Aviapolis Frame Plan Starting Point and Objectives City Planning Board 18 August 2014
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 1 Published by The City of Vantaa City Planning
Aviapolis Work Group: Director of City Planning Tarja Laine Head of Master Planning Mari Siivola Architect Merja Häsänen Landscape Architect Anne Mäkynen Town Planner Joni Heikkola Town Planner Sakari Jäppinen Communications Planner Ritva-Leena Kujala
2 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Contents
Vision 4
Introduction 5
Frame Plan Area 6
Starting Points for the Frame Plan Work 7
The Helsinki Region Will Evolve from a Major City into a Metropolis 8 Aviapolis Will Be Located at the Junction of Traffic Flows 9 The Area Will Offer Best Possible Accessibility 10 Large and Spacious City Structure, Full of Possibility 11 Finding Gems amongst Halls and Warehouses 12 Vast Asphalt Surfaces and Lack of Parks, the Cause of City Flooding 13 Environmental Disturbances, a Challenge for Planning 14
Aviapolis Planning Objectives 15
From a City of Vehicles to a City of Walkable Distances, Comfort and Unhurried Lingering 16 Building an Ecologically and Culturally Sustainable City 17 Making Sustainable Forms of Travel Competitive and Creating Innovative Mobility Solutions 18 Enabling the Location of 60 000 Jobs in the Area 19 Providing 20 000 Vantaa Residents with a District in Which to Live and Reside 20 Making Aviapolis a City Where People Come From Near and Far 21
Schedule and Communications 22
Frame Plan Complete in Autumn 2015 22 Inclusive Work and Communication 23 The Story of Aviapolis 24 Aviapolis City, tourist map 2050 25
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 3 Vision
The vision of the frame plan is a lucrative and sustainable city of opportunities.
With sound city planning, we will make Aviapolis an airport city that is active 24 hours a day.
4 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Introduction
Aviapolis is an international working-place area with the strongest growth in the region. The City of Vantaa is committed to its development.
During the future decades, the centre of Aviapolis will rise alongside the Airport and in connection with the new Aviapolis Station of the Ring Rail Line and the centre of Pakkala in Veromies.
In order to ensure growth and development, a master-plan defining, town-planning and project-steering frame plan for the area will be prepared in cooperation with the area stakeholders and various industries of the City.
The work has reached its objective-setting stage. This material covers the starting points and objectives of the planning per topic. The entire frame-plan work will be completed in 2015.
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 5 Frame Plan Area
The area that is subject to planning is the district of Veromies, which is located south of the Airport and tucked between Ring Road III and Tuusulanväylä.
Starting Points of the Frame Plan Work • The Helsinki region will evolve from a major city into a metropolis
• Aviapolis will be located at the junction of traffic flows
• The area will offer best possible accessibility
• Large and spacious city structure, full of possibility
• Finding gems amongst halls and warehouses
• Vast asphalt surfaces and lack of parks, the cause of city flooding
• Environmental disturbances, a challenge to the planning The Helsinki Region Will Evolve from a Major City into a Metropolis
During the next 35 years, the Helsinki region is estimated to see an increase of 600 000 new residents, which would result in a total of 2 million residents in the capital region in 2050.
A prerequisite for strong population growth is positive employment development. According to the latest predictions, Helsinki should boast more than a million jobs in 2050, which would mean more than 300 000 generated new jobs in just over 35 years.
In just 35 years, there will be 50% more people, bicycles, offices, shops as well as allotments in the region. Growth demands new space and closer proximity.
From the region’s growth and change viewpoint, Aviapolis will be at the heart of the area and will be unique in the entire region, since Aviapolis will diversify and grow considerably faster than the rest of the capital region.
The population of Helsinki 1/1-1980–2012 and the population-projection alternatives up to 2050.
The development estimate for the number of workplaces in the Helsinki region (14 municipalities).
8 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Aviapolis Will Be Located at the Junction of Traffic Flows
The location of Aviapolis at the junction of international, national and local traffic flows will be exceptional.
The annual number of passengers at the Airport exceeded 10 million in 2000. Last year, there were already more than 15 million passengers who travelled through the Airport, and the growth is estimated to continue steadily, in particular the traffic to Asia.
Ring Road III is part of Route E18, which runs from St. Petersburg to Belfast and is, consequently, the most important international road connection in our country. Ring Road III and Tuusulanväylä, both of which have undergone basic-improvement work, ensure fast access to the region as well as elsewhere in Finland.
With the Ring Rail Line, there will also be an efficient railroad connection to the largest domestic cities from the frame-plan area. With the new stations and the cross-traffic bus trunk services, the region will become a junction for local traffic.
AVIAPOLIS
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 9 The Area Will Offer Best Possible Accessibility
In areas with good accessibility, work places, services, shops and friends are easily Once the improvement work on Ring Road III is completed, it will be possible to reach and effortlessly reached with various forms of transport. The easier an area is the area by car within less than 30 minutes from anywhere in the capital region. accessed, the better possibilities it offers to companies and residents. According to HRT preliminary calculations, access to the area will be so good in 2025 that With the use of sustainable forms of transport, access to Aviapolis will improve as many as 2/3 of all journeys will be made using sustainable forms of transport. considerably with the opening of the Ring Rail Line. With the present traffic and land-use plans, access to Central Vantaa will, in fact, almost reach the level of the central city area of Helsinki.
On the basis of the HRT Accessibility Models, access to Aviapolis with sustai- nable forms of transport will improve considerably within the next decade. In the inspections, the region has been divided into zones on the basis of accessibility, with zone I offering best accessibility.
10 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Large and Spacious City Structure, Full of Possibility
The frame plan area is large: it covers a similar stretch of land as the area from Kaivopuisto to Hakaniemi in Helsinki. Indeed, the area will accommodate more than 250 traditional city blocks.
The area has been built to a very large size: for instance, individual warehouses are larger than entire city blocks. Due to large block sizes and wide traffic lanes, the present structure does not offer prerequisites for walking or cycling.
The present efficiency of the area is low. Only a few, relatively new office lots have an efficiency that is more than e = 1,0.
Aviapolis and the central city area on the same scale: The warehouses in Veromies are the size of Helsinki city blocks.
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 11 Finding Gems amongst Halls and Warehouses Huberin konepaja
The oldest building stock in the area consists of modern construction heritage gems. The area mainly features logistics halls and warehouses of various ages and varying condi- tion, in which operations may continue for a long time yet. The temporary use of these buildings may act as a platform for positive city development and may generate new operations in the area, e.g., workspaces, concerts, cafeterias. During the past years, new and efficient office buildings have been constructed along the major roadways. The area has become one of the most coveted business areas in our country.
Auramo Oy
The area features modern construction heritage gems: • The Huber halls and engineering workshop, Kurt Simberg 1964 • Auramo Oy, Purpose of the Buildings Hannu Auramo and Valtteri Teerikangas 1964, 1970 • Wihuri Yhtymä, e.g. Hugo Smeds 1950-75 • Aerola, Alvar Aalto 1955
Wihuri Yhtymä Aerola
12 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Vast Asphalt Areas and Lack of Parks, the Cause of City Flooding
The Airport and the northern part of the frame-plan area are located on a large brink-formation ridge, the groundwater of which is the origin of the streams that will cut through Aviapolis.Apart from the rocky parts, the land absorbs the rainwater well. The southern part of the frame-plan area is located on a large plain of clay where the absorption of rainwater is slow. In Veromies, there is city flooding in Manttaalitie and Äyritie due to the vast asphalt surfaces and hall buildings.
The frame-plan area is at the seam of the scenery structure The streams of Central Vantaa and their run-offs
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 13 Environmental Disturbances, a Challenge for Planning
The excellent accessibility of the area has its downsides.
Although the frame-plan area is not subject to strong aircraft noise, road-traffic and aircraft noise must be solved in the planning work. The present land use and landscape do little to prevent the spread of road-traffic noise.
There are several facilities in the vicinity of the area (the Seveso Directive) that handle hazardous substances. The safety distances of these facilities must be taken into account.
Due to past and present actions, some parts of the area feature spoilt land, the The strongest road-traffic noise is along the major roadways. construction of which will require decontamination of the ground.
Despite the close proximity of the Airport, the frame-plan area is not subject to strong aircraft noise.
14 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Aviapolis Planning Objectives
• From a city of vehicles to a city of walkable distances, comfort and unhurried lingering
• Building an ecologically and culturally sustainable city.
• Making sustainable forms of transport competitive and creating innovative mobility solutions.
• Enabling the location of 60 000 jobs in the area.
• Providing 20 000 Vantaa residents with a district in which to live and reside.
• Making Aviapolis a desirable location where people come from near and far. From a City of Vehicles to a City of Walkable Distances, Comfort and Unhurried Lingering
The heart of Aviapolis, Lentoasemantie in particular, will be Finland’s most significant facade, which will offer many travellers their first impression of our country. The transition from a scenery of trucks and asphalt fields to interesting city spaces will be completed one city block at a time. The planning will aim to develop an area that will offer a wider range of operations, a higher-quality cityscape as well as an area that is built on a human-sized scale.
Efficiency generates change, and efficiency guarantees the prerequisites for growth. More people and more hustle and bustle! The minimum efficiency must be increased to e = 1.0.
Comfortable surroundings do not emerge automatically. When constructing the area, the existing environment values must be used to their full potential and “Aviapolis Quality” must be the requirement for new construction as well as for the new city environment. The aim is to develop a percent-for-parks funding model (cf. percent for art), with which the green environments of the area can become the best in the city instead of the weakest.
16 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Building an Ecologically and Culturally Sustainable City
Slowing down climate change is one of Vantaa’s key objectives. Aviapolis will be constructed as a prime example of an ecological airport city.
Smart energy production, as well as consumption, is one of the most significant means with which to impact the speed of climate change. With the carefully considered location of operations and new technical solutions, hazardous emissions and noise can be reduced.
And ecological city structure improves the comfort of residential areas. With restoration work, Pytinoja and Kirkonkylänoja can be developed, and they can become the gems of the green structure of the area.
Since the area will form and regenerate gradually, quality assurance is important during the various stages of construction. Decisions on what to invest in and on how to reach targets are needed. Raising the stakes in the most visible locations – there is room for a bit of rough edges!
An uncompleted city environment can be brightened up and made known with various events and temporary activities. Alongside the frame plan, an interim-use plan must be prepared. This should be looked at on a two-fold time scale: during the next few years in the empty station area, and in future decades in the entire area.
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 17 Making Sustainable Forms of Transport Competitive and Creating Innovative Mobility Solutions
A city of the future will not be based on cars. It will be based on sustainable forms of mobility. High-quality and appropriately-scaled routes to meet the walking, cycling and public transport needs must be created alongside the already excellent motor-traffic routes.
The Ring Rail Line will provide a direct rail connection to more than 20 stations, linking Aviapolis more closely to the region. In order to ensure that sustainable forms of transport become competitive, also other public-transport trunk routes must be created in the area.
Each and every public-transport traveller is also a pedestrian. The walkability of the area will be promoted by dividing the present city-block structures into smaller sections with public pedestrian routes. The obstacle factor of the major routes will be reduced in order to ensure the comfort of the city structure.
With smart traffic, the need of the space that has been allocated to traffic will be reduced, and the seamlessness of the travel chains will be promoted.
18 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Enabling the Location of 60 000 Jobs in the Area
Aviapolis will be a gateway to Finland, and also a gateway to the Helsinki region. Many an operator wants to locate in Aviapolis, only a couple of hours away from the world metropolises.
The density of jobs offers good opportunities for company networking and for the formation of clusters. Therefore, it is important to increase the number of various business-facility options for present and new operators.
The building stock, which varies in age, purpose and condition, of the area offers possibilities for the needs of various types of businesses. By promoting temporary use and pop-up type activities, workspaces will also be created for the younger generations who are at home with the rugged and temporary nature of the spaces.
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 19 Providing 20 000 Vantaa Residents with a District in Which to Live and Reside
The frame plan will define the best locations for living and for residents’ services. In cases where environmental disturbances set restrictions to the use of areas, housing must be implemented in all places where it is possible.
The size and dimensioning of the area will make it possible to create districts with various and unique identities. This will bring a warm sense of community and playfulness to housing construction.
The more residents in the area, the better the services and, therefore, the more lucrative the centre of Aviapolis will be as a location for companies and jobs.
The benefits of a new area must be capitalized: the service concepts of the urban public and private interface must be developed and used.
20 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Making Aviapolis an Airport City Where People Come from Near and Far
A city is a place for encounters, a place where people are drawn by activities and events. The powerful trade and leisure-time cluster in the neighbouring area will be enforced and diversified by attracting projects that involve major streams of people.
Through cooperation with the operators in the area, the new Aviapolis Station will become the second centre in the area, a counterpart for Jumbo. By building the station city blocks efficiently and diversely, the station surroundings will be active and pulsating 24 hours a day.
The two centres will be linked by a string of urban blocks and pleasant main streets. Emphasis will be placed on the perimeter of the main streets in regard to quality choices and on the location of operations with high activity intensity, and the majority of public transport and activity flows will be directed through these streets. The ”perimeter of interest” of the frame plan
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 21 Schedule and Communications Frame Plan Complete in Autumn 2015
Schedule: Reference Material Autumn 2013 Objectives City Planning Board 18 August 2014
Planning Autumn 2014 – spring 2015 Aviapoliksen vuosikello 2014 Required Reports Autumn 2014 – spring 2015 − viestintä, osallistaminen ja vuorovaikutus Alongside the planning work: • Area branding and marketing material
• Marketing and introductory material also in other languages
• Consideration of temporary uses as well as of the plan for summer 2015
• City plans can be initiated
22 Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives Inclusive Work and Communication Inclusiveness Inclusiveness and interaction will be generated into genuine, activating and multilateral communication between the City officials, the residents of the municipalities, stakeholders and partners.
Networking Cooperation with, e.g., universities. Prior experience will be drawn upon, and projects and competitions will be participated in. International visibility will be sought in international arenas.
Sharing Information on the progress and the results of the project will be distributed extensively. Information must be easily accessible.
Stakeholders
The frame-plan work was started in January 2014 with a target semi- nar with the employees of the various fields of operation. Land owners were invited to a morning-coffee event at Galleria K in April.
Aviapolis Frame Plan − Starting Point and Objectives 23 The Story of Aviapolis
The story of Aviapolis begins in the 1480’s when it is mentioned in the annals Veromies has reached a respectable age, yet is not on the verge of retirement. for the first time. On the contrary, this is where the third story of Veromies, i.e. Aviapolis, begins. In the future, the airport city of Vantaa intends to be the most coveted business The second rise of Veromies began in 1952 when Helsinki-Vantaa Airport was area in Europe where the pulse of life can be felt 24/7. completed and ready for the Olympic Games. This is where the emergence of an international airport city began. The Airport brought with it industry, Present and future residents of the municipalities as well as businesses are all logistics and offices, and also some housing in Aerola. Presently, the Aviapolis welcomed to join in with the creation and construction of Aviapolis. area is the most coveted business area in Finland. The new and inspiring Aviapolis has set its sights far into the future.
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