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Lynch Architects
Helsinki
The proposal for the Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki is conceived as an urban contribution to public life in the city. A new city square — its scale and geometry derived from the surrounding block morphology — opens towards the sea and forms the heart of the project. A covered passage connects the park to the south with the waterfront to the north, threading through the building as a lively internal street. Above the entrance square, a rooftop garden evokes the transition from Finnish forest to bare rock — moss, lichen, boulders and trees in cultivated wilderness. Gallery spaces stack upwards in a slender footprint, offering varied room sizes, shifting daylight conditions, and carefully framed views across Helsinki. At the summit, a restaurant, roof terrace, and lecture theatre gather beneath a curving timber ceiling — a motif echoing the shipbuilding traditions central to Finnish material culture. Constructed from CLT and low-carbon concrete, the building draws on the thermal energy of the sea for its climate systems.
Museum of Architecture and Design, Helsinki
The proposal for the Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki is conceived as an urban contribution to public life in the city.
A new city square — its scale and geometry derived from the surrounding block morphology — opens towards the sea and forms the heart of the project. A covered passage connects the park to the south with the waterfront to the north, threading through the building as a lively internal street.
Above the entrance square, a rooftop garden evokes the transition from Finnish forest to bare rock — moss, lichen, boulders and trees in cultivated wilderness. Gallery spaces stack upwards in a slender footprint, offering varied room sizes, shifting daylight conditions, and carefully framed views across Helsinki. At the summit, a restaurant, roof terrace, and lecture theatre gather beneath a curving timber ceiling — a motif echoing the shipbuilding traditions central to Finnish material culture. Constructed from CLT and low-carbon concrete, the building draws on the thermal energy of the sea for its climate systems.
Der Entwurf des neuen Stadions integriert sich harmonisch in die umgebende Landschaft und Topografie. Die Gebäudegeometrie greift die charakteristische Flächigkeit des Sportparks und des Mauerparks auf und überführt sie in ein zeitgemäßes, barrierefreies Konzept. Der historische Kontext bleibt für die Nutzer erlebbar. Der zentrale Boulevard verbindet das Stadion mit den Sportpark-Gebäuden und schafft eine attraktive Begegnungs- und Aktivitätszone. Das asymmetrische Stadionvolumen öffnet sich zum Boulevard hin, während die Erschließung durch zwei Rampen entlang des Trümmerhügels eine uneingeschränkt inklusive Zugänglichkeit für alle Nutzer gewährleistet.