.exploring katajanokan laituri during helsinki layout full week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the most recent example of Finland's new-generation as well as large lumber design, which designboom got a substantial excursion of during Helsinki Style Full Week. The distinctive structure homes the head office of Finnish forestation company Stora Enso, as well as the Pier 4 resort with 164 rooms, including cafu00e9 as well as dining establishment centers ready for the public as well as office centers suitable for a large variety of services. This newest spots, right now component of Helsinki's maritime skyline and also historic Market Square, will likewise throw the new Architecture and also Layout Gallery as well as soon end up being a hotspot for craft, design, and also leisure. ' The area is actually undergoing a gigantic change, as the outdated slot functions are to some extent moving away as well as the coastline progressively opens to pedestrians,' discuss the architects. Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wood concept by Anttinen Oiva Architects The team at Anttinen Oiva Architects developed Katajanokan Laituri using mass wood factors. Straight from the start of the international invitational construction competition phase in 2020, the proprietor, insurer Varma, and also the anchor tenant, Stora Enso, highlighted their dynamic environmental values as well as weather targets along with the purpose of a lengthy lifespan, an adaptable as well as adaptable structure, and also making the greatest use of renewable energies and materials. As our team visited the new four-story site, the designers highlighted how they mixed Finnish as well as Swedish hardwood and also used introducing home and manufacturing techniques with typical and sustainable materials, exhibiting new-generation timber development in Finland. The obvious establishments consist of cross-laminated timber (CLT) as well as laminated veneer lumber (LVL), from which just about 2,500 timber factors were created. With all, the property consists of roughly 7,600 cubic gauges of wood. An unique two-layer answer was created for the facade: the outer layer of glass, metallic, as well as natural stone, along with a dominantly wood back coating. image u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Digital Photography ' A double skin layer was actually the most effective option provided the architecturally as well as actually daunting maritime circumstance,' Selina Anttinen details.' [...] The property's appearance transforms in different times of the day and also illumination conditions as well as accommodates the various scales and also themes of the bordering structures from the various historic eras.' Inside the building, lumber dominates as well, oozing the very same solid feeling of Nordic nature. At the center of it, a distinctive hall with a round, cascading skylight personifies the design with a round, timber seat meanwhile, a fresh birch grove greets site visitors in the slender interior court. The Katajanokka Pier is actually developed with the following 100 years in mind. With the help of its own location by the sea, Katajanokan Laituri additionally performs as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|photo u00a9 designbooma core skylight|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and also laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.