.visiting katajanokan laituri during helsinki design full week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the current instance of Finland's new-generation and also large-scale wood design, which designboom got an extensive tour of throughout Helsinki Concept Full Week. The attractive structure residences the head office of Finnish forestation firm Stora Enso, and also the Pier 4 accommodation along with 164 rooms, consisting of coffee shop as well as restaurant resources open to everyone and also workplace centers ideal for a wide range of businesses. This latest site, now portion of Helsinki's maritime horizon as well as historic Market Square, will certainly also host the brand new Construction and Concept Gallery and also soon end up being a hotspot for fine art, style, as well as leisure. ' The region is actually undergoing an extensive improvement, as the old slot functionalities are actually to some extent moving away and also the coastline gradually available to passerbies,' share the engineers. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wooden layout by Anttinen Oiva Architects The team at Anttinen Oiva Architects developed Katajanokan Laituri using mass hardwood components. Right from the start of the global invitational design competition stage in 2020, the owner, insurance company Varma, and the anchor lessee, Stora Enso, highlighted their modern environmental values and temperature objectives with the aim of a long lifespan, a versatile and adaptable building, as well as making the best use renewable resources and materials. As we travelled the new four-story landmark, the engineers highlighted exactly how they mixed Finnish and also Swedish hardwood and made use of introducing home and manufacturing procedures with standard as well as maintainable products, exemplifying new-generation timber building and construction in Finland. The visible structures consist of cross-laminated lumber (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL), where just about 2,500 timber elements were actually helped make. With all, the property contains around 7,600 cubic meters of wood. An unique two-layer remedy was established for the facade: the exterior layer of glass, metal, and also natural stone, with a dominantly wood back coating. picture u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A dual skin was the best service offered the architecturally and actually tough maritime circumstance,' Selina Anttinen notes.' [...] The property's appeal enhances in various opportunities of the day as well as illumination conditions and matches the several ranges as well as designs of the neighboring structures from the different historical times.' Inside the structure, wood controls at the same time, oozing the very same sturdy sense of Nordic attributes. At the center of it, a captivating hall with an around, cascading window embodies the design along with a rounded, wooden seat at the same time, a new birch grove greets site visitors in the narrow interior yard. The Katajanokka Pier is actually created along with the next 100 years in thoughts. Due to its place due to the ocean, Katajanokan Laituri likewise 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.