.visiting katajanokan laituri during helsinki design full week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects is actually the most recent instance of Finland's new-generation as well as large timber style, which designboom got a significant trip of during Helsinki Design Full Week. The distinctive property residences the scalp office of Finnish forestry business Stora Enso, along with the Boat dock 4 hotel along with 164 spaces, consisting of coffee shop and restaurant resources open to everyone and also office facilities appropriate for a variety of companies. This newest spots, now portion of Helsinki's maritime horizon as well as historical Market Square, will certainly also organize the brand new Construction and also Layout Gallery and very soon become a hotspot for craft, layout, and also recreation. ' The location is actually looking at a gigantic makeover, as the old slot functions are partly relocating away and also the coastline gradually ready for pedestrians,' discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wooden concept through Anttinen Oiva Architects The team at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri using mass hardwood components. Right from the beginning of the international invitational construction competition stage in 2020, the owner, insurance provider Varma, and also the support renter, Stora Enso, highlighted their dynamic environmental market values and temperature targets along with the purpose of a long life-span, a flexible and adaptable building, and creating the most effective use of renewable resources and also materials. As our company toured the brand-new four-story landmark, the engineers highlighted exactly how they incorporated Finnish and Swedish lumber and utilized lead-in home and manufacturing methods with typical and also maintainable materials, exhibiting new-generation timber construction in Finland. The noticeable establishments comprise cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated veneer lumber (LVL), where practically 2,500 wood components were actually helped make. In every, the structure contains about 7,600 cubic gauges of timber. An unique two-layer service was built for the facade: the external level of glass, metallic, and also natural stone, along with a dominantly timber back level. picture u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A double skin layer was the best answer given the architecturally and actually difficult maritime situation,' Selina Anttinen details.' [...] The building's appeal improves in different opportunities of the day as well as lights states as well as fits the various scales and concepts of the bordering buildings coming from the different historic times.' Inside the building, timber controls also, exuding the exact same strong sense of Nordic attribute. At the center of it, an appealing venue along with a round, pouring window expresses the architecture with a rounded, wood bench at the same time, a fresh birch grove greets website visitors in the narrow internal court. The Katajanokka Boat dock is actually created with the upcoming 100 years in mind. Because of its own area by the sea, Katajanokan Laituri additionally performs as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|graphic u00a9 designbooma main window|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated timber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.