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Five Planning Projects Sörnäistenranta-Hermanninranta Kruunuvuorenranta

Keski-Pasila Kuninkaantammi

areas. Achieving a vital urban environ- The distance from the centre of Helsinki Five planning projects ment requires functional diversity and a as the crow fl ies is 3 kilometres. The suffi cient population level. Another goal driving distance through Herttoniemi is is to develop a component master plan approximately 10 kilometres. Alternative The urban structure of Helsinki is currently experiencing its most for the Keski-Pasila area that will form the public transpor tation solutions will be dramatic changes in one hundred years; during the next several years, basis for a high-quality and feasible urban clarifi ed as planning progresses. design solution. To accomplish this, two Kruunuvuorenranta is being designed large tracts in the city centre will be freed up for new construction reference plans, whose purpose is to test as a high-quality maritime-flavoured after the goods harbour has been relocated at Vuosaari. In this brochure the area’s implementation possibilities, city district; residential environments have been prepared. The fi rst design featuring various types of apartment the Helsinki City Planning Department presents the fi ve different has been prepared by the architects’ buildings and single-family houses are areas that will become part of the Helsinki of the future: Jätkäsaari, offi ce Cino Zucchi from Milan, Italy. The being designed. second design has been developed by the project manager Riitta Jalkanen, riitta.jalkanen@hel.fi Sörnäistenranta-Hermanninranta, Keski-Pasila, Kruunuvuorenranta Helsinki-based architects’ offi ce Tuomo 5. Kuninkaantammi and Kuninkaantammi. Siitonen Oy. In both designs, Keski-Pasila’s most centralised areas in the vicinity of The new Kuninkaantammi (King’s oak) area the Pasila railway station and Pasilan- is being planned at the northern part of silta bridge will be developed as a central Helsinki. The area has gained its name from functional node. a historical account, according to which 1. Jätkäsaari It has been estimated that construction Keski-Pasila is also linked functionally Gustavus III, the King of Sweden-Finland, Jätkäsaari is located within walking at Jätkäsaari can begin in 2008 after the and physically to the Pasila workshop area ordered the planting of a row of oak trees distance of Helsinki’s central business traffi c connections to the Port of Vuosaari and the Vallila industrial area. The Pasila along the highway while he was visiting district. The area is currently occupied have been completed. workshop area is currently being planned Finland. The majestic royal oaks, now a by port and warehouse functions. When project manager Matti Kaijansinkko, as a new residential and employment area. protected landmark, are still standing. the goods harbour facilities are moved matti.kaijansinkko@hel.fi Pasila, Vallila and the workshop areas There are excellent vehicular and away from the area, an entirely new meet each other at the ends of the Aleksis public transportation connections to the maritime district will be constructed for 2. Sörnäistenranta-Hermanninranta Kivenkatu and Teollisuuskatu streets. area, particularly from the south, west the city centre. Jätkäsaari will feature At the Sörnäistenranta and Hermannin- project manager Timo Lepistö, timo.lepisto@hel.fi and north. The planning area’s wide range apartments, business premises and an ranta areas, the dominant visual and of recreational possibilities will make it a extensive park passing through the en- functional elements are the sea, indus- 4. Kruunuvuorenranta popular location for the city’s hiking and tire district. The passenger harbour will trial structures, the port and its ships, Laajasalo oil harbour will be freed up fi tness enthusiasts. remain at Jätkäsaari. The goal is the cre- containers and ware houses, as well as from its present use in 2010. At that time Multi-story and low-rise apartment ation of an urban-fl avoured and distinctive the Hanasaari power stations and their the architects’ offi ce Harris-Kjisik, won 3. Keski-Pasila (Central Pasila) the new maritime-fl avoured city district buildings are being planned for the city district that will consist of various high chimneys. The starting point for the competition. Keski-Pasila (Central Pasila) is located ap- of Kruunuvuorenranta will be built in Kuninkaan tammi area that will eventually sub-areas, each with its own character. design has been to convert the harbour A component master plan has been proximately 3.5 km north of the Helsinki the area previously occupied by the oil house approximately 5,000 residents. Densely-built closed blocks will protect and industrial area into a new maritime- prepared based on the winning compe- city centre. The area is a valley-like land- harbour. Kruunuvuorenranta’s location Dwellings and public services will for the yard areas from winds. The central city fl avoured city district. The architectonic tition proposal. After the goods harbour scape between two city districts, Länsi- and natural features provide exceptionally most part replace the current employment district park will serve as the area’s spine structure indicated in the draft town plan has been moved to Vuosaari, construction Pasila (West Pasila) and Itä-Pasila (East elegant prerequisites for the design of the areas. Achieving a diverse the townscape and greenbelt connection. The proximity draft is emphatically urban in character. at Kala satama will begin at the blocks near Pasila). Railway functions dominate the area. Adjoining the densely built-up oil image has been a primary objective in the of water, views to the sea, as well as the The area will eventually accommodate the Metro station; the building works are planning area. As a result of changes that harbour is a highly diversifi ed archipelago planning of Kuninkaan tammi. This means, maintained passenger harbour will impart approximately 15,000 residents and 6,000 expected to last approximately 5 years. will take place in railway functions during landscape, valuable nature conservation for example, that in the central areas, a maritime atmosphere to Jätkäsaari, jobs. During the 2010s, the construction of the next several years, an approximately areas and landmarks of cultural and his- apartment buildings, low-rise houses and which will eventually accommodate ap- In 2005 the City of Helsinki orga nized the two next block groups at Sompasaari 18.3 hectare-sized area will be freed up torical importance. The area has a long parks will be interlaced and buildings of proximately 14,500 residents and 6,000 a two-stage invited architectural idea could be completed in the early 2020s. for other functions in Keski-Pasila. and varied shoreline. To the west there varying heights will line the streets. Also jobs. In traffi c solutions priority has been competition for the planning of the The entire new maritime-fl avoured city The objective is to place as much are views to the city centre, to the south, planned are urban-fl avoured low-rise given to pedestrian and cycle traffi c, as Sörnäistenranta and Hermanninranta district will achieve its fi nished form only residential construction as possible in Suomenlinna and the sea, and towards buildings that will surround the more well as public transportation, that will pro- areas that will be freed up from port use. during the early 2030s. the zone defi ned by the offi ce towers the east, the archipelago. densely built-up centre. vide an alternative to movement by car. The proposal “Amphibia”, submitted by project manager Mikael Sundman, mikael.sundman@hel.fi fronting the Itä-Pasila and Länsi-Pasila Kruunuvuorenranta is part of Laajasalo. architect Suvi Tyynilä, suvi.tyynila@hel.fi © Arkkitehdit Frondelius+Keppo+Salmenperä Oy Frondelius+Keppo+Salmenperä ©Arkkitehdit

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Cover illustration: Tyko Saarikko Other illustrations: Helsingin kaupunkisuunnitteluvirasto Arkkitehdit Frondelius+Keppo Jätkäsaari +Salmenperä Oy Adactive Oy Cino Zucchi Architetti Base map: © City Survey Division, Helsinki § 003/2007