Offener Wettbewerb | 01/2012
South Harbour - ideas competition / Kirjava Satama - ideakilpailu
ein 2. Preis / Zuschlag
Architektur
Erläuterungstext
The South Harbour in Helsinki has a rich history, which is currently masked by a myriad of strictly functional spaces. This project sets out to do the obvious – return the harbour to the PEOPLE of Finland. A few large scale shifts make room for a diverse series of small-scale, water-oriented public uses that ensure a lively space throughout the day and all the seasons. These moves together add up to creating a true Stadi Terassi or Helsinki Terrace, a place for people spilling out from the inner city, and for guests arriving from the waterside. All can find a place along the water to actively engage with its history, culture, and public life.
Beurteilung durch das Preisgericht
The proposal respects its environment in terms of the cityscape and is an innovative, stylish and well substantiated totality, which focuses on the realization of the central sub-areas of the competition. The idea of framing the view opening up from the Market Square and Eteläranta towards the South Harbour with buildings on both sides of the bay is a viable alternative. The locations of the buildings are insightful. Vibrant shoreline squares and quaysides are created in front of both buildings. On the Tähtitorninvuori side the massing and scale is particularly commendable. The new group of shoreline buildings at the foot of Tähtitorninvuori has been uniquely and skilfully solved. The taller museum building only covers the narrower part of the view, whereas the lower terrace part leaves wide views towards the old park and from the old park towards the harbour.
The museum building and its surroundings form a new kind of urban space. The terrace connected to the museum is naturally linked to the shoreline and Tähtitorninvuori, although the solution would work also without the bridge. The proposal shows that a museum building could well be situated also along Laivalahdenkatu. The significance of the Market Square in the cityscape has been reinforced, as has its functionality. The layout of the Market Square and surroundings of the old Market Hall is successful. Placing new small pavilions in the vicinity of the Market Hall is a principle with potential for further development, but placing them on top of the old basins as shown in the proposal is not justified.
The functions proposed adjacent to the Market Hall, such as a sauna and swimming facility, are not natural for the location. The new horizontal market hall building proposed for Katajanokka is successful in terms of its scale and massing and could work better with some other function. Moving the functions of the present market square to Katajanokka is not recommended due to the historical significance of the former. No new functions have been proposed for the Olympia Terminal area and the south part of Katajanokka. The architecture of the buildings is of a high quality and unostentatious. The re arrangement of the functions has been clearly substantiated. The traffic organisation in principle functions well and is also innovative in regard to the terminals.
The organisation of the port operations would decrease traffic with regard to the Market Square and Laivalahdenkatu and would also activate the shoreline zone. Concentrating the terminal traffic on Katajanokka would cause congestion on the bridges. The parking arrangements have well set objectives but have been schematically presented. Placing parking in the basement above the ground of the new market hall is not a workable solution. The proposal is of a high quality and the diagrams, with their explanatory texts, are illustrative.
The museum building and its surroundings form a new kind of urban space. The terrace connected to the museum is naturally linked to the shoreline and Tähtitorninvuori, although the solution would work also without the bridge. The proposal shows that a museum building could well be situated also along Laivalahdenkatu. The significance of the Market Square in the cityscape has been reinforced, as has its functionality. The layout of the Market Square and surroundings of the old Market Hall is successful. Placing new small pavilions in the vicinity of the Market Hall is a principle with potential for further development, but placing them on top of the old basins as shown in the proposal is not justified.
The functions proposed adjacent to the Market Hall, such as a sauna and swimming facility, are not natural for the location. The new horizontal market hall building proposed for Katajanokka is successful in terms of its scale and massing and could work better with some other function. Moving the functions of the present market square to Katajanokka is not recommended due to the historical significance of the former. No new functions have been proposed for the Olympia Terminal area and the south part of Katajanokka. The architecture of the buildings is of a high quality and unostentatious. The re arrangement of the functions has been clearly substantiated. The traffic organisation in principle functions well and is also innovative in regard to the terminals.
The organisation of the port operations would decrease traffic with regard to the Market Square and Laivalahdenkatu and would also activate the shoreline zone. Concentrating the terminal traffic on Katajanokka would cause congestion on the bridges. The parking arrangements have well set objectives but have been schematically presented. Placing parking in the basement above the ground of the new market hall is not a workable solution. The proposal is of a high quality and the diagrams, with their explanatory texts, are illustrative.