.travelling katajanokan laituri during helsinki layout week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is actually the latest example of Finland's new-generation and also large lumber design, which designboom received a considerable tour of throughout Helsinki Layout Week. The attractive structure properties the head office of Finnish forestation business Stora Enso, along with the Boat dock 4 hotel with 164 areas, consisting of cafu00e9 and also restaurant locations ready for the general public and also workplace centers suitable for a vast array of businesses. This latest landmark, currently part of Helsinki's maritime sky line and historic Market Square, will definitely additionally host the new Design and Style Gallery as well as soon come to be a hotspot for craft, concept, and also convenience. ' The area is experiencing a substantial transformation, as the outdated port features are actually to some extent relocating away and also the coastline slowly open up to pedestrians,' discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wood concept by Anttinen Oiva Architects The group at Anttinen Oiva Architects designed Katajanokan Laituri using mass lumber elements. Right from the start of the international invitational design competition phase in 2020, the manager, insurer Varma, as well as the support lessee, Stora Enso, highlighted their modern ecological values and weather goals with the aim of a lengthy life expectancy, an adaptable and also adjustable building, and also making the greatest use renewable energies and components. As our company toured the brand new four-story landmark, the designers highlighted how they integrated Finnish as well as Swedish timber and also utilized introducing building as well as production strategies with traditional and also lasting components, showing new-generation timber building in Finland. The obvious properties comprise cross-laminated timber (CLT) and also laminated laminate lumber (LVL), where almost 2,500 wooden factors were produced. In all, the property consists of about 7,600 cubic gauges of wood. An unique two-layer option was actually established for the facade: the external coating of glass, metallic, as well as natural stone, with a dominantly wood back layer. picture u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A dual skin was actually the greatest option given the architecturally as well as practically demanding maritime circumstance,' Selina Anttinen keep in minds.' [...] The structure's look transforms in various opportunities of the time as well as lights shapes and suits the numerous scales and also concepts of the surrounding structures coming from the various historical times.' Inside the building, timber controls too, exuding the exact same sturdy sense of Nordic attributes. At the center of it, an eye-catching hall along with a round, cascading skylight embodies the architecture with a rounded, wooden bench in the meantime, a fresh birch stand greets website visitors in the slim interior court. The Katajanokka Pier is built with the next one hundred years in mind. With the help of its location due to the sea, Katajanokan Laituri additionally operates as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|photo u00a9 designbooma central skylight|image u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.