Vaasan korkeakoulualue (ent. Puuvillatehdas)

The area of Vaasa Cotton Factory, the first industrial establishment founded in the new city after the Vaasa fire, is architecturally coherent and significant in the townscape. The red-brick weaving mill at Palosaari cotton factory, designed by county architect C.A. Setterberg, dates from 1859. Along a deciduous tree-lined alley running across the factory area stand two old two-storey workers' barracks from 1870 and, at the end of the street, an office building from 1924.

In addition, the factory area contains two further workers' barracks from the 1850s and a weaving mill building with a sawtooth roof from the 1890s. Some of the cotton factory buildings belong to the Vaasa university campus, where the new building stock comprises the university's main building and the science library.