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HELSINKI
1550 FOUNDED TOTAL POPULATION 612 000 1777 SMALL TOWN IN PERIPHERY FINNISH-SPEAKING 81.9% 1812 CAPITAL OF FINLAND SWEDISH-SPEAKING 5.9% 1841 CAPITAL OF GRAND DUCHY OTHER LANGUAGES 12.2% 1918 CAPITAL OF INDEPENDENT FINLAND POPULATION DENSITY 2,800 INHABITANTS PER SQ.KM
TINAMARY99 THE NEXT HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION “A METROPOLITAN REGION TIES TOGETHER THE CONTIGUOUS URBAN BUILT- UP AREAS BOUND TO THE MAIN CENTER OR TO A LARGE POLYCENTRIC SYSTEM BY EMPLOYMENT, COMMERCE ETC. – OFTEN KNOWN AS A COMMUTER ZONE. IT MAY INCLUDE NOT ONLY A CITY, BUT THE CITY-SYSTEM WITH SURROUNDING SUBURBAN, PERIURBAN AND RURAL AREAS, ALL WHICH IT IS PRESUMED TO INFLUENCE.”
HELSINKI URBAN AREA, 1 143 000 INHABITANTS Source: Harry Schulman - The development of urban form in metropolitan regions: OTHER BUILT-UP AREAS IN THE CITY-REGIONS OF HELSINKI Examples from Helsinki and Stockholm, 24.10.2013
TINAMARY99 THE NEXT HELSINKI INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION UNDERGROUND SWIMMING POOL IN ITÄKESKUS (THE HALL HAS FACILITIES ON TWO FLOORS AND CAN HOLD ABOUT 1,000 VISITORS AT A TIME. THE HALL HAS ABOUT 400,000 VISITORS A YEAR. QUARRIED OUT OF SOLID ROCK, THE HALL CAN BE CONVERTED INTO AN EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR 3,800 PEOPLE IF NECESSARY.)