Suur-Merijoki manor house was built in 1902–1903 near Vyborg by Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius and Armas Lindgren.
The owner of the estate was Maximilian Othmar Neuscheller, a Swiss-born manufacturer based in St. Petersburg. The main building of the manor was one of the finest examples of Finnish National Romantic architecture.
In 1927, the Finnish state acquired the Suur-Merijoki estate and it was used by the Finnish Air Force.
The creation of the airfield was completed in 1929, and the manor became the officers' club.
Suur-Merijoki Manor was bombed during the Winter War and was later almost completely destroyed.
I tried to imagine what the manor might have looked like if it hadn't been destroyed. I used Unreal Engine 5 and many other visualization tools.
Interiors panorama: /panorama

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Old and new photo references:







Photos source: 1-2: my own archive, 3-5: sa-kuva.fi, 6-7: finna.fi.
...and also used Unity to create AR app.

Manor plan source: Rakentaja, 01.03.1904, no. 2, p. 3
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Cited:02.07.2024
