.exploring katajanokan laituri during helsinki layout week 2024 Katajanokan Laituri through Anttinen Oiva Architects is the latest instance of Finland's new-generation and also massive timber design, which designboom received a considerable scenic tour of throughout Helsinki Design Week. The stunning property houses the scalp office of Finnish forestation business Stora Enso, and also the Pier 4 lodging with 164 spaces, including cafu00e9 and also restaurant locations ready for everyone as well as office facilities suitable for a wide range of services. This most recent landmark, now portion of Helsinki's maritime skyline and also historic Market Square, will certainly likewise hold the brand-new Construction as well as Layout Gallery as well as quickly end up being a hotspot for fine art, design, and also convenience. ' The area is experiencing an extensive improvement, as the old port functions are actually mostly relocating away and also the shoreline gradually opens to passerbies,' discuss the architects. Katajanokan Laituri by Anttinen Oiva Architects|graphic u00a9 Kalle Kouhia a new-generation wood style by Anttinen Oiva Architects The crew at Anttinen Oiva Architects created Katajanokan Laituri making use of mass hardwood components. Right from the start of the international invitational construction competitors stage in 2020, the manager, insurance provider Varma, and also the anchor resident, Stora Enso, highlighted their progressive ecological values as well as temperature targets along with the objective of a long lifespan, a versatile as well as adjustable structure, and also creating the most effective use renewable resources and also products. As we visited the new four-story landmark, the architects highlighted exactly how they mixed Finnish and Swedish hardwood and utilized introducing architectural and also production strategies with conventional and also maintainable products, exhibiting new-generation hardwood building and construction in Finland. The noticeable structures consist of cross-laminated lumber (CLT) and laminated veneer lumber (LVL), from which practically 2,500 timber elements were actually helped make. With all, the building includes approximately 7,600 cubic meters of hardwood. A special two-layer remedy was actually cultivated for the exterior: the external level of glass, metal, and also natural stone, along with a dominantly timber back level. picture u00a9 Tuomas Uusheimo Photography ' A dual skin layer was actually the best answer provided the architecturally as well as actually difficult maritime situation,' Selina Anttinen keep in minds.' [...] The property's appeal transforms in various times of the day as well as lighting fixtures states and also matches the different ranges and also concepts of the surrounding properties coming from the various historical times.' Inside the building, wood dominates also, oozing the same powerful sense of Nordic attribute. At the center of it, an eye-catching hall with a sphere, pouring skylight symbolizes the design with a circular, wood bench meanwhile, a new birch grove greets visitors in the slender inner yard. The Katajanokka Boat dock is developed along with the next one hundred years in thoughts. Thanks to its own site by the sea, Katajanokan Laituri additionally functions as a flood barrier.touring Katajanokan Laituri|photo u00a9 designbooma central window|photo u00a9 Kalle Kouhiaimage u00a9 Kalle Kouhiapairing cross-laminated wood (CLT) and laminated laminate lumber (LVL)|image u00a9 Kalle Kouhia.