.travelling katajanokan laituri in the course of helsinki layout week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects is the current example of Finland’s new-generation and large timber architecture, which designboom received a considerable scenic tour of throughout Helsinki Concept Full Week. The captivating structure houses the head office of Finnish forestation company Stora Enso, and also the Pier 4 hotels and resort along with 164 spaces, featuring cafu00e9 and also restaurant facilities available to the general public and office facilities suitable for a variety of services. This most current landmark, right now aspect of Helsinki’s maritime horizon and also historic Market Square, will definitely also host the new Construction and Design Museum as well as quickly end up being a hotspot for fine art, design, as well as recreation.
‘ The place is actually undergoing an enormous transformation, as the outdated port functions are partially moving away as well as the coastline slowly opens to pedestrians,’ discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wooden design through Anttinen Oiva Architects The team at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri making use of mass lumber aspects. Straight from the start of the international invitational design competition stage in 2020, the proprietor, insurance provider Varma, and also the support occupant, Stora Enso, highlighted their dynamic environmental market values as well as temperature objectives with the objective of a lengthy lifespan, a flexible and also versatile building, as well as making the best use of renewable resources as well as materials.
As our company visited the brand-new four-story spots, the engineers highlighted exactly how they integrated Finnish and also Swedish lumber as well as used introducing home as well as manufacturing techniques with typical as well as maintainable products, showing new-generation hardwood construction in Finland. The visible buildings comprise cross-laminated wood (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), from which nearly 2,500 wooden elements were actually made. In all, the structure contains around 7,600 cubic gauges of timber.
An exclusive two-layer service was actually developed for the exterior: the outer coating of glass, steel, as well as natural stone, with a dominantly wood back layer. picture u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ‘ A double skin was the most ideal solution given the architecturally and technically demanding maritime circumstance,’ Selina Anttinen keep in minds.’ […] The property’s appearance improves in different opportunities of the time and also illumination conditions and also accommodates the several ranges and concepts of the surrounding properties from the various historical ages.’ Inside the structure, lumber dominates as well, oozing the same tough sense of Nordic attribute. At the center of it, a stunning venue with an around, cascading window personifies the design with a round, wood seat in the meantime, a fresh birch grove greets visitors in the narrow interior courtyard.
The Katajanokka Boat dock is actually created with the next 100 years in mind. Due to its own place due to the ocean, Katajanokan Laituri also functions as a flooding barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|photo u00a9 designbooma core skylight|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|image u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.