.touring katajanokan laituri during the course of helsinki layout week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the most up to date example of Finland's new-generation and also large lumber design, which designboom obtained an extensive excursion of in the course of Helsinki Design Week. The stunning structure houses the scalp office of Finnish forestry company Stora Enso, and also the Pier 4 hotels and resort along with 164 areas, featuring coffee shop and also bistro facilities open to everyone and also office locations suitable for a wide variety of organizations. This latest site, right now aspect of Helsinki's maritime skyline as well as historical Market Square, will additionally host the new Construction and Style Museum and soon come to be a hotspot for craft, design, and also leisure. ' The region is undergoing a substantial transformation, as the outdated slot functionalities are partially relocating away as well as the coastline slowly ready for pedestrians,' discuss the architects. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation timber design by Anttinen Oiva Architects The staff at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri utilizing mass timber aspects. Straight from the start of the global invitational construction competitors stage in 2020, the proprietor, insurance provider Varma, and also the anchor tenant, Stora Enso, highlighted their progressive ecological worths as well as temperature goals with the aim of a lengthy lifespan, an adaptable and versatile structure, and also making the most effective use renewable resources and also materials. As we explored the brand new four-story site, the architects highlighted exactly how they incorporated Finnish and Swedish lumber and made use of pioneering building and manufacturing methods with conventional and sustainable materials, exhibiting new-generation wood development in Finland. The visible structures comprise cross-laminated lumber (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL), from which practically 2,500 wooden components were actually created. With all, the property consists of approximately 7,600 cubic gauges of hardwood. An exclusive two-layer option was actually cultivated for the front: the exterior layer of glass, metallic, and also organic rock, with a dominantly timber back coating. graphic u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Digital Photography ' A double skin layer was the most effective remedy offered the architecturally as well as practically tough maritime circumstance,' Selina Anttinen details.' [...] The property's appearance transforms in different opportunities of the day and illumination conditions and also fits the various ranges and themes of the bordering buildings from the different historic periods.' Inside the building, lumber dominates at the same time, exuding the very same tough feeling of Nordic attribute. At the center of it, a stunning venue with a round, cascading skylight personifies the construction along with a round, wooden bench at the same time, a new birch stand greets website visitors in the narrow inner courtyard. The Katajanokka Boat dock is actually created with the next 100 years in mind. Thanks to its own location due to the sea, Katajanokan Laituri also operates as a flooding barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|graphic u00a9 designbooma main window|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated lumber (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL)|image u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.