.exploring katajanokan laituri in the course of helsinki design week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects is actually the most up to date example of Finland’s new-generation and large wood style, which designboom acquired a substantial tour of throughout Helsinki Design Week. The appealing building houses the head office of Finnish forestry business Stora Enso, in addition to the Boat dock 4 hotel along with 164 spaces, including coffee shop and also restaurant facilities ready for everyone and office resources suitable for a variety of organizations. This most current spots, now aspect of Helsinki’s maritime sky line as well as historic Market Square, will certainly additionally organize the new Construction and also Concept Gallery and also soon come to be a hotspot for craft, design, and leisure.
‘ The area is actually going through a massive makeover, as the old slot functionalities are to some extent moving away and also the coastline gradually ready for pedestrians,’ discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wooden layout by Anttinen Oiva Architects The group at Anttinen Oiva Architects designed Katajanokan Laituri making use of mass timber elements. Straight from the beginning of the international invitational architecture competition phase in 2020, the proprietor, insurance company Varma, and the anchor tenant, Stora Enso, highlighted their modern environmental market values and environment objectives along with the intention of a long life expectancy, a versatile and also adaptable building, and producing the best use of renewable energies and also materials.
As our company visited the brand-new four-story spots, the architects highlighted exactly how they integrated Finnish and Swedish wood as well as made use of lead-in architectural and also manufacturing methods with standard and also sustainable products, showing new-generation timber construction in Finland. The apparent properties consist of cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), where practically 2,500 wood factors were produced. In every, the property is composed of around 7,600 cubic gauges of timber.
An exclusive two-layer remedy was built for the front: the outer coating of glass, metal, as well as natural rock, with a dominantly wooden back coating. image u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ‘ A dual skin layer was the very best remedy offered the architecturally as well as practically demanding maritime situation,’ Selina Anttinen notes.’ […] The structure’s appearance transforms in various opportunities of the time and also lights conditions and also matches the various scales and also designs of the bordering structures from the different historical eras.’ Inside the building, timber controls too, exuding the exact same sturdy feeling of Nordic attribute. At the facility of it, a distinctive hall along with a round, pouring skylight embodies the design with a circular, wooden bench meanwhile, a fresh birch stand welcomes site visitors in the slim inner court.
The Katajanokka Boat dock is actually developed along with the upcoming 100 years in mind. With the help of its own location by the ocean, Katajanokan Laituri also performs as a flooding barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|picture u00a9 designbooma central skylight|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated laminate lumber (LVL)|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.