.visiting katajanokan laituri during the course of helsinki concept week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is actually the most recent instance of Finland’s new-generation and also massive hardwood design, which designboom received a substantial tour of during the course of Helsinki Concept Week. The appealing building houses the scalp workplace of Finnish forestry firm Stora Enso, in addition to the Boat dock 4 hotel with 164 spaces, featuring cafu00e9 and bistro centers available to the public and also workplace centers appropriate for a variety of services. This most up-to-date site, right now portion of Helsinki’s maritime skyline as well as historical Market Square, will likewise hold the brand new Construction as well as Concept Museum as well as very soon end up being a hotspot for craft, design, and also leisure.
‘ The area is experiencing an extensive change, as the aged slot functions are actually mostly moving away and also the coastline slowly open up to pedestrians,’ share the architects. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wooden layout through Anttinen Oiva Architects The crew at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri utilizing mass lumber elements. Straight from the start of the international invitational design competition stage in 2020, the owner, insurance provider Varma, and the anchor resident, Stora Enso, highlighted their modern ecological market values as well as climate objectives with the intention of a lengthy life expectancy, a versatile and also adaptable property, as well as producing the very best use renewable resources and components.
As our experts explored the brand-new four-story landmark, the architects highlighted exactly how they combined Finnish and also Swedish hardwood and also utilized lead-in architectural and manufacturing methods along with standard and maintainable materials, showing new-generation wood development in Finland. The visible establishments comprise cross-laminated lumber (CLT) as well as laminated laminate lumber (LVL), from which nearly 2,500 timber factors were actually made. In all, the property is composed of around 7,600 cubic gauges of lumber.
An unique two-layer option was cultivated for the front: the external layer of glass, steel, and organic rock, along with a dominantly wooden back coating. image u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ‘ A dual skin was actually the best solution given the architecturally and actually demanding maritime context,’ Selina Anttinen notes.’ […] The structure’s look completely transforms in various times of the time and lights conditions and fits the numerous scales and designs of the surrounding buildings from the various historical periods.’ Inside the property, hardwood dominates as well, oozing the exact same solid sense of Nordic nature. At the center of it, a distinctive hall with a round, plunging skylight embodies the architecture along with a rounded, timber bench in the meantime, a fresh birch stand greets guests in the narrow internal yard.
The Katajanokka Pier is actually constructed with the following 100 years in mind. Thanks to its own site due to the sea, Katajanokan Laituri additionally operates as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|photo u00a9 designbooma core window|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated laminate lumber (LVL)|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.