It's been some time since the last update, so here's one. I've gathered all the mid/highrise projects that I know of, and which have a high likelyhood of getting realised.

Helsinki:

Keski-Pasila. Cino Zucchi's outline plan was the winning proposal. Tallest building will be 91m at most, and there is around 5 towers of more than 60m. Construction will start by 2008 as there was a loooong delay in the Vuosaari harbour:
http://img10.exs.cx/img10/8060/kp2rd.jpg
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/keski_pasila/pop_ups/images/zucchi_ilmakuvae.jpg
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/keski_pasila/pop_ups/images/zucchi_perspektiivi1.jpg

Länsi-satama. Will not have true highrises. The tallest building in this outline is 16 floors tall, so I'm guessing around 50m. Currently, there is a shipyard in the area.
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/pop_ups/img/perskis_s.jpg


Espoo:

Leppävaara. Two towers, an office building and a residential building, of around 70m, both approved and the constructions should start this year. The office building is still waiting for tenants, and once the offices are leased, the construction will start immediately. The residential building is also in pre-marketing already.
The office building Panorama
http://img105.exs.cx/img105/4236/perus4xg.jpg
The Residential building:
http://www.espoo.fi/binary.asp?path=71656&field=FileAttachment

Keilaniemi: Fortum II, a 70m tall expansion to Fortum's existing offices in the area. The construction is planned to start by 2007.
http://www.atl.fi/toimistot/Arkkitehtitoimisto_CJN_Oy/fi_FI/suunnitelmat/_files/11032245930049053/default_FS/atl_fortumcam-03.jpg

Espoon keskus: Not much information is available of this project. It is planned to be a 20-storey office tower, so I'm guessing 80m. The area has presently one 14-storey office building.
http://img146.exs.cx/img146/7212/roxor9sa.jpg

Kivenlahti: One 18-storey residential building of 65-70m. The area has presently one 70m and one 66m residential towers.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/Moolio/PerspektiiviVa1.jpg

Tapiola. 3 14-storey office midrises.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/Moolio/Still_592.jpg


Vantaa:

Shopping center Jumbo. One slim tower of around 65m.
http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/jumbotorni.jpg

Sirius I and II. Two (apparently) 15-storey towers.
http://194.188.93.116/gm/wl/newsp/vsan/pic/000524/42TORNIT.JPG

Airportcity West-end. A business park with a 14-storey building.
http://www.strombergpark.com/airportcity/images/ilmakuva.gif

Aviapolis as a whole. 6 towers of 15- and 16-floors near the Hki-Vantaa airport.
http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/portti2.jpg


There you go, thanks for watching! ;)

Keski-Pasila. Cino Zucchi's outline plan was the winning proposal.


Is this fact? I totally prefer Zucchi's plan. :)


Keilaniemi: Fortum II, a 70m tall expansion to Fortum's existing offices in the area. The construction is planned to start by 2007.


Is this also sure? In Talo somebody said (if I remeber right) that it's not sure yet.

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When I saw this thread, I though you mean really metro, so I show two rival infastructure development plans about rail connection from Helsinki to Espoo (Helsinki suburb area ;)).

Ligh rail option:
http://www.kaupunkiliikenne.net/mathel.gif
Read more here (http://www.kaupunkiliikenne.net/mathel.htm) (if you are able to understand Finnish..)

Subway option:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/Moolio/tavoteverkko.jpg

I read somewhere that Zucchis outline won, but remember that it is just an outlinen. ;) The Fortum II is planned to be built in 2007, but it is up to Fortum if they want it or not.

Here's the passage I read:

"Kaupunkisuunnittelulautakunta päätti 29.4.2004, että maankäyttökaavion lähtökohdaksi tulisi ottaa Cino Zucchi Architettin ehdotus. "

In other words, the Urban Planning Dept is backing Zucchi's outline.

zucchi's plan rox! i like it very much. yea, it could contain taller buildings but this mini-panorama is very qute! :D

and jumbo tower is good-lookin!

zucchi's plan rox! i like it very much. yea, it could contain taller buildings but this mini-panorama is very qute! :D

and jumbo tower is good-lookin!

Yah, there should be something taller, but at least there's many of them. These plans contain about 15 or so 60-90m tall buildings and some midrises. Not bad, but I would definitely like to see more height. Still, the keski-Pasila plan is not definite. There is still a chance that it gains more height during the planning.

Alas, not many interesting plans atm as far as high-rises are concerned. Infrastructure and other urban development projects can be found in abundance, though,

More Aviapolis plans for Vantaa's airport region

Jumbo Park (Olli, ya forgot this :))

- hotel, spa, cinema
- 57 meters tall
- I vaguely remember reading that construction should start this year

Here seen in a bad photoshopped image that contains the other midrises planned for around the nearby intersection

http://img65.exs.cx/img65/9015/aviapolis9nq.jpg



Ring Railroad

- extension of the existing Vantaa rapids railroad
- would connect airport to the city via railroad
- would go underground near airport
- construction would begin in 2007-2008

Bolded part of the railroad would be new
http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/marja4.jpg


Early initiative plans for one newly-built area along the railroad
http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/marja6.jpg


Airport railway station
http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/marja3.jpg



K2 Vision

A five kilometer long bulevard that would strech across Aviapolis

http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/K2.jpg




Technopolis

500 meter long office building with 65,000 sqm. First three "parts" are already finished with more under way soon.

http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/tekk1.jpg

http://koti.welho.com/pcatani/tekk2.jpg

Only five stories tall, though.



Also in Vantaa

Kielotorni construction update (copyright: sdes)

- 50m

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/sekalaisia/Kielo1.jpg





Eastern Helsinki

Cirrus together with Maamerkki (copyright sdes)

http://www.sukkula.net/ssc/Herttoniemi/UpotusHyppyri.jpg

Wow!
This will look very good!

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/keski_pasila/pop_ups/images/zucchi_ilmakuvae.jpg

No I didn't, Toni. ;) I only wrote about the projects which are not U/C yet. Of course I could have included all the projects, but that would have taken hours. If you haven't noticed (check kaavoituskatsaus 2005), there are literally dozens of projects in planning stage only. So, I only compiled the most interesting ones. :)

Ah, okay. :) I think we should make this the new projects thread for low and high-rise projects in the capital city region, what do you say?

@ Geex
You hadn't seen that one before?



Easily my favourite project in the metropolitan area, sine it makes so many other projects possible ;)

Vuosaari harbour

- cost: 235 million euros
- will make other existing cargo harbours near the city center obsolete and suitable for redevelopment
- ready in 2008



Size of the harbour area is 150 hectares

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0006.jpg





Entering the harbour from the north

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0027.jpg




15 to 20 freight ships can be simultaneously in the harbour, depending on their size

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0016.jpg





View from Vuosaari suburb

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0025.jpg




Ring Road III that connects the harbour to rest of the infrastructure will be improved

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0028.jpg




At this point the railroad that serves the new harbour plunges into 13.5 km long tunnel

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0008.jpg



Intersection to Porvoo highway that goes all the way to St. Petersburg

http://www.vuosaarensatama.fi/virtuaali/images/Vuoli_Still_0007.jpg

Sounds good to me. You might wanna add the rest of the projects, though. I was kinda weary after posting the whole thing. :D

Wow, so many projects. Zucchi`s plan looks cool, because buildings aren`t very boxy and there are different street "levels".

^
It should be noted that it's highly unlikely that this is how the buildings are going to end up looking like. :)

@ Moolio
Okay! It's gonna be a huge job, though. There are so many projects, hundreds of buildings, across the metro region, plus all the infrastrcture stuff (Espoo and Vantaa with their light rail and trams plans, etc).


Aviapolis skyline, seen from 10km away. Not very accurate.
(the original untouched picture: copyright sdes)

http://img90.echo.cx/img90/9931/aviapolisskyline8mt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)





Minor correction:

These are, I believe, residentials, not office mid-rises. And by counting the floors, there seem to be more than 14 of them. ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/Moolio/Still_592.jpg

http://www.strombergpark.com/airportcity/images/etukuva.jpg

Do you know when they start this one? I'm too lazy to send e-mails coz it takes a week or so bfore they answer (at least with Espoo). It's just 14-floors, but at least a big one, 64'000m2 or so.

edit: I sent an e-mail to this dude in the construction company. :) I guess I'm not lazy after all.

^
Great! I hope he replies soon.

What I can tell so far is that when the construction starts they will start with the lower buildings on the east side. The construction of the tallest one, the 14-story tower, can't start before the intersection Pakkalantie/Kehä III has been re-constructed. That will happend during the improvement of Kehä III (Vantaankoski-Lentoasemantie) which will most likely not be before 2008 :no:

^
Thx to both of you. Here's an aerial picture of the area in question

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2672.jpg





And here's Kehä III / Lentoasemantie

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2670.jpg

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2669.jpg





*menee hajoamaan rahoituksen tenttiin*
So, I'll be back with more updates (possibly) this evening.

awesome ;) You guys have alot of great projects! But still, its so too bad they are not in one region, that skyline would so roxxx ;)

Great thread, Moolio :okay:
Quite an impressive number of projects comming up in Helsinki! Too bad they are scattered arround the city instead of being in Keski-Parsila ALL of them.
How big is Aviapolis surposed to be? And is it allready strarted, or still in the planning stages?

Great thread, Moolio :okay:
Quite an impressive number of projects comming up in Helsinki! Too bad they are scattered arround the city instead of being in Keski-Parsila ALL of them.
How big is Aviapolis surposed to be? And is it allready strarted, or still in the planning stages?

Thanks Tournesol. :)

Yah, they're a bit scattered, but then you have to remember that Hki metro is really a chunk of little towns. Even now most them have a landmark of somesort (e.g. Kivenlahti, Vuosaari, Itäkeskus, Tapiola etc. etc.). I like it this way; Keski-Pasila is gonna have a pretty nice skyline, but there are other places with tall buildings as well.

Airport city is as far as I know the biggest construction project in Finland ever, bigger than K-P. They are basically going to build a downtown for Vantaa (currently it lacks one, it's mostly suburbia). I don't know the exact numbers, but I do know that Aviapolis alone is about 500'000 sqrm, so I think we're talking seven-figure.

New renders for Panorama:
http://www.panoramatower.fi/pictures/julkisivu1.jpg
http://www.panoramatower.fi/pictures/kartta1.jpg
http://www.panoramatower.fi/pictures/ulkokuva1.jpg

The building is in pre-constructional (is that a word?) marketing, so I guess they'll start building it sooner rather than later (thanks for the info Grendy!).

Edit: Here's one more pic that shows its dimensions better. The pic looks a bit fuzzy since I had to change its colours. The original one was so light that you could see the lines only barely.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v620/Moolio/ajankohtaista.jpg

wow, quite a pretty building! i like how the facade kinda merges 3 floors into 1 ;)

The development of Aviapolis started in late 1990s. It's not just those couple midrises, but an entirely new city within city, as Moolio said. :) During last five years over half a million square meters of office space has been built, as well as an entirely new residential area next to a new shopping center. Right now, it's not very aestethically pleasing area: lots of highways and motorways, office buildings, warehouses and all mixed together with undergoing construction. Until they can get that Ring railroad, a possible metro line, a possible automated taxi system and a possible lightrail system (all of these are being planned, though only railroad seems certain at the moment), it's very car dominated.

Good overview of the area
http://www.aviapolis.fi/english/aluesuunnitelma.php



APGM, the automated taxi system

http://www.tut.fi/units/arc/ays/tutkimus/apgm/kuva4p.jpg

A study on its feasibility for use in Aviapolis is being conducted and results should be available later this year.



The residential area of Aviapolis, Kartanonkoski (Mansion rapids), consists of apartment blocks made to look "old"

http://www.tampere.fi/tiedotus_v/vuores/kuvat/valokuvat/kartanonkoski_vantaa.jpg

They are 2 to 6 story tall and there's plenty of them.



Aerial that shows part of the area. As you can see, it will see plenty of construction for few years to come.

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2491.jpg





A big project in Aviapolis that's almost finished now after years of waiting - Tuusula motorway / Kehä III intersection

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2550.jpg





Glad to see you, tournesol, btw. ;)






Edit:

Here is one of Vantaa's urban centers / suburbs, Tikkurila:

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2539.jpg

It's situated right next to Aviapolis. As you may now, the city of Vantaa (pop ~200,000) is just basically collection of suburbs. Over the years, some of these suburbs have developed into urban looking small towns.

http://kartta.vantaa.fi/fin/Viistoilmakuvat_2004/ik2599.jpg

Tikkurila will be getting that large cultural center and, possibly, it's own tram network. It's where ~50m tall Kielotorni residential is being constructed (sdes' pic on my first post in this thread)

Keski-Pasila should look well in that area and I hope it will :yes: The update is great, btw

During last five years over half a million square kilometers of office space has been built...
Damn, thats 10 times the size of Denmark ;)

Anyway, it would be really interresting if they choose to go ahead with the automated taxi system. Hope it turns out to be economically realistic.

@ Mantaz

Anything would improve the look of the area. ;) Sadly, it's fairly long term projecct.



Damn, thats 10 times the size of Denmark ;)

Anyway, it would be really interresting if they choose to go ahead with the automated taxi system. Hope it turns out to be economically realistic.

:doh:
Fixed now! A "minor" typo. We'll let SSC know what happens to the project.





Here's a fresh render of the area where Panorama is being built.

http://www.sello.fi/img/ilma.jpg

The 20 story residential would be built on the other side of the railway line. I, personally, also wish they'd put some trees to that square between the library and the shopping center, as it is in the render. Right now the place is tad too sterile.

Some interior renders of the phase 2 of the area's shopping center (should be finished by the end of this year)

http://www.sello.fi/img/top_2.jpg

http://www.sello.fi/img/top_4.jpg


As the area looked like last summer

http://kartat.espoo.fi/images/04143_0774.jpg

Anyway, it would be really interresting if they choose to go ahead with the automated taxi system. Hope it turns out to be economically realistic.

We should know that soon as the study on its feasibility for use in Aviapolis should be ready 31.5.

Aviapolis is based on the belief that:

"Airports will shape business location and urban development in the 21st century as much as highways did in the 20th century, railroads in the 19th and seaports in the 18th." - Dr. John D. Kasarda, Director of the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

read more on what an Aerotropolis is: http://www.emich.edu/public/geo/557book/d371.aerotropolis.html

Well known aerotropolises are Hongkong and Frankfurt/Main. In the future Helsinki will only be a suburb of Vantaa aerotropolitan area :D

^
Yeaah, riiiight. :D


Few snapshots of Kamppi center from today. The entire complex is 70 meters tall, though 40 meters of it is underground (metro station, two bus stations on two different levels and shops).


The main facade of the shopping center (building on the right)
http://img230.echo.cx/img230/4443/kamppi28te.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)



The material used in the facade looks pretty ok
http://img170.echo.cx/img170/4517/kamppi30sl.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

http://img170.echo.cx/img170/6886/kamppi19uw.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


http://img137.echo.cx/img137/9564/kamppi57bx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)






Kamppi's cranes last autumn
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/9656/kamppisyksy5rw.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

The facade looks very good, I walk by almost every day and I can't wait for the complex to be finnished.

Pasila will be under a lot of development in the future, not just Keski-Pasila, but other areas as well, although they are not as impressive as KP:

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/images/suunnittelualueet_ilmasta_ej.jpg

Ilmala district:
There are plans to develop this district slowly into more compact and urban by building residental and office buildings.

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/yle/pop_ups/images/yle_ilmakuva_rajaus.jpg

Renders for the area by Arkkitehdit Mauri Korkka Kirsti Rantanen:

http://www.arkkitehti.net/images/pasila/pasila.jpg

http://www.arkkitehti.net/images/pasila/mauri_korkka.jpg
(There are to my knowledge no actual plans to develop the are exactly like this)

MTV Oy district:
A small new residental area by the central park:

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/mtv/pop_ups/images/nakymapiha_600.gif

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/mtv/pop_ups/images/nakymapuisto_600.gif

Pohjois-Pasila (North-Pasila):
A large area that has been dominated by warehouses and trucks. Many of the current operations in the area are being moved away, for example the Land-traffic center (is that the right word?) is being moved to Aviapolis. A large area has to be cleaned up before new development as the ground is polluted. The plans include new office districts close to Ilmala station and residental areas further north.

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/pohjois_pasila/pop_ups/images/havainnekuva6.gif

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/pohjois_pasila/pop_ups/images/viitesuunnitelma2_648.jpg

Awesome, what about that tall tower?

http://www.arkkitehti.net/images/pasila/mauri_korkka.jpg

^The tall tower seems to be the TV-tower, but wrapped into some construction making it look like a real building. I like the idea - it would be a great improvement, but this just a suggestion of how the area could look like.

Yes, it's the 146m tv tower wrapped in glass/metal frame. Regardless of whether this particular area plan is realized (those mid-rises are some 70-80 meters tall in the render), it's "upgrade" is definitely part of the future plans for the area.

Cirrus and Maamerkki looks nice together. Also Zucchi's Keski-Pasila plan is intresting, but I would like more if there would be one BIG tower like in Siitonen's plan.

Kielotorni (located in Vantaa) construction update:

12/17 floors
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/sekalaisia/kielo050515.jpg

Helsingin Sanomat newspaper published plans today for a *26-storey tower* to Northern-Pasila area.

I'll get back to you on this.

Digital Communications Center to Pasila

From Helsingin Sanomat:

-Forum Virium, the communications center, will start next fall.
-Project's partners include: Hewlett-Packard, IBM, MTV (MainosTV, not MusicTV), Siemens, Swelcom.
-Initial estimates are at 200 million euros for R&D in the next five years for the center.
-Mr Pekka Korpinen, vice mayor of Helsinki, feels that it is important for the area to have "a symbolic building". "The building should be a landmark, and architecturally in a class of its own."
-Mr Korpinen believes that a 26-storey building would be fitting, and it should form a gate to the area.
-There has been great interest among realtors for this project

Some great news indeed :okay:

This (http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/pasila/suunnittelualueet/pohjois_pasila/pop_ups/images/havainnekuva6.gif) could be really nice area, but as a pessimist (/realist) I don't believe it will be built - it's too close to Keskuspuisto/"Central Park" - you Finns maybe know how Finns usually think every bush and tree is holy.

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http://www.arkkitehti.net/images/pasila/mauri_korkka.jpg
Great idea to "frost" the TV Tower with glass! Hope it will happen - it, YLE Tower and Zucchi's Keski-Pasila would make Helsinki's skyline really cool!

Junginpiha:

- 11-storey only, but I love the design.
- Is planned near the future 2 70m towers in Leppävaara
http://www.yit.fi/binary.asp?guid=9BBE3798-9F51-4DC7-9944-CE5FEC22C124&field=image

Rendering of the area with Panorama Tower. The second 70m tower will be built about 100m from the Panorama plot.
http://img81.echo.cx/img81/1630/junginpihanakyma7sk.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

First phase of Kamppi Center opened few days ago. Now all long-distance bus traffic and bus traffic to Espoo is handled from underground.

http://www.kampinkeskus.fi/images/800x1150_su.gif

Panorama tower seems very nice :yes:

a new 26 storey tower in Helsinki?! YEeey! Panorama torni is nice indeed!

Hm..i like it :okay:

Few pics from Kamppi:

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/laituri.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/liukuportaat.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/suomalainen_kirjakauppa.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/kyltti.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/vilina.jpg

http://www.jasperk.net/images/kamppi/kuilu.jpg

Thank you. I was just about to post couple photos, too. :D As a minor clarification, these and Jape's are from Espoo bus terminal level and the
long-distance bus terminal level. The proper shopping center opens next year.

http://img202.echo.cx/img202/2469/kamppi14zt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)



You enter the buses via these sliding gates, which are opened before the bus departments. It's bit like at airport --> one gate for each bus.
http://img202.echo.cx/img202/646/kamppi56sf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us) http://img296.echo.cx/img296/1406/kamppi24bp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)


In the bus terminal, there are cafes, few stores and fast-food restaurants
http://img256.echo.cx/img256/9134/kamppi32dt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us) http://img296.echo.cx/img296/3053/ninjakamppi5ua.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)



Entrance to Kamppi's metro station from Espoo bus terminal level

http://img296.echo.cx/img296/773/kamppimetro4zv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
It's not that special, but for a BUS TERMINAL I think it's ok :)

Airport City West End office building project in Aviapolis has gotten new website with fresh renders. PC posted link to Talo. Thanks, mate!

http://www.airportcitywestend.com/images/perspectives/2007-s.jpg

http://www.airportcitywestend.com/images/perspectives/1002-s.jpg

http://www.airportcitywestend.com/images/perspectives/2025-s.jpg

http://www.airportcitywestend.com/images/perspectives/1012-s.jpg

all pictures copyright (c) ABB Current Oy

This 64.000m2 / 49.000m2 project (no one seems to agree on the exact floor space) will be built between 2006-2010. Tallest building will be 15 story midrise.

This looks nice :okay:

:eek: Oh my!

those are very fancy and seem to be of very high quality... Helsinki and surrounding area produce quality architecture! and there is even a highrise! :D

Heh, I myself find the infrastructure development in Aviapolis more interesting and far more important. :D

from Talo again

Keski-Pasila with the planned 26 story Forum Virium building by sdes (design is purely his imagination)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/sekalaisia/viriumkp.jpg


And how the Forum Virium building without Keski-Pasila would look like from downtown, also by sdes.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/sekalaisia/Viriums1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/sekalaisia/viriumkp.jpg

Forum virium building LOOKS VERY proffessional... Great work sdes!

http://www.tut.fi/units/arc/ays/tutkimus/apgm/kuva4p.jpg

The study on the use of APGM (^Automated People and Goods Mover) is finnished now and according to the results Aviapolis would be a perfect place for the automatic taxi system. The cost of this system in Aviapolis is estimated around 35,5 million € and funding will be applied from the EU. At first it would include a 3,5 km long route with 15 taxis and 7 stops/stations, mostly aroung the airport and the tecnology center Technopolis Helsinki-Vantaa. Later it would extended all over the Aviapolis area. From the picture above the one to the right is the model that will be built as it protects the system best for the weather. :cheers:

edit:
If the EU gives Aviapolis the needed funding (10 million) then the system would be operational in 2008. Othervice funding has to be raised from other sources.

^
Now, we only need the Ring Railroad and Northern Metro :). Seriously, APGM system is what the area badly needs for sustainable development, unless they want every one there to use private cars.


With the help of the list at pilvenpiirtajat.net and updated info from Talo, here's a quick rundown of all high-rise projects in the metropolitan area. Residentials in italics

HELSINKI
26-story Cirrus
26-story Forum Virium in Pasila
5x Keski-Pasila high-rises, max 22 stories

ESPOO
20-story Espoon Keskus tower
20-story Leppävaara residential
18-story Kivenlahti residential
17-story Fortum II
16-story Panorama Tower
3x 16-story Tapiola towers

VANTAA
17-story Kielotorni
15-story Sirius I
15-story Sirius II
15-story ABB Airport City West End
15-story Jumbo Park, Vantaa
15-story Unnamed Aviapolis high-rise
14-story Jumbo Extension

I'm so definitely missing something.

The best thing about Forum Virium is that they may start the construction pretty soon, too, as the vice mayor what-his-name said that the project is planned partly to function as a catalyte for the whole area. Moreover, since the center will start its operations already next autumn, we will definitely see some form of construction there very soon.

@Ober: Panorama is, btw, 17 floors tall. ;) *nit-picking*

Vice mayor Korpinen said also, that architecture of Forum Virium should be special and very good, so we can wait very intresting looking building. :)

Sorry for this spam, but there can be few mistakes on that list.
Moolio, Emporis and Pilvenpiirtaja.net says, that Panorama tower is 16 floors.
Also Pilvenpiirtaja.net says that Jumbo Extension is 16 floors, not 14.
So someone must have wrong information. :P

Sorry for this spam, but there can be few mistakes on that list.
Moolio, Emporis and Pilvenpiirtaja.net says, that Panorama tower is 16 floors.
Also Pilvenpiirtaja.net says that Jumbo Extension is 16 floors, not 14.
So someone must have wrong information. :P

There is a technical room on the 17th story. Same thing with Cirrus, with technical floor it's 27. :)

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Also Pilvenpiirtaja.net says that Jumbo Extension is 16 floors, not 14.


Yeah the official height is 16, it's actually the tallest one of the Vantaanportti-towers. I asked mr. Timo Stenius from Eläke-Fennia about the project and the plans are ready, but it will most likely not go u/c in at least a year or so as there's so much sypply of office space atm...

Also the official height of Jumbo Park is 13, it's wrongfully mentioned as a 15-story hotel in many articles. But the floors 1-3 will according to the drawings be of same height as 2 of the floors 4-13. So considering it's height it could aswell be 16 stories. Also it will have 2 underground floors, which in some places might even be partly above the ground level, and one top floor with tecnical things. So it could actually be either 13, 14, 15 or 16 floors. ;)

so what was my point?
-in the end the number of floors depends just on how you want to look at it.

in the end the number of floors depends just on how you want to look at it.

Exactly. In fact, Panorama, for instance, will be as tall as 19-storey building, as there are 17 floors plus an extension of the height of two extra floors. That, I guess, explains why the building will be several meters taller than Itämerentori. Can't wait to hear more about the Fabutorni near Panorama. :D Apparently it should be just as tall. Leppävaara is going to look great then. I recently drove past the Sello mall, and it already look fabulous with the 10-storey (?) hotel.

One more thing for those who don't know yet; Kalasatama area will include a new 18-storey hotel (information courtesy of -late, thanks man!).

http://img187.echo.cx/img187/6049/ilma5at.jpg
http://img165.echo.cx/img165/2826/amph9il.jpg

Tapiola. 3 14-storey office midrises.
3x 16-story Tapiola towers
According to this:

http://www.espoo.fi/binary.asp?path=79903&field=FileAttachment

the towers are only 12 stories high.. :?

and Pilvenpiirtaja.net says
Some of the information in Pilvenpiirtaja.net might not be correct. If the number of floors is official, then links have been provided as well as possible. Otherwise the info is from newspapers etc (even from different forums). In that case, it can be incorrect.

As it's been said here already, even with the official info, the number of floors is not so evident. This is due to all the technical floors etc. Sometimes people even count the underground floors.

^
http://www.arrak.com/pages/tapiola/Still_592.jpg

And in this render you can for certain spot at least 14 stories for certain, maybe one more that's not visible + the technical floor (?) at the top. :) Much of the stuff is conjecture, I agree.

When it comes to measuring the height by meters, it's not much better, as some sources mean with meter height "meters over the sea level", but they don't say that.

Skanska has revealed the look of the 17 story residential that will compliment two other existing high-rises, forming a small cluster in Espoo's Kivenlahti suburb.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v732/SdeS/Reimatorni.jpg

An update to Hki metro hi-rise projects:

Helsinki:

-Keski-Pasila:
1 X 26 floors offices
8 X 14-22 floor offices

-Vuosaari:
1 X 26 floors residential

-Kalasatama
1 X 18 floors hotel


Espoo

-Matinkylä
1 X 27 floors residential

-Espoon keskus
1 X 20 floors offices (?)

-Leppävaara
1 X 17 floors offices
1 X 21 floors residential

-Keilaniemi
1 X 16 floors offices

-Kivenlahti
1 X 18 floors residential


Vantaa

Shopping mall Jumbo
1 X 16 floors offices (?)

Aviapolis
5 X 16 floors offices

Jumbo park
1 X 13 floora hotel/spa

Sirius
2 X 15 floors offices

Tikkurila
1 X 17 floors residential

Airport City Westend
1 X 15 floors offices

Autotalo
1 X ?? floors offices (?)

Time for this thread to wake up.. ;)

A few new residential blocks will be built to Eiranranta area which offers spactacular seaside views, but which is currently full of empty space:
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/eiranranta/pop_ups/img/eiranr_ik_s.jpg
So at last it will get some new housing, but what sort of?

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/eiranranta/pop_ups/img/perskis4_s.jpg

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/eiranranta/pop_ups/img/perskis2_s.jpg

- Nothing new, similar concrete boxes as allways. :ohno:

Probably the worst thing with this project is that Eira district is so close to it - and Eira is very valuable in historical sense with it's gallant Art Nouveau manors (photos: Oberleutnant):

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/4989/eira39qh.jpg

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/8973/eira75ty.jpg

And these Art Nouveau manors don't need a single concrete box next to each others! Good to get some housing to such a horrible abandonded-looking parking lot anyway.

And then, something about Salmisaari which is also located in the inner city area.

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/salmisaari/pop_ups/img/salmisaari_ik1_s.jpg
That huge coal heap will disappear and the area will be filled with some new blocks:

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/salmisaari/pop_ups/img/salmis_havainne_s.gif
toimitilaa = office space
julkiset rakennukset = public buildings
liikuntahalli = sport hall

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/salmisaari/pop_ups/img/salmiperskis2_s.jpg
Looks shiny like allways in renderings, but I doubt will they look that cool in real life.

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/lansisatama/suunnittelualueet/salmisaari/pop_ups/img/larunsillalta_s.jpg
Too low and boxy to my mind, but better than the coal heap.

And then something more impressive. :)

After KSV has fought enough against NIMBYism, new residential district will be built close to Myllypuro suburb (east Helsinki, some 15 km from Central Helsinki).

http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/myllypuro/pop_ups/images/mylly1.jpg
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/myllypuro/pop_ups/images/esittelyik.jpg
As you can see, currently it's a terrible commie suburb with bad reputation in the middle of forest.

The new residential district will be built in traditional style using primarily wood as facade material:
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/myllypuro/etelamyllypuro/pop_ups/images/viisto1pien.jpg
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/myllypuro/etelamyllypuro/pop_ups/images/katu1pien.jpg
http://www.hel.fi/ksv/projektit/myllypuro/etelamyllypuro/pop_ups/images/Yleiskuva1pien.jpg
Yay, I love it!

/\ ohhoooo that is so cool! i love it!