PUBLIC BULLETIN Tampere plans and builds 2018 CONTAINS A PLANNING REVIEW 1 URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES Execu ve Director Mikko Nurminen [email protected] SERVICE GROUPS CITY PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT Planning Director Construc on Director Taru Hurme Milko Tietäväinen [email protected] [email protected] PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUSTAINABLE CITY Director of Public Environmental Director Transport Kaisu An onen The best city Mika Periviita [email protected] [email protected] TRAMWAY for you Project Director Ville-Mikael Tuominen [email protected] Tampere is growing at a brisker pace than ever before. The tramway, the Deck and Arena, Ranta-Tampella, Hiedanranta, the northern part GROWTH, INNOVATION AND of Hervanta, as well as many other infi ll development areas throughout COMPETITIVENESS SERVICES the city ‒ the list of the areas that are being developed is long. The DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES task of city planning and construc on is to create precondi ons for the vitality of Tampere and the wellbeing of its ci zens. The objec ve of the HIEDANRANTA CITY CENTRE strategy approved by the City Council in the autumn of 2017 is to make Project Development Project Director Tampere a smart city with 300,000 residents, developing Tampere Director Tero Tenhunen and the surrounding areas into another interna onal and a rac ve Reijo Väliharju [email protected] [email protected] metropolitan area in Finland. This objec ve is to be achieved by 2030, and the aim is also to implement carbon neutrality in Tampere by the CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET: same year. ⌨ tampere.fi /tampereen-kaupunki/organisaa o/ kaupunkiympariston-palvelualue.html The Tampere plans and builds bulle n provides informa on on the ways the city will change over the next few years in order to a ain these CUSTOMER SERVICE objec ves. The planning and construc on sites are introduced for each area. This way, it is easier to read about the places that interest you Frenckell Service Point the most. The planning review presents the most signifi cant planning Frenckellinaukio 2 B projects for the next few years. It is also an invita on to all ci zens to ☎ +358 (0)3 5656 4400 par cipate in the planning of the common urban environment. ✉ palvelupiste.frenckell@tampere.fi Open: Mon‒Fri 8.30‒15.45 Mikko Nurminen Execu ve Director, MORE INFORMATION Urban Environment and ON THE INTERNET i Infrastructure Services • A large amount of geographic informa on on the urban environment is available from the City of Tampere’s map service. TAMPERE PLANS AND BUILDS 2018 Oskari map service: Published by: City of Tampere ⌨ kartat.tampere.fi / Subeditor: Lo a Kauppila, lo a.kauppila@tampere.fi oskari Images and maps: City of Tampere, unless otherwise specifi cally stated Cover image: Mandaworks AB, Schauman & Nordgren Architects Oy Ab Transla on: Transla nki Oy 2 Image: Tramway Alliance Image: UKI Arkkitehdit Oy 32 Contents 2 Foreword & contact informa on 4 Tampere City Strategy 2030 Lively city centre 5 Tampere as part of the central as an objec ve region Image: BST-Arkkitehdit Oy OBJECTS BY AREA 6 Western area 10 City centre area 14 Northeastern area 18 Southeastern area 22 Southern area Image: Tramway Alliance / Susanna Lyly 26 Local master plan & sustainable mobility 28 28 Tramway & changes to routes 30 Hiedanranta district 32 Five-star City Centre 2030 34 Short ar cles on various themes The tramway is being constructed City Planning and Infrastructure LOCAL DETAILED PLANNING CITY SURVEYING PLANNING OF THE TRAFFIC SYSTEM • Making of local detailed plans • The forming of plots (plot division, parcelling of plots) and other • A local detailed plan defi nes, in • Development of the traffi c system cadastral procedures (easements, detail, the use of an area, the property borders, etc.) • The traffi c system consists of routes, loca on of the func ons in the area passenger and cargo transport, as and the ma ers concerning the • The City of Tampere’s material well as control systems cityscape services, specifi ca ons of ownership, public purchase witnesses Head of Local Detailed Planning City Surveyor Planning Manager Elina Karppinen Anna Mustajoki Ari Vandell elina.karppinen@tampere.fi anna.mustajoki@tampere.fi ari.vandell@tampere.fi BUILDING CONTROL DEPARTMENT GREEN AREAS AND STORMWATERS LOCAL MASTER PLANNING • Building control, the cityscape and • Planning of the implementa on and • Making of local master plans the urban environment management of parks, squares and street environment, development of • A local master plan designates the • Permits regarding construc on, landscaping services main principles for the use of areas inspec ons and the provision of in a municipality’s territory and informa on to builders • Development and planning of storm- steers the development of the water management and the tasks community structure determined to the municipali es by the Water Services Act Building Inspector Planning Manager Head of Master Planning Eija Mu onen-Ma la Mirjam Larinkari Pia Has o eija.mu onen-ma la@tampere.fi mirjam.larinkari@tampere.fi pia.has o@tampere.fi 3 A sustainably growing city THE BEST FOR YOU ‒ TAMPERE CITY STRATEGY 2030 The new Tampere City Strategy The strategy also highlights the The development of a sustainable has set the city’s development objec ves for the quality of the urban environment promotes objec ves to be achieved by the urban environment: vibrancy and carbon neutrality, which is an year of 2030. The strategy is based the dis nc ve character, which is objec ve that the Tampere City on factors that will drive changes represented by the built cultural Strategy aspires to achieve by in the future and represents the environments and industrial 2030. A sustainably growing city common intent regarding the City’s history. In addi on to the a rac ve respects nature, saves natural long term development measures. epicentre, the district centres will resources and reduces emissions. The City Council approved the be developed as versa le areas One signifi cant sec on consists of strategy on 13 November 2017. for housing, leisure, services the development of smart traffi c, and businesses. In the busy new mobility services and prac cal In the City Strategy, you can centre areas, accessibility will be travel chains. read about the objec ves for important for all modes of travel, the development of the urban from pedestrians to passenger cars. Ci zens can par cipate in the environment under the heading The centre areas can be made more implementa on of the strategy. Urban and sustainably growing. pleasant by extending the walking The en re urban community can The strategy’s objec ve regarding environments and reserving parking par cipate in crea ng solu ons for the city's annual growth (an average space for new parking facili es. smooth daily life and sustainable of 3,000 new residents) will be housing. The areas can be used as refl ected in land use, housing, traffi c Besides their dis nc veness, experimental and development and transport, services, economy the planning of residen al pla orms for new solu ons. In and investments. The star ng point environments also focuses on addi on, it is possible to create for all sectors is the densifi ca on of pleasantness and safety. Housing precondi ons for the development the community structure and the also deals with the ensuring of of new services. direc ng of growth primarily to the leisure ac vi es for residents. By public transport zone and to the preserving the versa le green areas district centres. It has already been and networks, and by increasing decided that the tramway will be the sustainable u lisa on of developed as the trunk of the city’s waterbodies, the city will become transport system. more a rac ve and more pleasant. 4 Illustra on: Pirita Tolvanen Tampere as part of the central region Tampere is the centre of Tampere that by 2040, the popula on will of water areas. The community Central Region and the heart of increase by more than 100,000 structure of Tampere has clearly Tampere Region. Tampere Central residents. Out of the roughly been divided into two: the rural Region is a unifi ed economic area 160,000 jobs in the Tampere north and the urban south. that comprises eight municipali es Central Region, more than 100,000 Northern Tampere is extensive (Tampere, Kangasala, Orivesi, Nokia, are located in Tampere. The area of in area: almost 400 km2, i.e. 75% Ylöjärvi, Lempäälä, Pirkkala and the central region is about 4,550 of the city’s area consists of rural Vesilah ) and the second largest km2. areas. However, most residents (a er the Helsinki Metropolitan (more than 98%) live in the inner Area) growth centre in Finland. At With its 228,000 residents, Tampere city in the south. Consequently, the end of 2016, there were about is the third largest city in Finland. most of the city’s growth and topical 382,000 residents in the Tampere The city’s land area is 525 km2 and planning and construc on projects Central Region. It is an cipated in addi on, the city boasts 165 km2 are located in the inner city. YlöjärviYlöjärvi OrivesiOriOr vesi TampereTamperp e KangasalaKangasasala NokiaNokiai PirkkalaPirkkalaa LempääläLemempäälä VesilahtiVesilahti NorthernNoNortrthehernrn areaarerea On the next spreads, you can read about the projects concerning local WesternWeWestterrn CityCiC tyty NortheasternNoN rtr heeassternrn areaara eaa area detailed planning for the inner city centreceenntree areaarer a ara eae and other projects dealing with the development of the urban SouthernSoS utu heh rnr environment. The projects are areaarareaa SoutheasternSoS utheh asternn presented for each service area.