VISION FOR TULLI+ A COLLABORATIVE CHARRETTE FOR TAMPERE CITY CENTRE 2 STARTING POINTS TAMPERE CENTRE – DESIGN CHALLENGE The City of Tampere has ambitious plans to improve its TULLI’s assets include social venues and important urban centre, live up to its status as Finland’s most neighbours such as Tampere University and Tampere important city after Helsinki and safeguard its physical, Talo which, despite their close proximity to the city social and economic future. Cities are places of centre, suffer from a sense of being remote and isolated. immense complexity, Tampere is no exception, and the Because TULLI is right next to Tampere station and challenge for the ‘5 Star Concept’ the City has prepared occupies a very strategic, central location, the resolution is to reconcile broad, overarching strategies with the of its own problems of connectivity and urban quality is detailed needs of individual spaces and buildings, all the also the key to the re-connection of the areas that time retaining a balanced hierarchy and sense of surround it. proportion to enable all the diverse jig-saw pieces to fit together. To address this challenge the City of Tampere commissioned John Thompson & Partners (JTP) to TULLI is Tampere’s former customs quarter, now in develop a new urban design strategy and vision for the urgent need of regeneration as it finds itself largely cut TULLI neighbourhood, taking into account the large off from the city centre by Tampere railway station and number of plans and projects already under way in the the broad swathe of tracks that constitute a barrier area. between the city’s western and eastern sides. TAMPERE 2014 VISION FOR TULLI+ STAKEHOLDERS STARTING POINTS 11 PARTNERS City of Tampere University Properties Finland Tampere Hall Finnish Transport Agency VR Group Real Estate Destia Sito Finnpark Oy Technopolis Business Park Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Company (until 31.12.2013 Fennia Pension Fund) NCC Deck Project M&Y Architects (Competition) PLANNING TEAM John Thompson & Partners, London Von Zadow International, Berlin Gillespies, Glosgow Urban Engineering Studio, London CHARRETTE-REPORT The Tampere Centre Vision was developed with a set of collaborative Charrette workshops, which took place in August and October 2013. This think tank process was jointly financed by the key project partners, who commissioned the John Thompson & Partners team to facilitate the collaboration and develop a new consensus-led indicative masterplan. TAMPERE 2014 VISION FOR TULLI+ TAMPERE 2013 VISION FOR TULLI+ EUROPE 2 STARTING POINTS FINLAND TAMPERE HELSINKI OUR APROACH & KEY OUTCOMES JTP’s response to this challenge was to assemble a hard and soft landscaped public spaces in the TULLI multi-disciplinary team of urban designers, landscape quarter. planners and transport strategists to carry out two Charrette workshops in close collaboration with the city 2. BUILT FORM authorities and all local stakeholders. The successive • Proposals for new commercial buildings over and Charrettes gave this group of high-level decision-makers alongside the railway tracks and a design concept to an unprecedented opportunity to learn about one create a fitting sense of arrival at the station. another’s aspirations and thereby develop integrated • New residential and cultural buildings within TULLI ideas and strategies for the regeneration of TULLI itself, and intensification and diversification of the University with new buildings, spaces and the adjacent landholdings and the station area. connections to transform the educational campus into a ‘UniverCity’. This report documents the Charrettes and their outcomes, which fall into three main categories: 3. PROCESS • Establishment of the ‘TULLI Team’ of local 1. MOVEMENT stakeholders to lead collaborative decision-making • Extension of the city centre’s proposed slow on the Vision for TULLI, guided by the TULLI+ Charter movement ’Epicentre’ to include TULLI, and formulated by the stakeholders during the final day of development of an integrated, multi-modal movement the second Charrette. concept focussed around the station including • An integrated catalogue of projects to be realised by additional pedestrian and cycle connections to the TULLI Team on a phased programme of overcome the barrier of the railway tracks. developments through short, medium and long term • Establishment of an Eastern Station Gateway concept design competitions and including a quick-win and new pedestrian axes linking Tampere Talo and ‘Box-park’ concept to kick-start the process of the University to the station, city centre and bringing back vibrant, urban life to TULLI. surrounding neighbourhoods, including vibrant, new, TAMPERE 2014 VISION FOR TULLI+ CONTENTS STARTING POINTS 33 1. COLLABORATIVE CHARRETTE 5 5. VISION FOR TULLI+ 61 The Charrette Concept 7 Layers of the Masterplan 63 TULLI Charrette Process 9 - Existing Attractions 65 - Residential Mixed Use & Regeneration 67 TULLI Workshops 11 - Focal Spaces, Parks and Squares 69 - Landmarks and Vista Stoppers 71 2. STARTING POINTS 13 Railway Shed Redevelopment 73 The Challenge 15 Public Realm Strategy 75 City Centre Strategy 17 - Surrounding Streets & New Green Link 77 TULLI+ Area definition 19 - Remodelled Main Square 79 TULLI Objectives 21 - New Green Park 81 TULLI Stakeholders 23 - Dry Link along Blue Line 83 - Pedestrian Priority Streets 85 3. STAKEHOLDERS' BRIEF 25 - Boxpark - Injecting Life 87 University Properties of Finland 27 TULLI Lighting Strategy 89 Tampere Hall Operator 29 Movement Strategy 97 Finnpark Parking Facilities 31 - Walking & Cycling 99 Technopolis Business Park 33 - Driving & Parking 101 ELO Mutual Pension Insurance Company 35 Station Development 103 NCC Deck Project 37 - The Station Block 105 Tullikamari Old Customs House 39 - Access and Connections 109 Finnish Transport Agency 41 - Station Car park & Building over the station 111 VR Group Real Estate 43 - Roofing the station 113 - Station Square & New Bus Station 117 4. DESIGN APPROACH 45 - Station Competition Brief 119 City Centre 47 Univer-City Campus 121 Learning from London King's Cross 49 Learning from Vienna's City Ring 51 6. WAY FORWARD 127 Green City Ring & Slow Movement 53 Collaborative Competitions 129 Initial Ideas from Concept Workshop 55 TULLI+ Projects List 131 Phasing TULLI+ 133 TULLI Charter 135 TAMPERE 2014 VISION FOR TULLI+ TAMPERE 2013 VISION FOR TULLI+ COLLABORATIVE 1 CHARRETTE 6 COLLABORATIVESTARTING CHARRETTE POINTS WHY A COLLABORATIVE CHARRETTE? 1. Highly complex situations 5. Better decisions Charrettes are an excellent methodology to use in Having a shared overview of the urban planning multi stakeholder situations dealing with strategic, situation which the diverse group of stakeholders urban design decisions of major importance, as and decision makers can discuss and develop they allow fair and transparent facilitation between together provides a much better understanding of all environmental, political and economic interests. the complexities and the ‘do’s and don'ts’. As a result, subsequent decisions, for instance of public 2. Previous processes did not deliver planning frameworks or private investments, will be Charrette processes are often commissioned when much better informed. the ‘normal’ development tools such as architectural competitions failed to deliver satisfactory results. 6. Additional resources Sometimes charrettes are used as a ‘third way’ to Charrette processes often result in delivering more overcome conflicts or deadlock situations that are than was envisaged by the initial brief. Inspired by preventing important future developments. the creative work, exciting results and future opportunities, additional stakeholders join ‘the club’ 3. Fresh views of outsiders and contribute their ideas as they take on board the A key aspect for a Charrette is for it to be run by an ‘win-win-win’ nature of the project. New public experienced, interdisciplinary team of professionals funding lines are often found by Charrette from ‘outside’. Their independent, neutral views participants to support the delivery of a project, and enable them to facilitate the local process and to the Charrette report can be used as a great deliver design proposals that respond to the brief, marketing tool for future initiatives of all kinds. reflect previous ideas and incorporate the stakeholders’ agendas. They may introduce new ways of thinking about longstanding problems. 4. Accelerate Communication The basic idea behind a charrette is to get the various stakeholders together in a forum that encourages them to exchange standpoints and ideas whilst jointly developing solutions. It creates a momentum to which all stakeholders are invited to contribute, whether from the public or private sector, local, regional or maybe even national authorities. Making this happen is not always easy but, because a Charrette creates not only a forum to be seen and heard but also an opportunity to exchange ideas and generate new ones, even major players tend to participate, giving rise to break- throughs in project communication that are unlikely to arise through traditional design processes. TAMPERE 2014 VISION FOR TULLI+ THE CHARRETTE CONCEPT COLLABORATIVESTARTING CHARRETTE POINTS 77 7. Speedier development 9. More sustainability The fact that so many important stakeholders and Collaborative thinking leads to better-integrated, decision makers understand the complexity of the sustainable and more people oriented solutions that situation through their creative collaboration helps support social