.touring katajanokan laituri during helsinki style full week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects is the latest example of Finland's new-generation and large wood design, which designboom got a substantial excursion of in the course of Helsinki Concept Full Week. The eye-catching structure houses the scalp workplace of Finnish forestry firm Stora Enso, in addition to the Pier 4 hotel along with 164 rooms, including cafu00e9 as well as bistro locations available to the general public and office centers suitable for a wide variety of organizations. This most recent spots, currently aspect of Helsinki's maritime horizon as well as historic Market Square, will definitely also host the brand-new Architecture as well as Design Gallery and also very soon become a hotspot for fine art, style, as well as leisure. ' The location is actually going through a substantial makeover, as the outdated port functions are partly relocating away as well as the coastline slowly ready for pedestrians,' discuss the designers. Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects|picture u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation timber concept through Anttinen Oiva Architects The group at Anttinen Oiva Architects designed Katajanokan Laituri using mass wood factors. Right from the beginning of the international invitational design competition phase in 2020, the owner, insurance company Varma, and the support renter, Stora Enso, highlighted their modern environmental market values as well as environment goals along with the intention of a long life-span, a pliable as well as adjustable building, and helping make the very best use of renewable resources and products. As we toured the brand-new four-story landmark, the designers highlighted just how they combined Finnish as well as Swedish hardwood as well as made use of introducing home and also production procedures with typical and also sustainable materials, embodying new-generation hardwood construction in Finland. The visible properties comprise cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL), where nearly 2,500 wooden aspects were produced. In all, the property contains approximately 7,600 cubic meters of wood. A special two-layer solution was actually cultivated for the front: the outer coating of glass, metallic, and also organic stone, along with a dominantly wooden back coating. graphic u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A dual skin was the best answer given the architecturally and technically demanding maritime context,' Selina Anttinen details.' [...] The building's look transforms in different times of the time as well as lights shapes and also fits the a variety of ranges and also motifs of the bordering properties coming from the different historic times.' Inside the structure, lumber controls at the same time, oozing the same tough feeling of Nordic attribute. At the center of it, an appealing hall with a sphere, cascading skylight symbolizes the design along with a round, wooden bench meanwhile, a clean birch grove greets visitors in the slender internal courtyard. The Katajanokka Boat dock is built with the following one hundred years in mind. Thanks to its own location by the ocean, Katajanokan Laituri likewise functions as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|picture u00a9 designbooma central skylight|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated hardwood (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL)|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.