Main entrance

The building has two entrances. The main entrance is in the yard, on the Sammonkatu side. The other entrance is on the Runeberginkatu side. Only the main entrance has step-free access.

For step-free access (for example with a wheelchair), go round the building to the barrier on Ilmarinkatu at the back of the building. You cannot come into the yard from the Runeberginkatu side, because there is a 10 cm kerb. At the barrier, call the caretaker, who will open it. The call button and the caretaker’s phone number are next to the barrier.

The main entrance has 7 steps. Each step is 15 cm high. The landing is 230 cm wide and 100 cm deep.

The ramp to the entrance is 100 cm wide.

The doors are 2 × 75 cm wide and 225 cm high. The entrance lobby is 150 cm deep.

The barrier on Ilmarinkatu at the second entrance of the building. The barrier has a button for calling the caretaker. You can drive into the yard only from Ilmarinkatu.
The barrier on Ilmarinkatu. The caretaker’s call button is on the left.
The ramp to the main doors on the yard side of the building.
Ramp to the main doors
The heavy oak main doors. One door is open, and you can see into the entrance lobby.
The entrance lobby at the main doors. Outside the doors there is a door phone. You can use it to contact the caretaker if you need help.

Runeberginkatu entrance

6 steps. Otherwise the measurements are the same as at the main entrance, but there are 4 steps in the entrance lobby.

Lifts

The building has two lifts. The bigger lift is on your left right after you come in through the main doors. There is enough space in front of the lift to turn a wheelchair.

Big lift: width 90 cm, height 210 cm, depth 140 cm

Small lift between floors 0 and 1: width 80 cm, height 190 cm, depth 110 cm (not suitable for wheelchairs)

The lift lobby, photo taken from inside towards the front doors. There is a sticker on the lift about keeping a safe distance. The notice board of the entrance hall is on the left. The walls are calm beige and white.
The lift lobby. The caretaker’s desk is opposite the lift. Big lift: width 90 cm, height 210 cm, depth 140 cm.
The caretaker's desk with a protective screen. The caretaker is behind the desk. There are brochures on the tables. On the left there is the lift and a student going through the fire doors to class.
The caretaker’s desk. You can register and pay here if needed. The desk has an induction loop.

Office

The office is on the 1st floor. You go to the office corridor through glass doors. There are 4 steps up to the office. There is a wheelchair stair lift on the steps, with a weight limit of 225 kg. You can also do office matters, such as course registration and payment, at the information desk in the entrance hall. It is on your right right after you come in through the main doors. The office and the information desk have a fixed induction loop.

A sign on a pillar in the 1st floor lobby says office (toimisto) with an arrow to the left. On the left there are recycling bins. On the way to the office there are fire doors.
The 1st floor lobby
The stair lift to the office. At the end of the stairs you can see the fire doors of the office, signs and a brochure stand. The weight limit of the lift is 225 kg.
Stair lift to the office. Weight limit 225 kg.

Classrooms

The classroom doors have low thresholds. In normal classrooms, most chairs and tables have wheels, but chairs without wheels are also available.

The auditorium (1st floor) has fixed furniture. In the storeroom next to the auditorium there are tables that can be moved. We can take them out, for example for a wheelchair user.

There is a ramp to the student lounge on floor 0.

On the left, the ramp to the student lounge. On the right, you can see some black dining tables and chairs and a coat rack in the lounge.
Ramp to the student lounge on floor 0.

Doors

Office: width 140 cm

Corridor: width 100 cm + 40 cm (double door with one narrow side)

Auditorium: width 100 cm

Stairway: width 100 cm

Classroom: width 95 cm

Toilets and changing rooms

There is an accessible, gender-neutral toilet on the 1st floor and on floor 0. It has a baby changing table. The toilet on floor 0 has a door code. You can get it from the caretaker. The other toilets are also gender-neutral, except on the 2nd floor, where there are separate toilets for women and men. There is a gender-neutral changing room on the 1st floor, in room 117. You can get the key from the caretaker. Changing rooms for women and men are on floors 0 and 5.

The accessible toilet on the 1st floor with its sign.
The accessible toilet on the 1st floor is in the office corridor behind the glass doors.
Inside the spacious accessible toilet: a step stool and normal toilet furniture.
The spacious accessible toilet on the 1st floor has a step stool and a baby changing table.
The changing room on floor 0 has blue, yellow and pink lockers and big black key rings. With the key ring, you can open a door or press a lift button without touching it with your hand.
The changing rooms on floor 0 have lockers that you can lock. Ask the caretaker or the office for the door code of the changing room.