.exploring katajanokan laituri throughout helsinki layout week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the current example of Finland's new-generation and also big wood style, which designboom received a substantial tour of during Helsinki Concept Week. The attractive property houses the head office of Finnish forestry provider Stora Enso, as well as the Pier 4 accommodation along with 164 spaces, consisting of coffee shop as well as dining establishment resources open to the public and office locations suited for a large range of companies. This newest site, right now part of Helsinki's maritime horizon and also historical Market Square, will definitely also host the brand new Design and Layout Museum and soon end up being a hotspot for craft, layout, and also leisure. ' The location is going through a huge makeover, as the outdated port functionalities are mostly moving away as well as the coastline slowly open up to passerbies,' discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation timber design by Anttinen Oiva Architects The crew at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri using mass wood factors. Straight from the beginning of the global invitational design competition period in 2020, the manager, insurance company Varma, and also the support occupant, Stora Enso, highlighted their progressive ecological values as well as weather targets with the purpose of a lengthy lifespan, a pliable as well as adjustable building, and also making the greatest use renewable resources and products. As our company explored the brand new four-story landmark, the designers highlighted exactly how they combined Finnish and also Swedish timber and made use of introducing home and production approaches with typical and also sustainable materials, showing new-generation timber building and construction in Finland. The obvious establishments comprise cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL), from which practically 2,500 wooden components were actually made. In all, the building consists of about 7,600 cubic gauges of lumber. A special two-layer answer was actually built for the front: the exterior layer of glass, steel, as well as all-natural stone, along with a dominantly wooden back layer. photo u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Digital Photography ' A double skin layer was the best service given the architecturally as well as technically demanding maritime situation,' Selina Anttinen keep in minds.' [...] The building's appeal enhances in various opportunities of the day and lighting fixtures conditions as well as accommodates the numerous scales as well as concepts of the encompassing structures from the different historical eras.' Inside the building, wood controls as well, exuding the exact same strong feeling of Nordic attribute. At the facility of it, a captivating venue with a sphere, cascading skylight personifies the architecture along with a rounded, wooden bench meanwhile, a new birch grove greets visitors in the narrow inner court. The Katajanokka Boat dock is developed along with the upcoming one hundred years in thoughts. Because of its own place due to the sea, Katajanokan Laituri also operates as a flooding barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|picture u00a9 designbooma main window|image u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated timber (CLT) as well as laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.