Helsinki-TLL [C4,C3]
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The area contains several large industrial buildings and living quartiers for the employees.
During this course we focus on two buildings, the Central Heating Plant and Fire Station (1936) and Workers Sauna and Post Office building (1937).
>>>Wikipedia via Google-Translate
>>>Sunila at Google Search
• Program; make an analysis of history and the possibilities of the existing buildings, find out recently renovated similar cases and think about building extention possibilities. Both buildings have been in misuse for a long time and lost parts and details during their history.
• Design; use of materials, old and new, plans, sections, facades 1:100, 3D illustrations
excursion to Helsinki model of the area Visit to Aalto home and studio (evening discussion if feasible)
Monday 3.10. TASK GIVEN in Tallinn EL
Tuesday 4.10. EL in Tallinn, possible to meet
Saturday 8.10. TRIP TO SUNILA EL
Wednesday 19.10. MID CRIT 1 EL
functional ideas, plans and sections of the design
Wednesday 26.10. MID CRIT 2 EL
Tuesday 1.11. EL
Wednesday 2.11. EL
Friday 11.11. CRITIQUE EL
Saturday 12.11. FINAL SEMINAR EL
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Class-04: 2016-10-03 - 2016- Workshop-02 | Tallinn - Helsinki
SUNILA PROJECT KOTKA, FINLAND
Esa Laaksonen, Emil UrbelBACKGROUND
Alvar Aalto, the Finnish architect, designed the Sunila Pulp mill area for a long period of time, starting in the 1940 and continuing the work for a little less than 20 years.The area contains several large industrial buildings and living quartiers for the employees.
During this course we focus on two buildings, the Central Heating Plant and Fire Station (1936) and Workers Sauna and Post Office building (1937).
>>>Wikipedia via Google-Translate
>>>Sunila at Google Search
TASK
Your task is to design imagine a new life and use for one of these two buildings (4 students the Sauna and 4 students the Fire Station).• Program; make an analysis of history and the possibilities of the existing buildings, find out recently renovated similar cases and think about building extention possibilities. Both buildings have been in misuse for a long time and lost parts and details during their history.
• Design; use of materials, old and new, plans, sections, facades 1:100, 3D illustrations
TIMETABLE
WEEK 1
analysisexcursion to Helsinki model of the area Visit to Aalto home and studio (evening discussion if feasible)
Monday 3.10. TASK GIVEN in Tallinn EL
Tuesday 4.10. EL in Tallinn, possible to meet
Saturday 8.10. TRIP TO SUNILA EL
- 08.00 ??? leave Tallinn by boat
- 10.30 Helsinki- Sunila by bus
- 12.30 local architect Rurik Wasastjerna questions and answers
- visit the site and the buildings - 16.00 Kotka Maritime Museum (Ilmari Lahdelma 2008)
- 17.30 return to Helsinki starts, discussions in the bus
- 19.30 in Helsinki
- 21.00 leave Helsinki by boat
WEEK 2
sketch designs, possibilitiesWEEK 3
mid crit 1Wednesday 19.10. MID CRIT 1 EL
functional ideas, plans and sections of the design
WEEK 4
designWednesday 26.10. MID CRIT 2 EL
WEEK 5
finalising the projectTuesday 1.11. EL
Wednesday 2.11. EL
WEEK 6
finalising the project, critique with visitors final seminar with visitors (on the whole Tallinn part of the MA project)Friday 11.11. CRITIQUE EL
Saturday 12.11. FINAL SEMINAR EL
[Programme: Esa Laaksonen, Emil Urbel
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MARKET SQUARE PROJECT HELSINKI [C3]
November /December 09.11.-18.12.2015 _ TTÜ TLL & Finland (6 weeks, 11 CP) [EAA0020] Architecture Project
with Esa Laaksonen, Director Alvar Aalto
Academy, and Emil Urbel, Architect, Tallinn & TTÜ
Architectural design research work in the
context of transformation processes of finish architectural culture:
Conversion, extension, addition concepts – hybrid and contemporary new
programming, designing, interpreting or/and detailing architectural projects
within built heritage. ArchitecTour
Nordic countries.
BACKGROUND
The Market is the heart of Helsinki, one of
the places probably most tourists visit and especially in the summer an active
area with its lively atmosphere.
The former US ambassador in Finland Bruce
Oreck has noted that the market stalls at Helsinki main Market Square do not
respond to the beauty and general aesthetics of the area. He has suggested that
there should be a competition on how these stall are to be designed in the
future.
Our work was to ease the City of Helsinki
and Mr Oreck from the pain.
TASK
The task was to design the new market stalls
for the Helsinki Market and a waiting room + small restaurant in the area.
The materials and measures of the stalls
were for the students to choose. They had to be light and easy to build and
install. The structures will be moved to a storage overnight close by. The
design had to as well give a suggestion how the materials can be easily moved
by one person about 500 meters daily to and back from the storage. The design
should be simple, modern and fit the existing cityscape.
The boats taking tourists to the archipelago
need a waiting room for about 50 persons with a cafeteria (open all year). The
students were free to choose the site in the design area, make the program and
to design the building.
TIMETABLE
WEEK 1
task analysis
• stalls from other countries
• materials charts
• waiting room/cafeteria program ( areas)
• site analysis and
Excursion to Helsinki model of the area
Visit to Aalto home and studio (evening discussion if feasible)
Visit to Aalto home and studio (evening discussion if feasible)
WEEK 2
Sketch designs, material possibilities and
stackability ideas site use,
WEEK 3
Mid crit 1
Plans and sections of the design and the
waiting room/ cafeteria
WEEK 4
Mid crit 2
Model building 1:5 of the stall and detail
drawings;
WEEK 5
Finalising the project
WEEK 6
finalising the project,
critique with visitors
final seminar with visitors (professor
Pentti Kareoja from Finland was present)
Friday 18.12. CRITIQUE | Final Presentation
Saturday 19.12. FINAL SEMINAR
[Programme: Esa Laaksonen, Emil Urbel]