tour of Katajanokka Pier throughout Helsinki Design Week 2024
Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the most recent instance of Finlandthe brand new era and on a big scale wooden structure, for which designboom made an intensive tour throughout Helsinki Design Week. The attention-catching constructing homes the headquarters of the Finnish forestry firm Stora Enso, in addition to Pier four resort with 164 rooms, incl cafe and restaurant amenities open to the general public and workplace amenities appropriate for a variety of companies. This newest landmark, now a part of Helsinki's maritime skyline and historic Market Sq., may also home the brand new Museum of Structure and Design and can quickly develop into a sizzling spot for artwork, design and leisure. 'The world is present process a large transformation because the outdated port capabilities are partially eliminated and the shoreline progressively opens as much as pedestrians.,' architects share.
Pier Katajanokka by Anttinen Oiva Architects | picture © Kalle Kouhia
a brand new era picket design by Anttinen Oiva Architects
The group from Anttinen Oiva Architects designed Katajanokan Laituri utilizing stable wooden components. For the reason that starting of the 2020 Worldwide Invitational Structure Competitors part, the proprietor, insurance coverage firm Varma and the anchor tenantStora Enso has highlighted its progressive ecological values and local weather objectives with the intention of getting a long-life, versatile and adaptable setting. constructingand make the very best use of renewable sources and supplies.
As we toured the brand new four-story landmark, the architects highlighted how they mixed Finnish and Swedish timber and pioneered architectural and manufacturing strategies with conventional and sustainable supplies, exemplifying next-generation wooden building in Finland. The seen buildings comprise cross-laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), from which almost 2,500 timber components had been made. In whole, the constructing consists of roughly 7,600 cubic meters of wooden. A particular two-layer resolution was developed for the facade: the outer layer of glass, metallic and pure stone, with a again layer predominantly fabricated from wooden.
picture © Tuomas Uusheimo Pictures
'A double pores and skin was the very best resolution given the architecturally and technically difficult maritime context. Selina Antitinen's notes. '[…]The looks of the constructing adjustments at completely different instances of day and lighting circumstances and matches the assorted scales and motifs of the encompassing buildings from completely different historic eras.' Contained in the constructing, wooden additionally dominates, exuding the identical robust sense of northern nature. At its heart, a lovely corridor with a spherical, cascading skylight embodies the structure with a round picket bench; In the meantime, a contemporary birch grove welcomes guests to the slim inside courtyard. Katajanokka Jetty is constructed with the following 100 years in thoughts. On account of its location by the ocean, Katajanokan Laituri additionally capabilities as a flood barrier.
within the Katajanokka wharf tour | picture © designboom
a central skylight | picture © Kalle Kouhia
picture © Kalle Kouhia
cross laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL) pairing | picture © Kalle Kouhia