HELSINKI - A SUMMARY OF PROJECTS AND CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN THE FINNISH CAPITAL
Welcome to the projects and construction thread of one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. Some of these projects are among the biggest construction projects in Europe.
Since the docks moved out of the inner city and further west to Vuosaari, huge swathes of land in very central locations have now been freed up for development. These seaside sites pretty much form a ring around the Helsinki peninsula (as seen in the picture below). The Principal development projects are Kalasatama (Fish Harbour), Länsisatama (West Harbour, devided into Jätkäsaari and Hernesaari), Pasila, Kruunuvuorenranta and the almost finished Arabianranta.
These projects will radically alter the face of the city and enlarge the inner city vastly both geographically and population wise.
Status: Under Construction
Type: Residential/Office/Leisure
Construction schedule: 2009-2030s
20,000 residents
5,000-7,000 housing units
8,000 jobs
Housing: 720,000m2
Business premises: 535,000m2
Services: 45,000m2
Travel time to the city centre by metro: 7 minutes
New parks and green space
Shopping mall
Construction: 2009-2030
Kalasatama will offer both rental and owner-occupied apartments, as well as housing for students and seniors. Eight high-rises will be built (the first on starting construction this year) of which six will be residential, one a hotel and one office space. They will be 20-33 floors high, the tallest one reaching 126m.
From the official website:
Waste management
The logistics of Kalasatama will be eased with an automated vacuum waste collection system. Covering the whole area, the piping connects to the Kalasatama waste collection point, which will be located in the centre of the area.
Residents carry sorted waste from their domicile to the waste collection point of their building. There are trap doors for mixed waste, biodegradable waste and paper and carton, with sorted waste automatically suctioned into the pipe work, greatly improving the convenience of waste transportation.
Public transport:
Orange - current metro
Green - current tram
Blue - current bus routes
Red - future tram
The area will also be connected by several new roads and bridges, including the Kruunuvuori Bridge.
Web cam
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Kalasatama
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LÄNSISATAMA (JÄTKÄSAARI & HERNESAARI)
JÄTKÄSAARI
Type: Residential/Office/Business/Cruise Terminal
Status: Under Construction
Land area: 100 ha
Parks: 19,8 ha
Travel time to Helsinki center: 5–10 minutes
Total floor area:
Residential buildings 600,000 m2
Business and services 300,000 m2
Residents: 17,000
Jobs: 6,000
Construction: 2009–2025
From the official website:
"Overlooking the beautiful open sea, the modern precinct of Jätkäsaari is currently under construction on a southern peninsula recently vacated by a cargo port – only minutes away from the centre of Helsinki."
Transport
"In the planning of Jätkäsaari, particular attention was given to the development of a comprehensive network of pedestrian and cycle paths, as well as a smooth public transport system, primarily trams. At present, Jätkäsaari can be reached by bus and by tram, with a metro station in close proximity located in the neighbouring area of Ruoholahti."
Video (Jätkäsaari & Hernesaari)
Pictures from the already completed areas: http://www.uuttahelsinkia.fi/fi/lansisatama/perustietoa/kuvia-jatkasaaresta
"Bunkkeri" warehouse conversion.
HERNESAARI
Type: Residential/Office/Cruise Terminal
Status: Approved
Current surface area: 33 ha
Additional landfill: 11 ha
Seaside park area: 6 ha
Residential floor area: 210,000 floor m²
Other floor area: 190,000 floor m²
Residents: 5,100
Jobs: 3,800
Construction: 2020–2030
PASILA
Pasila is an area located 3.5km north of the city centre. It is home to 8400 people, the YLE (the Finnish state owned broadcasting company) and the second largest train station in Helsinki. Pasila consists mostly of 70s concrete apartment and office buildings, and is well connected to the rest of the city by train-, tram- and bus lines.
Type: Office/Residential/Mall/Train Station
Status: Under Construction/Approved
Floors: 15-40
Residents: 20 000
Jobs: 50 000
Construction: 2015-2040
Transport: New metro line and tram lines
KRUUNUVUORENRANTA
Currently an oil depot this area opposite the city centre will connected to the inner city by the Kruunuvuori Bridge.
Type: Residential
Status: Under Construction
Residential buildings: 500 000m²
Business and services: 50 000m²
Residents: 11 000
Jobs: 1000
Housing quarters, traffic areas: 95ha
Recreation and nature areas: 106ha
Construction: 2012-2025
TELAKKARANTA
This is an old dock which will be redeveloped.
Type: Commercial/Leisure/Residential
Status: In Progress
Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg
Area: 2ha
Residents: 400
Office- and Commercial space: 20 000m²
Culture space: 7000m²
Construction: ?
Helsinki Central Library U/C
Guggenheim Museum | Approved
Amos Anderson Art Museum | U/C
KEILANIEMI
Keilaniemi is a business park located 8 km from Helsinki city centre, and many large corporations have their head quarters here: Nokia, Kone, Neste Oil, Fortum but also smaller companies like Rovio Entertainment (creators of Angry Birds). This area is going to see some major redevelopment in the coming years. A new metro station will open in Keilaniemi in 2015 and four new high-rise buildings will be constructed. The Ring I ring way will be buried and a new park created on top of it.
Type: Office/Residential
Status: Approved (metro station u/c)
Construction: 2015 (?)
Keilarantatower | 111m | 26fl | Approved
Tapiola Towers | 40fl | 36fl | 32fl | Approved
OTHER PROJECTS
Marriott Helsinki Westend Hotel | 70.7m | 18fl | U/C
Leijonatorni (Lion Tower) | 120m | 35fl | Proposed
Finnish businessman Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo wants to build this high-rise next to the Hartwall Areena in Pasila in Helsinki. As Pasila is reserved for high-rise buildings this will probably go ahead.
Töölönlahti Bay redevelopment| Proposed
Cloud City Helsinki | Proposed
A glass building consisting of cubes stacked on top of each other is proposed to be built in the courtyard of an old ware house in the district of Punavuori in the inner city.
Redevelopment of Eteläsatama | Proposed/Planning
Eteläsatama (south harbour) is the show piece of Helsinki. It is the heart of the empire city with the cathedral at its centre. Yet this area, due to the cruise ferries which dock here, is still partly dominated by ware houses, terminal buildings and disconnected pools of sea water. In the future Eteläsatama will be more connected and pleasant with new parks, seaside boulevards and buildings.
Some of the different plans:
Stockmann Tapiola | Proposed
New development in the suburb of Tapiola. It will sit on a metro- and bus station.
Itäkeskus | U/C
Itäkeskus (centre of the east) is the largest shopping mall in the Nordic region and will now expand again.
Welcome to the projects and construction thread of one of the fastest growing cities in Europe. Some of these projects are among the biggest construction projects in Europe.
Since the docks moved out of the inner city and further west to Vuosaari, huge swathes of land in very central locations have now been freed up for development. These seaside sites pretty much form a ring around the Helsinki peninsula (as seen in the picture below). The Principal development projects are Kalasatama (Fish Harbour), Länsisatama (West Harbour, devided into Jätkäsaari and Hernesaari), Pasila, Kruunuvuorenranta and the almost finished Arabianranta.
These projects will radically alter the face of the city and enlarge the inner city vastly both geographically and population wise.
Status: Under Construction
Type: Residential/Office/Leisure
Construction schedule: 2009-2030s
20,000 residents
5,000-7,000 housing units
8,000 jobs
Housing: 720,000m2
Business premises: 535,000m2
Services: 45,000m2
Travel time to the city centre by metro: 7 minutes
New parks and green space
Shopping mall
Construction: 2009-2030
Kalasatama will offer both rental and owner-occupied apartments, as well as housing for students and seniors. Eight high-rises will be built (the first on starting construction this year) of which six will be residential, one a hotel and one office space. They will be 20-33 floors high, the tallest one reaching 126m.
From the official website:
Waste management
The logistics of Kalasatama will be eased with an automated vacuum waste collection system. Covering the whole area, the piping connects to the Kalasatama waste collection point, which will be located in the centre of the area.
Residents carry sorted waste from their domicile to the waste collection point of their building. There are trap doors for mixed waste, biodegradable waste and paper and carton, with sorted waste automatically suctioned into the pipe work, greatly improving the convenience of waste transportation.
Public transport:
Orange - current metro
Green - current tram
Blue - current bus routes
Red - future tram
The area will also be connected by several new roads and bridges, including the Kruunuvuori Bridge.
Web cam
Web cam2
Kalasatama
Redi
LÄNSISATAMA (JÄTKÄSAARI & HERNESAARI)
JÄTKÄSAARI
Type: Residential/Office/Business/Cruise Terminal
Status: Under Construction
Land area: 100 ha
Parks: 19,8 ha
Travel time to Helsinki center: 5–10 minutes
Total floor area:
Residential buildings 600,000 m2
Business and services 300,000 m2
Residents: 17,000
Jobs: 6,000
Construction: 2009–2025
From the official website:
"Overlooking the beautiful open sea, the modern precinct of Jätkäsaari is currently under construction on a southern peninsula recently vacated by a cargo port – only minutes away from the centre of Helsinki."
Transport
"In the planning of Jätkäsaari, particular attention was given to the development of a comprehensive network of pedestrian and cycle paths, as well as a smooth public transport system, primarily trams. At present, Jätkäsaari can be reached by bus and by tram, with a metro station in close proximity located in the neighbouring area of Ruoholahti."
Video (Jätkäsaari & Hernesaari)
Pictures from the already completed areas: http://www.uuttahelsinkia.fi/fi/lansisatama/perustietoa/kuvia-jatkasaaresta
"Bunkkeri" warehouse conversion.
HERNESAARI
Type: Residential/Office/Cruise Terminal
Status: Approved
Current surface area: 33 ha
Additional landfill: 11 ha
Seaside park area: 6 ha
Residential floor area: 210,000 floor m²
Other floor area: 190,000 floor m²
Residents: 5,100
Jobs: 3,800
Construction: 2020–2030
PASILA
Pasila is an area located 3.5km north of the city centre. It is home to 8400 people, the YLE (the Finnish state owned broadcasting company) and the second largest train station in Helsinki. Pasila consists mostly of 70s concrete apartment and office buildings, and is well connected to the rest of the city by train-, tram- and bus lines.
Type: Office/Residential/Mall/Train Station
Status: Under Construction/Approved
Floors: 15-40
Residents: 20 000
Jobs: 50 000
Construction: 2015-2040
Transport: New metro line and tram lines
KRUUNUVUORENRANTA
Currently an oil depot this area opposite the city centre will connected to the inner city by the Kruunuvuori Bridge.
Type: Residential
Status: Under Construction
Residential buildings: 500 000m²
Business and services: 50 000m²
Residents: 11 000
Jobs: 1000
Housing quarters, traffic areas: 95ha
Recreation and nature areas: 106ha
Construction: 2012-2025
TELAKKARANTA
This is an old dock which will be redeveloped.
Type: Commercial/Leisure/Residential
Status: In Progress
Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg
Area: 2ha
Residents: 400
Office- and Commercial space: 20 000m²
Culture space: 7000m²
Construction: ?
Helsinki Central Library U/C
Guggenheim Museum | Approved
Amos Anderson Art Museum | U/C
KEILANIEMI
Keilaniemi is a business park located 8 km from Helsinki city centre, and many large corporations have their head quarters here: Nokia, Kone, Neste Oil, Fortum but also smaller companies like Rovio Entertainment (creators of Angry Birds). This area is going to see some major redevelopment in the coming years. A new metro station will open in Keilaniemi in 2015 and four new high-rise buildings will be constructed. The Ring I ring way will be buried and a new park created on top of it.
Type: Office/Residential
Status: Approved (metro station u/c)
Construction: 2015 (?)
Keilarantatower | 111m | 26fl | Approved
Tapiola Towers | 40fl | 36fl | 32fl | Approved
OTHER PROJECTS
Marriott Helsinki Westend Hotel | 70.7m | 18fl | U/C
Leijonatorni (Lion Tower) | 120m | 35fl | Proposed
Finnish businessman Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo wants to build this high-rise next to the Hartwall Areena in Pasila in Helsinki. As Pasila is reserved for high-rise buildings this will probably go ahead.
Töölönlahti Bay redevelopment| Proposed
Cloud City Helsinki | Proposed
A glass building consisting of cubes stacked on top of each other is proposed to be built in the courtyard of an old ware house in the district of Punavuori in the inner city.
Redevelopment of Eteläsatama | Proposed/Planning
Eteläsatama (south harbour) is the show piece of Helsinki. It is the heart of the empire city with the cathedral at its centre. Yet this area, due to the cruise ferries which dock here, is still partly dominated by ware houses, terminal buildings and disconnected pools of sea water. In the future Eteläsatama will be more connected and pleasant with new parks, seaside boulevards and buildings.
Some of the different plans:
Stockmann Tapiola | Proposed
New development in the suburb of Tapiola. It will sit on a metro- and bus station.
Itäkeskus | U/C
Itäkeskus (centre of the east) is the largest shopping mall in the Nordic region and will now expand again.