.visiting katajanokan laituri during the course of helsinki concept week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is actually the most up to date instance of Finland's new-generation and also big wood design, which designboom acquired a significant trip of during the course of Helsinki Design Week. The captivating building homes the scalp workplace of Finnish forestation business Stora Enso, in addition to the Pier 4 resort along with 164 rooms, consisting of coffee shop and also bistro resources open to everyone and office resources suited for a variety of organizations. This most current spots, now part of Helsinki's maritime skyline and historic Market Square, will certainly likewise hold the brand new Architecture as well as Concept Gallery as well as quickly become a hotspot for fine art, layout, as well as leisure. ' The location is experiencing an extensive makeover, as the outdated slot functionalities are to some extent moving away as well as the shoreline steadily opens to pedestrians,' share the engineers. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation timber concept through Anttinen Oiva Architects The team at Anttinen Oiva Architects made Katajanokan Laituri using mass timber aspects. Right from the start of the international invitational architecture competition phase in 2020, the owner, insurance provider Varma, and the support tenant, Stora Enso, highlighted their dynamic environmental worths and also temperature targets along with the goal of a lengthy lifespan, a flexible and also adaptable structure, as well as making the very best use of renewable resources and also products. As our team toured the new four-story site, the designers highlighted just how they integrated Finnish as well as Swedish timber and utilized lead-in building as well as production methods along with typical and maintainable materials, exhibiting new-generation hardwood development in Finland. The noticeable establishments comprise cross-laminated timber (CLT) and also laminated laminate lumber (LVL), from which virtually 2,500 timber aspects were made. In every, the property features around 7,600 cubic meters of lumber. A special two-layer remedy was cultivated for the exterior: the external coating of glass, metallic, and organic rock, with a dominantly timber back coating. image u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A double skin layer was actually the most ideal option given the architecturally and also theoretically daunting maritime situation,' Selina Anttinen notes.' [...] The structure's appeal completely transforms in various times of the time as well as lighting states and suits the a variety of scales and designs of the bordering properties coming from the different historical eras.' Inside the property, timber dominates as well, exuding the same tough feeling of Nordic attributes. At the center of it, a distinctive hall with a round, plunging skylight expresses the architecture along with a circular, wood seat at the same time, a clean birch grove welcomes visitors in the slim internal court. The Katajanokka Boat dock is developed along with the following 100 years in mind. Because of its location by the sea, Katajanokan Laituri also works as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|picture u00a9 designbooma core window|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.