doors with thresholds, for which we have 1 movable ramp.

ACCESSIBILITY: KUMPULANTIE 1 

We are at Kuortaneenkatu 13, Helsinki (opens Google Maps in a new window). The wheelchair pick-up and drop-off area is located in the vicinity of the entrance, giving easy access to the pavement. Tram 9 stops for both ways are approximately 50 meters to the door.

Outside the door there is sufficient room for moving e.g. with a wheelchair or stroller. The door opens automatically with a push button.

Enter from Kumpulantie 1 where the door has a ramp and it opens with a push button. Take the elevator (size 155cm x 107cm) to the 8th floor. Go to your right. Before the corridor there is a 2cm threshold. In the corridor there is a door way that is 95 cm wide, with a raised frame of 2 cm at the floor level.

Follow the corridor until you see 2 elevators on your left. The small elevator is 69 cm wide with no automatic door. The door of the big loading elevator (100 cm) is also not automatic, and is heavy to open, but there is no threshold on the entrance. Take the loading elevator down to 5th floor and find Poimu door bell.

To enter Poimu studio space from the stairwell there are two doors with thresholds, for which we have 1 movable ramp.

Above is the Kumpulantie elevator.

Above is the 8th floor corridor that leads to 2 elevators (other image is of the smaller one) that you need to take down to the 5th floor.

Above image on the left side is the Poimu door in the corridor that opens up to 177 cm. Image on the right is inside door frame of Poimu that opens up to 114 cm.

ALL ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENTS:

CORRIDORS AND ELEVATORS:
Kumpulantie 1 elevator is 155cm long and 107cm wide with an easy access, automatic opening door. On the 8th floor you need to go through a 95 cm door way, with a raised frame of 2 cm at the floor level.
Kuortaneenkatu has two elevators: one small, 69 cm wide with no automatic door.
Second elevator is larger freight elevator (tavarahissi) with a 100 cm wide, heavy door with no automatic opening. This lift doesn’t always work so please contact us for assistance if you need it.

ENTERING POIMU:
The studio has two doors at its entrance, both heavy with a raised frame of 2 cm at the floor level, no automatic opening.
First studio door is 86 cm wide. It opens with a double door if needed to 177 cm.
Second studio door is 83 cm wide. it opens with a double door if needed to 114 cm.
There is 1 moveable ramp for the doors.
There are 2 non-accessible bathrooms available in the studio.