From Industrial to Hybrid. Adaptive Reuse of Two Buildings in Vallila by Anni Laurila

FROM INDUSTRIAL TO HYBRID

ADAPTIVE REUSE OF TWO BUILDINGS IN VALLILA ANNI LAURILA MASTER’S THESIS, AALTO UNIVERSITY VALLILA INTERIOR & PÄLKÄNE 19

From Industrial to Hybrid

Adaptive Reuse of Two Buildings in Vallila Anni Laurila Master’s Thesis, Diplomityö 8/2016 - 1/2017 Aalto University, Department of Architecture Clients: Vallila Interior & Oy Pälkäne 19 Supervisor: Pirjo Sanaksenaho Advisors: Jyrki Laiho & Timo Metsälä

TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract in Finnish & English �� 6

PART II - ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS

Preface �� 8

2.1 Block 700: Qualities, history & daylight analysis �� 30 2.2 Building analysis: Oy Pälkäne 19 �� 32 2.3 Floor plans & stakeholders �� 34

PART I - VALLILA’S INDUSTRIAL QUARTERS 1.1 Analysis maps of the surroundings �� 14

2.4.1 Jan Maunula / Juhani Maunula /

1.2 Development of the area �� 16

Kohina Oy / Interavanti �� 36

1.3 Role in the urban planning of Helsinki �� 20

2.4.2 Parvest �� 39

1.4 Commercial & business structure �� 22

2.4.3 Oy Pälkäne 19 / Studio Martti Järvi,

1.5 Needed changes in the Vallila industrial area �� 24

Studio Titi �� 40

1.6 Paths to development �� 25

2.4.4 PubliCo �� 42 2.4.5 Body Building Club �� 44 2.4.6 Karri Lehtovuori �� 46 2.4.7 Interavanti �� 48

2.4 Building phases & current state �� 51 2.5 Building analysis: Vallila Interior (Oy Nilsiänkatu 15) �� 56 2.6 Building phases & current state �� 58 2.7 Functional analysis & wanted changes �� 66 2.8 References from transformed industrial quarters �� 68

PART III - REDESIGNS OF PÄLKÄNE 19

PART V - STRATEGIC REDESIGNS & GUIDELINES TO THE

3.1 Concept, design choices & room use plan �� 74

WHOLE VALLILA INDUSTRIAL AREA

3.2 Views above the hill & a beacon

5.1 Highlighted combinations �� 130

above the stone wall �� 78

5.2 Activating the street �� 132

3.3 Lofts within Pälkäne 19 �� 86

5.3 Courtyard paths �� 134

3.3.1 Interavanti �� 87

5.4 Penthouses: complementary building �� 140

3.3.2 PubliCo �� 88 3.3.3 body building club �� 89

6.1 Final notes �� 142

3.3.4 Parvest �� 90

6.2 Author’s Reflections �� 143

3.3.5 Interavanti �� 91

6.3 Guidelines for converting industrial buildings in

3.4 Transitions in a green courtyard �� 92

Vallila and beyond �� 144

3.5 Continuity of the club �� 94 3.6 The main meeting place in Vallila’s industrial area:

Appendix 1: Thesis Posters �� 162

the restaurant & the stone wall terrace �� 96

Appendix 2: Vallilan visio presentation �� 162 Sources �� 162

PART IV - REDESIGNS OF VALLILA INTERIOR 4.1 Concept & room use plan �� 104 4.2 Vallila Penthouses �� 108 4.3 a view above Vallila �� 108 4.4 Vallila Courtyard Penthouses & Vallila Visit �� 114 4.5 Vallila Lofts �� 118 4.6 Vallila Flagship Store �� 120 4.7 Vallila Café + Workshop & entrance to underground parking �� 124

TIIVISTELMÄ TEKIJÄ Anni Laurila TYÖN NIMI From Industrial to Hybrid; Adaptive Reuse of Two Buildings in Vallila (suom. Teollisesta hybridiksi; Kahden rakennuksen uudelleenkäyttösuunnitelma Vallilassa)

LAITOS Arkkitehtuurin laitos PROFESSUURI Rakennussuunnittelu (A-8) TYÖN VALVOJA Pirjo Sanaksenaho TYÖN OHJAAJAT Jyrki Laiho, Timo Metsälä TYÖN TILAAJAT Vallila Interior (Oy Nilsiänkatu 15) & Oy Pälkäne 19 VUOSI 8/2016-1/2017 SIVUMÄÄRÄ 163 KUVAPLANSSIT (KPL) 10

KIELI englanti

TIIVISTELMÄ Tämä diplomityö käsittelee kahden vanhan teollisuusrakennuksen muuttamista nykyisten ja tulevien tarpeiden mukaiseen käyttöön Vallilan vanhalla teollisuusalueella. Diplomityö sai alkunsa Vallilan teollisuusalueen kehitystä käsittelevästä projektista, jossa koottiin Helsingin kaupunkisuunnittelijoita sekä alueen kiinteistönomistajia muodostamaan yhteistä visiota alueen tulevaisuudesta. Vielä hiljaisella Vallilan teollisuusalueella on paljon potentiaalia kehittyä ainutlaatuiseksi helsinkiläiseksi kaupunginosaksi, joka on aktiivinen ja elävä, sekä vahvistuu brändiltään taiteilijoiden, suunnittelijoiden ja pienyrittäjien alueena. Diplomityön ovat tilanneet kahden samassa korttelissa sijaitsevan rakennuksen omistajaa: Nilsiänkatu 15, jossa on koko rakennuksen olemassaolon aikana toiminut perheyhtiö Vallila Interior, sekä Pälkäneentie 19, jossa on useita toimijoita arkkitehdeista valokuvaajiin, kehonrakentajiin, elokuvaohjaajiin ja muusikoihin. Pälkäneentie 19 on korkean muurin yllä maamerkkinä Vallilan teollisuusalueelle luoteesta lähestyttäessä. Nilsiänkatu 15 taas kannattelee Vallilan alueen brändiä pitkälle historiaan, tunnetun sisustusyhtiö Vallila Interiorin pääkonttorina. Molemmat rakennukset ovat myös muuttuneet ajan saatossa lisäosineen ja kerroskorotuksineen. Diplomityössä molempien rakennusten uudelleenkäyttösuunnitelmat on tehty siten, että muutokset voi tehdä osissa, vaiheittain tai toteuttaa kokonaisuudessaan. Pälkäneentie 19 suunnitelmissa korostuu rakennuksen luonne yrittäjien ja suunnittelijoiden asumis-, työskentely ja kokoontumispaikkana, sekä rakennuksen näyttävä sijainti muurin yllä. Katutilaa aktivoidaan ja näkymää muurin yllä hyödynnetään teollisuus-Vallilan tunnettavuudelle keskeiseksi suunnitellun ravintolan ja sen ravintolaterassin avulla. Rakennuksen luoteisjulkisivu on hyvin tärkeä, sillä se toimii maamerkkinä Vallilan teollisuusalueelle, ja näin diplomityössä on esitetty arkkitehtonisesti veistoksellista kerroslisäystä olemassa olevien kerrosten ylle. Vallila Interiorin pääkonttoriin, Nilsiänkatu 15, on esitetty korkeampiin kerroksiin asumista ja määräaikais- tai hotellitoimintaa, sisäpihalle työtiloja, kahvila, ja katukerroksen Vallila Interiorin lippulaivakauppa. Kaikki toiminnot ovat Vallila Interiorin brändin alla: sisustus pohjautuu tämän sisustusyhtiön kuoseihin ja toimintojen nimitykset ovat Vallila Loft, Vallila Penthouse, Vallila Visit, Vallila Flagship Store ja Vallila Workshop+Café. Arkkitehtonisiin muutoksiin sisältyy muun muassa kadulle näkymätön kattokerros, joka luo rakennuksesta uuden näköalan Helsinkiin, sekä avauksia rakennuksen sisällä katutilasta sisäpihalle lippulaivakaupan kautta. Yksi selvimmistä hidasteista Vallilan alueen kehitykselle on se, että Helsingin kaupungin tavoitteena on säilyttää teollisuus- ja yritystoiminta alueella, kun taas useat kiinteistönomistajat tahtovat muuttaa rakennuksiaan asuinkäyttöön. Diplomityössä esitetään hybridikäyttöiset rakennukset tavalla, joka pyrkii tukemaan molempia tavoitteita. Asumista on esitetty suurilta osin uusia näköaloja luovan täydennysrakentamisen kautta, sekä perusteena lisätä kauppoja, palveluita ja rakennustaidetta, jotka vahvistavat Vallilan teollisuusalueen ainutlaatuisuutta ja tunnettavuutta. Diplomityön tarkoituksena on antaa suuntaviivoja myös muille vanhojen urbaanien teollisuusalueiden kiinteistöille Vallilassa ja Vallilan ulkopuolella. Tällaisten alueiden kehityksen kannalta on tärkeää, että kiinteistöjä kehitetään toisiaan tukevalla tavalla. Siten diplomityössä on myös esitetty, kuinka alueen rakennukset voivat elävöittää katutilaa, luoda uusia yhteyksiä viehättävien kortteleiden sisällä, tuoda palveluita alueelle sekä hallitusti lisätä asumista tavoilla, jotka tukevat koko Vallilan ja Helsingin kaupungin kehitystä.

AVAINSANAT Vallila, Vallilan teollisuusalue, uudelleenkäyttösuunnitelma, teollisuusrakennus, hybridirakennus, rakennussuunnittelu

ABSTRACT AUTHOR Anni Laurila TITLE OF THESIS From Industrial to Hybrid; Adaptive Reuse of Two Buildings in Vallila DEPARTMENT Deparment of Architecture DEGREE PROGRAMME Building design DEGREE PROGRAMME CODE A-8 SUPERVISOR Pirjo Sanaksenaho ADVISORS Jyrki Laiho, Timo Metsälä CLIENTS Vallila Interior (Oy Nilsiänkatu 15) & Oy Pälkäne 19 YEAR 8/2016-1/2017 NUMBER OF PAGES 163 NUMBER OF POSTERS 10

LANGUAGE English

ABSTRACT This thesis researches and redesigns the adaptive reuse of two old industrial buildings within Vallila’s industrial area, to adapt them to current and future needs. The subject originated from a project that brought together urban planners and property owners in Vallila, to form a common vision for the future of Vallila’s industrial area. This currently rather dormant industrial area has plenty of potential to develop into a unique area in Helsinki that is active and lively, and has a strong brand as a place for artists, designers and entrepreneurs. The clients of this thesis are the owners of two buildings within the same block: Nilsiänkatu 15, which has served the family company Vallila Interior since its beginning, and Pälkäneentie 19, which has several users from architects to photographers, body builders, film directors and musicians. Pälkäneentie 19 is located on a grand wall, which makes it a landmark when approaching Vallila’s industrial area from the northwest. Nilsiänkatu 15 has supported the brand of industrial Vallila for decades as the nationally well known interior design company Vallila Interior’s headquarters. Both buildings have also changed over the years, with added wings and floors. Both of the redesigns in this thesis are presented in such way that changes can be made in parts, stages or as a whole. The design of Pälkäneentie 19 emphasizes the character of the building as a place for living, working, and as a meeting point for entrepreneurs and designers. The impressive location of the building above the wall is also accentuated. The street level is activated and the view above the wall is utilized through the restaurant and its terrace, which is intended to be a central feature for the recognition of Vallila’s industrial area. The north-west facade of the building is a significant beacon towards Vallila’s industrial area. Therefore, this thesis proposes an additional floor with a sculptural character to be built above the existing building. This thesis proposes that on the highest floors of Vallila Interior’s headquarter building Nilsiänkatu 15 there will be housing and temporary businesses or a hotel. In the courtyard facing facilities there will be workspaces and a café and on the street level the flagship store of Vallila Interior. All functions are linked to the brand of Vallila Interior: the spaces are decorated with the company’s fabrics and the names of the functions are Vallila Loft, Vallila Penthouse, Vallila Visit, Vallila Flagship Store and Vallila Workshop+Café. The architectural changes include an added penthouse floor, which creates a new view to Helsinki but is not visible from the street. There is also a new access from the street to the courtyard through the flagship store. One of the biggest obstacles to the development of Vallila are the contradictory goals of the City of Helsinki to maintain Vallila as an industrial and business area, and the real estate owners’ wish to convert their buildings for residential use. This thesis presents hybrid buildings in a manner that seeks to support both objectives. Housing is suggested largely to the new additional floors which create new views, and to justify the adding of shops, services and architecture that strengthen the uniqueness and recognizability of the industrial area of Vallila. The purpose of this thesis is to provide guidelines also to the development of other old industrial sites and properties in Vallila and elsewhere. It is important that such properties are developed in a way that they reinforce one another. Therefore, this thesis also shows how buildings can enliven the street level, bring new connections within attractive blocks, bring services to the area and increase housing in a controlled manner that supports the development of the entire area of Vallila and the City of Helsinki.

KEYWORDS Vallila, Vallila’s industrial area, adaptive reuse, industrial building, hybrid building, mixed use building, building design

PREFACE

This thesis includes analyses and redesigns of two existing buildings in Vallila, as well as an analysis and reflections on the whole Vallila industrial area. The premise and structure of this thesis is described here. A more personal description of the process from the author’s perspective is included in the Author’s Reflections on page 143, which can be read either in the beginning or in the end.

seen in both of the buildings: manufacturing has moved from Vallila’s headquarters a long time ago and Pälkäne 19 mostly has offices, studios and gyms. One aspect is generally agreed upon by all stakeholders: the area should be activated, services and businesses opened to the streets, and adding residents could bring needed activity to times outside the office hours.

The subject of this thesis originated from Vallilan visio (Vallila’s vision), a project conducted by WSP Finland that brought building owners and urban planners together to form a common vision of the future of Vallila. Two participants were interested in continuing the process for their buildings in the form of a master’s thesis, and thus became the clients. The two buildings redesigned in this thesis are Pälkäne 19 (Pälkäneentie 19, owned by Oy Pälkäne 19) and Nilsiänkatu 15 (owned by Vallila Interior / Oy Nilsiänkatu 15). Pälkäne 19 has 8 stakeholders with tenants within its premises: two gyms, an interior and architecture design firm, musicians’, photographers’, filmographers’ and artists’ spaces. Nilsiänkatu 15 has Vallila Interior’s headquarters, a company that it was also originally built for.

With all these different aspirations within the area, and with the area’s valuable history, it is advantageous to plan mixed use, hybrid buildings, which exclude no needed uses and also strengthen the others. Buildings redesigned for hybrid use with a strong brand and sense of community can be rather rare, and together with Vallila’s strong brand of a place for artists, entrepreneurs and designers, hybrid buildings could make Vallila’s industrial area a unique district that takes part in outlining Helsinki’s future. Therefore, this thesis shows how two key buildings in the area can make this transition. Part III - Redesigns of Oy Pälkäne 19 and Part IV - Redesigns of Vallila Interior Headquarters dive into these changes through building design drawings and visualizations. The redesigns can be implemented, stage-by-stage, and as combinations, which is demonstrated in Part V - Strategic Redesign Combinations and Their Effect on Vallila. The redesign sections and combinations are presented as separate chapters in order to both show the potential of making the full-scale changes to the buildings, and enable partial, progressive changes if needed.

Vallila’s industrial area is currently rather dormant when viewed from the streets, but with fascinating activities and ventures taking place behind the facades, from artists’ studios and night clubs to a new beer brewery and several company headquarters. The area is brimming with potential. Part I - Vallila’s Industrial Quarters analyses and presents the history, the current qualities and the potential of Vallila’s industrial area. Part II - Analysis of the Buildings depicts the history, the current use and qualities of the buildings adressed in this thesis, Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 (Vallila Interior).

It is utmost important that the City of Helsinki, the building owners, the current and potential residents and workers, keep an active and inclusive discussion open, and take concrete steps forward towards the common vision of Vallila’s future. Part VI - Final Notes & Key Learnings has general guidelines for converting industrial buildings intended for all those who are taking part in developing Vallila’s industrial area or an industrial building outside of Vallila. Vallila Interior and Pälkäne 19 can pioneer the way towards the future of Vallila, but more properties should take action and make changes, which benefit not only the building itself but the whole area’s vision of a prosperous Vallila.

Building owners generally have a desire to convert offices and industrial spaces to apartments due to their profitability. Helsinki’s City Planning Department (KSV) sees this as a risk to reasonably priced business spaces within the inner city. KSV has wanted to preserve industrial activity within Vallila’s industrial area as long as possible, but slowly, industrial activity has moved further from the inner city. This can be

PÄLKÄNE 19

VALLILA INTERIOR / NILSIÄNKATU 15

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LOCATION OF THE THESIS SUBJECT The two properties are located at Vallila’s old urban industrial area, which is in the Vallila neighborhood in the inner city of Helsinki. The buildings are beside each other forming the western side of block 700. The focus is on these properties but this master’s thesis also addresses Vallila’s past industrial area as a whole. It provides development guidelines to other properties, to encourage the whole area to evolve. Maps: City of Helsinki map service, kartta.hel.fi

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Vallila Interior (Nilsiänkatu 15) and Pälkäne 19 within Vallila’s industrial area. Aerial image from the west. (source: Bing Maps)

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TOPOGRAPHY

GROUND TYPE

The properties are located almost at the highest point of the Vallila industrial area,

The hill in the Vallila industrial area is a typical geological formation in the southern Finnish

Nilsiänkatu 15 at 36,0 meters and Pälkäneentie 19 at 33,2 meters above sea level. The

coastal areas - it consists of granite and has a 0,5-5 meter layer of moraine. In some places

ground drops significantly to the north and west of the lots - at the base of the stone wall

like in the yard of Heteka Oy’s property beside Nilsiänkatu 15 the rock is exposed. The

the ground is at 23,3 meters, making the stone wall 10 meters high in its western corner.

ground beneath and close to the properties does not consist of filled ground.

STREET PARKING & MAIN BUILDING USES

NOISE

Building use has been defined by its main usage - some mix different uses i.e. offices and education. Uses have

Map: Street traffic noise, day and night

clearly divided into separate areas. The buildings near Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are almost solely used by small

(Source: City of Helsinki Noise Report, 2012)

businesses, larger companies, and for industrial use. Educational buildings are mostly for vocational training. Building

Vallila’s industrial is surrounded by roads with heavy traffic

use’s connection to the depth of the building is also very prominent in this map: apartment buildings are narrower.

and public transportation. However, Vallila’s industrial

Parking in the area is mostly street parking. In the middle is a parking area managed by QPark. The pedestrian access

area itself, particularly around Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu

to the underground parking space is also located there. Distance to the parking area is 150 meters from Pälkäne 19

15, is very quiet due to buildings and terrain blocking noi-

and 100 meters from Nilsiänkatu 15. More parking spaces exist within the building courtyards and are mainly private.

se. The 10-meter wall below Pälkäne 19 will block noise

In Pälkäne 19, there is a parking area within the building’s courtyard. In Nilsiänkatu 15, the building’s 1st floor (street

even if traffic were to increase nearby.

floor) has a parking garage. Utilization rate is very high during the day on workdays and low at night, because the area is so heavily used for work.

Year built:

AGE OF BUILDINGS

GREENERY

The oldest buildings in Vallila’s industrial area are: an industrial building in the southwest

Vallila’s industrial area is very urban and currently has little greenery: it is in yards, three

(1927) and an L-shaped school in the southeast (1932). Most streets were made before

small parks and an empty lot beside Nokiantie. There are no protected ecologically or

buildings were built. Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are among the oldest buildings. See

culturally significant green areas. Some more greenery and trees could be added in the

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by Q-Park was built in the early 2000s. The entrance and exit To build a connection underground and/or new parking spots, the Areas marked in blue are under a building is on Elimäenkatu (black arrow). It has a capacity for 700 cars. It estimated cost is 50-60k euros and investors will be looking for a restriction required by law since August 2015, is beneath Nilsiänkatu 15 and reaches the lot of Pälkäne19 by a 6-7% return - if the space is extended to Mäkelänkatu’s swimming including Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15. The mere 3,5 meters. The parking lot is also accessible for pedestri- pool, there may be enough usage in this direction to add a new restriction will expire 1st September 2017. ans through an entrance building at the crossing of Nokiantie connection. Although difficult to give an estimate for the price of This is a restriction that has been renewed and Lemunkuja (grey arrow) - distance to this entrance from both a connection without an extension to the space, it is technically in the past, so there is a possibility that it will Pälkäne 15 and Nilsiänkatu 15 is 150 meters. There have been it is possible to build a connection close to Pälkäneentie 19 and again be renewed after the expiration, until a plans to extend the underground parking area towards Mäke- Nilsiänkatu 15. (Sources: calls with Juha Sirelius, CEO of QPark, new town plan has been approved (see Vallilänkatu. Main tenant OP Pohjola has recently moved from the and Timo Sotavalta, Head of Real Estate of Etera 13.12.2016)

la’s Current Town Plan on page 21).

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA

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1932 Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 haven’t been built yet and the whole Vallila Industrial Quarters is almost void of buildings. However, the main roads through the area that still exist today have been outlined. The 10-meter wall descending from Pälkäne 19 that so distinctively characterizes the site today also precedes the built environment. This photograph shows one of the first buildings in Vallila’s industrial area, a school built in 1932. (Source: Finna, Helsinki City Museum)

1964 1969

14 YEARS LATER Photograph from 1965, which also shows Pälkäne 19 from the north, without its eastern and western wing. (Source: Skyfoto Möller, finna.fi)

5 YEARS LATER Pälkäne 19 has been completely built (1965), and the block and interior courtyard have thus been closed from the street. The building’s facade is still darker than it is today. (Source: finna.fi, photographed by Simo Rista)

2001 2005

13 YEARS LATER

A photograph of Vallilan konepaja (Vallila’s machine shop), which was in operation from 1903-2001 and is owned by Finland’s national rail service VR. The use of the building is still under debate - recently, VR unsuccessfully prepared to rent it to the large retail company Bauhaus, while there have also been plans to use it for small businesses, communal spaces and services. (Image source: Wikipedia)

4 YEARS LATER Photograph of Vallila Interior’s and Aarikka’s buildings beside each other, two nationally well-known design brands. (Source: asuntomessut.fi, photographed by Päivi Leinonen)

1943 1950

11 YEARS LATER Nilsiänkatu 15 has been built with 3 floors as well as the smaller building preceding Pälkäne 19. The inner courtyards are very large and open to the streets and have a very rugged terrain. Below is an image of Nilsiänkatu 15.

7 YEARS LATER

A man with his horse, preventing slips on the icy road with gravel. (Source: Finna, Helsinki City Museum, photographed by Eino Heinonen)

(Source: Finna, Helsinki City Museum)

1976 1988

7 YEARS LATER

Photograph from 1975 shows worn down industrial buildings. The photograph has been taken from Teollisuuskatu towards Elimäenkatu in the southeast. A glimpse of Nilsiänkatu 15 is visible in the middle, above the white building. (Source: finna.fi, photographed by Simo Rista)

12 YEARS LATER

1988 photograph from the crossing of Teollisuuskatu, Jämsänkatu and Kuortaneenkatu. The low tennis court building nearby Pälkäne 19 that has later been replaced by a large office building, is visible on the right. (Source: Scanfoto, finna.fi)

2008 2017

3 YEARS LATER Photograph from the courtyard of Nilsiänkatu 15 towards Vallila Interior’s headquarters’ main entrance. (Source: vallilainterior.fi)

9 YEARS LATER

OP Pohjola’s headquarters ”OP’s Vallila block” on Teollisuuskatu was finished in year 2015. It is a massive construction, costing 250 million euros and making the property’s total area 132 000 m2. (Source: op.fi)

1.3

ROLE IN THE URBAN PLANNING OF HELSINKI

HELSINKI CITY PLAN 2050 The Helsinki City Council approved a new city plan 26th October 2016. The guidelines and regulations that apply to the Vallila industrial area are explained in this chapter. Vallila’s location is marked in yellow above. Theme Maps of the Helsinki City Plan (KSV, 2016):

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS & THE INNER CITY

Vallila’s industrial area is marked as a ”Significant area within Helsinki in culture, history, architecture and landscape.” ”Service and business spaces, opening either to the street or to the courtyard, are typical within the whole area.”

GUIDELINES TO BUSINESS PREMISE AREAS Vallila’s industrial area is defined as a ”Business Premise Area” (Toimitila-alue). ”These areas enable business premises that cannot be in close proximity to housing. The areas can also develop into higher-profile business premise areas, which benefit from the closeness of other similar businesses. It is encouraged to place education and commercial activities in the area that are mutually beneficial with the area’s businesses. Within Vallila, housing can be placed in the business premise buildings, if it is justified with industrial policies that are based on a regional analysis. Planning enough business properties increases competition between businesses. Business premise areas can also have spaces for technical maintenance as well as technical and transportation services. Large grocery stores cannot be built in the area.”

EXPLANATION OF THE CITY PLAN, CONCERNING VALLILA City of Helsinki has a strong aim to keep Vallila as an industrial area, to sustain a balanced structure of business premises versus dwellings in the capital. However, in the interpretation guide, dwellings can be included specifically in the Vallila industrial quarters, if they are justified with industrial policies (”--elinkeinopoliittisin perustein--”) that are based on a regional analysis (”perustuen alueelliseen tarkasteluun”).

Regulations from the Helsinki City Plan 2050

VALLILA’S CURRENT TOWN PLAN The current town plan has been effective since 23.1.1984. Regulations affecting Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are marked in orange. Both Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are for storage and industrial use. The buildings’ height beside the street must be less than 47 meters, which doesn’t allow an added floor above, with the buildings’ current height. Pälkäne 19 has used all of its building permit square meters, and Nilsiänkatu has 558 m2 left - the street floor is seen as an underground floor as it is mainly used for parking and storage. Several buildings, including Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15, are currently under a building restriction, effective until 1.9.2017 (see map Building Restrictions on page 15). As the town plan affecting the whole industrial area is over thirty years old, it can be stated that the area’s town planning needs revision.

1.4

COMMERCIAL & BUSINESS STRUCTURE

Findings discussed with business analyst Tuomas Santasalo, who created the business analysis for Vallilan Visio (WSP Finland, 2016). This access could be improved from Mäkelänkatu, to bring more pedestrians to Vallila’s industrial area. Services are developing in this area near Pälkäne 19. The architecture of many buildings on Mäkelänkatu doesn’t allow businesses to be open to the street.

Lively cluster of business, but a heavily trafficked crossing. Potential streets for the development of services, because of a large amount of residents in the west, and particularly if the number of residents and workplaces increase within Vallila’s industrial area and the former Vallilan konepaja area.

CURRENT BUSINESS STRUCTURE OF THE AREA The area has a large amount of lunch restaurants to workers, although they often are rather hard to find. In contrast, the number of grocery stores is very low. The industries that employ the most in the Vallila industrial area are information and communications (mainly telecommunications), administrative and support services (mainly security services), and the manufacturing of computers and electronics. Many of the oldest factory buildings have turned into working spaces for artists and designers, as the area provides inexpensive work and exhibition spaces for creative businesses. (Lausunto, KSV, 2016, p. 5)

PREDICTIONS FOR THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS STRUCTURE Vallilan konepaja, VR’s machine workshop closed in 2011, is located to the south of Teollisuuskatu, beside Vallila’s industrial area. Within it, to the northwest, is the Friedriksberg business area that is being planned and constructed. The redesign of the area aims to attract pedestrians and bikers, and the new routes created within the area will give the possibility to continue the routes into Vallila’s industrial area. Large retail and grocery stores are planned within the area, which are currently missing within Vallila’s industrial area. A comparison made between different districts in Helsinki (see News Articles on page 24) shows that particularly Vallila has become significantly wealthier in this century. Both residents’ income and education level has risen. (Helsingin Sanomat, 2.1.2016) This also has an effect on the business structure - for instance, the wealthiest areas in Helsinki, such as Eira and Ullanlinna, have several private grocery stores focusing on high quality.

CONCLUSIONS TO WHAT BUSINESSES COULD THRIVE IN PÄLKÄNE 19 AND NILSIÄNKATU 15 The future business structure of Vallila’s industrial area is strongly affected by how many residents will be allowed into the area. As Fredriksberg nearby will provide larger retail and grocery stores, the need for such amenities is decreased. However, if the number of residents strongly increases, small grocery stores and kiosks beside the streets would thrive within Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15. The need for hotels and hostels in Helsinki has increased year by year as tourism increases, which has created an unprecedented increase in hotels that are planned or being constructed (Helsingin Sanomat, 25.11.2016). With Vallila’s location within the inner city and near good public transportation towards the center, a hotel business might strive within the buildings. During the Vallilan Visio publication event (30.9.2016) held within Vallila Interior’s headquarters, several urban planners and building owners agreed that creating a restaurant or a bar with a strong, well-known brand would draw visitors and residents to Vallila’s industrial area. Nearly all stakeholders and tenants at Pälkäne 19 mentioned that they would like a pleasant gathering and working space, such as a café, nearby (stakeholder and tenant interviews are written in Floor Plans & Stakeholders on page 34). Vallila’s brand as an area for artists and designers also gives the opportunity for businesses that attract these types of professions (Helsingin Sanomat, 7.9.2014). It must also be emphasized that viable stores beside the streets and within the courtyards is strongly dependent on activating other buildings nearby having several different stores, and building Vallila’s brand as a place to go shopping, will draw a larger amount of visitors.

Locations of commercial businesses, 2016. (Source: Tuomas Santasalo, WSP Finland)

Locations of commercial businesses in the Vallila industrial quarters, 2016, combined with plans for Fredriksbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commercial businesses. (Source: Tuomas Santasalo, WSP Finland)

1.5

NEEDED CHANGES IN THE VALLILA INDUSTRIAL AREA

VALLILAN VISIO From fall 2015 to spring 2016, a project called Vallilan Visio (Vallila’s Vision) was organized by WSP Finland. It gathered together 18 property owners in the Vallila industrial area, as well as urban planners of Helsinki, to create a shared vision for how the area should be developed. The main shared objectives were: • Housing should be allowed within the area to a) enliven it outside of working hours b) from the urban planner’s perspective, to lower rent prices within inner Helsinki, and c) from the building owners’ perspective, to make the buildings more profitable • The town plan should be more flexible, to allow building uses that will thrive in the area now and in the future. Hybrid buildings (combining housing and business spaces) were seen as viable. • A valuable coherent brand to the area, because it also affects each building’s value. • Improving pedestrian access both towards and inside the area, mainly due to blocking private properties, large level changes and the stone wall below Pälkäne 19. • Boulevardizing Mäkelänkatu and making the northeastern residential area more accessible was seen as important in improving businesses in the Vallila industrial area • A faster town plan and building permit process, for the owners to be able to respond to housing and business demands • Livening up the area also in afternoons in evenings. • Themes ”Colorful Vallila” and ”Modern Work Vallila” were more desirable by owners, instead of ”Stable Vallila”

CITY OF HELSINKI PROTECTION AIM AND DEVELOPMENT AIM FOR VALLILA Vallila industrial area’s projection aim report (Vallilan teollisuusalueen suojelutavoiteselvitys, Minerva Ahokanto, 2000) defines both Nilsiänkatu 15 and Pälkäneentie 19, as well as the large stone wall below it, as protected. More details on what make these buildings historically valuable are in Building Phases & Current State on page 51 (Pälkäne 19) and Building Phases & Current State on page 58 (Vallila Interior). A new protection aim report will be written in 2017-2018 by Sakari Mentu.

One of the first to highlight the potential of lofts in Vallila was the report of ’Prerequisites of Loft-Apartments in Helsinki’ by Rikhard Manninen (Loft-asumisen edellytykset Helsingissä -selvitys, KSV, 2008) The report states that ”Vallila would have the best potential to develop into a culturally intensive neighborhood, which also includes loft-apartments.” Rikhard Manninen, Head of the Strategic Planning Division in the Helsinki City Planning Department, was interviewed for this thesis on 6.12.2016. A key takeaway from the interview was that there were documents within the Helsinki City Plan 2050 that we found to be conflicting, concerning the making of apartments in Vallila’s industrial area. A day and a week after the interview, these conflicts were written about in Helsingin Sanomat: ”Offices shouldn’t be allowed to be changed to apartments, Helsinki’s officials propose, in fear of workplaces disappearing.” (Helsingin Sanomat 7.12.2016) and then ”Offices must be allowed to be changed into apartments - the politicians of Helsinki rejected the proposition.” (Helsingin Sanomat, 14.12.2016) City of Helsinki’s 20-year development aim for Vallila’s industrial area, which Rikhard Manninen has taken part in leading, is described in detail in Helsinki City Plan 2050 on page 20.

NEWS ARTICLES ”Vallila and other Helsinki’s eastern inner city districts have become significantly wealthier in this century, reveals a district comparison by Helsingin Sanomat. Simultaneously, parts of eastern Helsinki have fallen from the development of the rest of the city.” Particularly Vallila has risen, in both residents’ income and education level. The growth happens largely because the popularity of living in an urban environment has risen. Helsingin Sanomat 2.1.2017 ”Artists found Vallila. New urban culture is being created in Vallila’s old industrial area. Forgotten blocks are reclaimed by designers, architects, artists and music clubs.” Architects living in the area estimate that within 10-20 years the industrial Vallila will be active, particularly when the Pasila center and Kalasatama are completed around it. Helsingin Sanomat 7.9.2014

1.6

PATHS TO DEVELOPMENT

A) CHANGES WITHIN TOWN PLAN PARAMETERS The town plan effective since 1984 is showed in Vallila’s Current Town Plan on page 21, as well as it’s effect on the redesign of Pälkäneentie 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15. Timespan for changes in structures / in use of spaces / facade renovations / small fixtures i.e. fences and sheds: 1,4 - 2 months

B) PERMIT OF EXCEPTION (POIKKEUSLUPA) A building in the Vallila industrial quarters has already gotten a permit of exception to include housing, Mäkelänkatu 5860. The permit was given very recently, in the beginning of 2016. However, this process took four years. The street level remained in its original usage. The building was part of a pilot in Yritysvaikutusten arviointi (Business Impact Assessment), which is part of a program by the City of Helsinki that’s aim is to make the capital more attractive to businesses. The owner justified the changes with: 1) The current economic situation that has lead to lower demand of office spaces 2) The building’s housing will be for young residents (ages 18-29). Closeby, there are students who could need the residency and in Mäkelänkatu 50-52, there is also housing, for the long-term homeless 3) This calm location has great transportation and recreation facilities and parks nearby 4) Changing the use to housing is a prerequisite for the improvement of the building (perusparannus) The Helsinki City Planning Department set these prerequisites: 1) The building’s use must remain as requested for the permit: no residency in the ground level. 2) The apartments must be protected from noise, so that it does not weaken the prerequisites for operation to businesses nearby, and from low air quality, that is due to the heavy traffic on Mäkelänkatu. 3) And other prerequisites regarding the quality of building, courtyard, car and bicycle parking

The Helsinki City Planning Department did not agree that the demand of office spaces has decreased or that changing the building’s use is a prerequisite for the improvement of the building. The main reasons for giving the permit were: 1) The building will improve the housing situation of the youth, and 2) Developing and testing the mixed-use building typology in an industrial quarter, before Vallila’s new town plan is made. Source: Lausunto, Helsingin kaupunkisuunnitteluvirasto, 19.1.2016. It should be noted that generally, building owners here believe that converting spaces to apartments will be more profitable than existing offices. As seen above, the building’s owner needed to justify the conversion with other aspects that concern the City of Helsinki. The description of the Helsinki City Plan 2050 on page 20, the Conclusions to What Businesses Could Thrive in Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 on page 22, as well as the redesign plans in Part III, IV and V outline how a permit of exception could be allowed in Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15. Timespan for permit of exception: 4 - 48 months (depending on scale and substance)

C) CHANGING THE TOWN PLAN As the new Helsinki City Plan has been approved, Vallila’s industrial area could have a new town plan: some aspects are currently in conflict, such as that the City Plan allows housing in the area, if it is beneficial to the viability of businesses (Helsinki City Plan 2050 on page 20). Currently, the City Planning Deparment of Helsinki acknowledges the need to create a new town plan to the area, but has not yet worked a detailed solution to how they would bring residents to the area without weakening the businesses with i.e. increasing rent (interview with City Planning Dep. Head of Strategic Planning Division Rikhard Manninen, 6.12.2016). Time span for a new town plan: 18 - 24 months

PART II

ANALYSIS OF THE BUILDINGS AND THEIR CURRENT USE

From the west east

north south. (Source: Bing Maps)

2.1

BLOCK 700: QUALITIES, HISTORY & DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS

1) 8.00 am, August 20th

2) Noon, August 20th

3) 3.00 pm, August 20th

DAYLIGHT ANALYSIS The area has been modeled for the light analysis in this thesis. It is based on time as well as the latitude and longitude of the location.

4) Noon, July 1st

5) 7.00 pm, July 1st

In the summer, particularly the northern parts of the courtyard get plenty of direct sunlight at daytime (images 1-4). Mid-summer, the northwestern corner of P채lk채ne 19 gets direct sunlight until 7.30pm (5). In the winter, the courtyards do not get direct sunlight. P채lk채neentie and western facades of the buildings do still get sunlight around midday. (6, 7)

30 6) Noon, December 22nd

7) Noon, February 1st

THE QUALITIES AND HISTORY OF BLOCK 700 Block 700 is in a rather significant location within the urban structure, because it has been built on top of a high stone wall. This level change reaches far in history - it is already visible in the 1932 aerial image even before the block was built. Because of this, Lemuntie and Pälkäneentie divide onto two levels. The level below rises as a slope to the second level both on the northeastern and on the southwestern side of the block. The block is compact and has delightful courtyards within that also have plenty of potential for further development. The coherence of street facades is lessened by renovations of facades and Kisällikallio (completed in 1960), which is in the crossing of Lemuntie and Nokiantie. The modest green spaces nearby are important to conserve and improve to maintain vegetation around the area, although they are not historically valuable parks.

The history of Vallila’s industrial area was examined by Vallilan teollisuusalueen suojeluselvitys (Ahokanto Minerva, 2000, eng. ”Conservation report on Vallila’s industrial area”). It aimed to define conservation needs when this industrial area began turning into an office and business area and started to have pressure for architectural changes. The report particularly emphasizes the grand location of Pälkäne 19 on top of the stone wall and the valuable cityscape created by the red brick facades of Nilsiänkatu 15 and Heteka Oy. Both Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are defined as important to protect, in the report and in the current town plan. More on building-specific history on pages Building Phases & Current State on page 51 (Pälkäne 19) and Building Phases & Current State on page 58 (Vallila Interior).

The first building within the block was Pälkäneentie 19 (Pälkäne 19). It was first built as a single floor foundry and workshop building, in 1939, barely before the Winter War. The building has been changed drastically from its original form, with extensions and additions of new floors. The buildings that are best conserved in the block are Nilsiänkatu 15 (Vallila Interior, former Vallilan Silkkitehdas Oy) and Lemuntie 6. Other buildings within the block are Taiteilijatalo (Lemuntie 6) and Kisällitalo (Lemuntie 4/Nilsiänkatu 11-13/Nokiantie 2-4).Taiteilijatalo (2200 k-m2) is owned by the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, providing 2200 k-m2 of studio spaces to nearly 50 artists. Although separated by a wall and a 4,1 meter difference in elevation, the courtyard is visible towards Pälkäne 19. Kisällitalo also has Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation’s artist spaces, headquarters of Aarikka, and spaces currently used by i.e. music bands.

PÄLKÄNE 19 TAITEILIJATALO VALLILA INTERIOR KISÄLLITALO

Photograph from 1970, from Kuortaneenkatu towards Pälkäne 19. Source: Finna, Helsinki City Museum, Photographer: Simo Rista

2.2

BUILDING ANALYSIS: OY PÄLKÄNE 19 PÄLKÄNEENTIE 19

BASIC INFORMATION ADDRESS

AVAILABLE FLOOR AREA

Pälkäneentie 19 (Lemuntie 8)

0 m2 + 256 m2 underground

LOT NUMBER

ELEVATORS AND STAIRCASES

91-22-700-19

3 elevators, 3 staircases

OWNER

STRUCTURAL MATERIAL

Oy Pälkäne 19

Concrete

BUILT IN

ROOF TYPE

1939, 1964, 1965, 1971

Saddle roof

ORIGINAL DESIGNER

ROOF MATERIAL

architect Antti Rantanen

Unpainted sheet metal + brick

CURRENT USE

WARMING

Offices, industry, services

District heating (kaukolämmitys)

LOT AREA (TONTIN PINTA-ALA)

VENTILATION

1615,15 m2

Mechanical

FLOOR AREA (KERROSALA)

BEAMS

Total: 3 771 m2 Office: 3 361,90 m2 Storage: 338,00 m2 Other: 72 m2

Width: 200mm Depth: 400mm Distance: 1600mm

Underground: 554 m2 1st floor: 653 m2 2nd floor: 921 m2 3rd floor: 931 m2 4th floor: 929 m2

Concrete, column-beam-slab structure.

STRUCTURE BUILDING DEPTH Northwestern section: 15,1 meters Eastern section: 15,0 meters Northeastern section: 12,4 meters

ALLOWED FLOOR AREA IN TOWN PLAN 3 730 m2 + 810 m2 underground

2.2

FLOOR PLANS & STAKEHOLDERS

On these pages are the current floor plans of Pälkäne 19. The next few pages show Pälkäne 19’s spaces through photographs, and also all the stakeholders and tenants, and their views and opinions, through interviews that were conducted during the making of this thesis. The redesigns of Pälkäne 19 take these findings from the interviews into consideration.

1st floor 1:400

Basement

4th floor

3rd floor

2nd floor

4TH FLOOR

JAN MAUNULA AREA 472 m2 CURRENT OWNER Jan Maunula PREVIOUS OWNER Terax CURRENT USE Empty - will be made into a co-working space

Panorama location and direction is marked in white.

3RD FLOOR

KOHINA OY AREA 146 m2 CURRENT OWNER Kohina Oy PREVIOUS OWNER Anna Brunow CURRENT USE Kohina Oy’s office spaces - currently low usage

2ND FLOOR

JUHANI MAUNULA / INTERAVANTI (KOHINA OY) AREA Juhani Maunula 146 m2, Interavanti 85 m2 CURRENT OWNER Juhani Maunula & Interavanti CURRENT USE Kohina Oy’s office spaces. Kohina Oy specializes in spatial & concept design.

CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 - Jan 2017) Kohina Oy

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT These spaces used to be architecture firm Brunow & Maunula’s office, founded by Anna Brunow and Juhani Maunula in 1980, until the firm merged with Sweco in 2012.

are rather thin. January 2017, the 4th floor was opened for small companies and designers to reserve a space ranging from 14 - 45 m2: vallilanatolli.com

Jan Maunula’s spaces on the 4th floor are currently empty, with an impressive amount of white and grey open space and natural light distributed throughout the building structure.

PÄLKÄNE 19

Anna Brunow challenges the assumption that converting the spaces into apartments is more profitable. She brings up factors such as the price of the conversion within existing industrial buildings.

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Anna Brunow, founder, Brunow & Maunula architect SAFA Susanna Kallio, CEO, Creative Director, Kohina Oy architect SAFA, interior designer SIO 22.8.2016

VALLILA

Susanna and Anna find that the ”hill of Vallila” (referring to the stone wall below Pälkäne 19) could have a separate identity and brand from the rest of the industrial Vallila.

THE SPACES

Susanna Kallio and Anna Brunow were eager to present how Jan Maunula’s spaces on the 4th floor will be used in the future: made into a hub, that has rentable pop up spaces for small companies, freelancers and artists. There is noise from Body Building Club from the 3rd floor, since the floor slabs

Kohina Oy’s office on the 2nd floor and the light stairs to the 3rd floor.

2ND FLOOR

PARVEST AREA 117 m2 CURRENT OWNER Parvest (Paavo Martinmaa) CURRENT USE Musician & producer studios CURRENT TENANT (Sept 2016 / Jan 2017) Janne Vakkilainen (artist name: Super Janne), Rap & R&B musician and producer

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Janne Vakkilainen, 1.11.2016

The spaces at the edge of the wing are two homely studios and small bathrooms. However, the spaces beside Interavanti’s are being renovated with very high quality, designed by John H. Brandt Acoustic Designs. The room’s walls have been intricately designed and built for best audio quality. The space has a door to Interavanti’s spaces, but these are currently used separately.

THE SPACES

Janne wants to keep the music studio in its current place, for at least five years. He could consider living close to his studio, possibly in the same building.

PÄLKÄNE 19

Making the courtyard livelier with cafes and events is desirable. He is slightly worried, if having a large portion of the building reserved for residents would create conflicts between the residents and noise-making music studios.

VALLILA

Janne also sees a need for more spaces for artists to meet and gather - there is a nationally important music and movie scene in Vallila, but the spaces where they work are quite secluded from each other.

Pictures from left to right: Relaxed interiors of the older studio. Recently installed soundproof double doors for the new studio. Panorama of the new studio with high quality acoustics.

1ST FLOOR

OY PÄLKÄNE 19 / STUDIO MARTTI JÄRVI, STUDIO TITI AREA 257 m2 CURRENT OWNER Oy Pälkäne 19 CURRENT USE Photographers’ studios CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 / Jan 2017) 1. Studio Martti Järvi (photography) 2. Studio Titi (photography)

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT This section was part of the original single floor building, which was built in 1939 and used as a foundry and a workshop. A troublesome reminder of the history was gotten when a brick wall begun to leak condensed oil and thus was sealed with an additional internal wall. The space was previously owned by Vettenranta Oy after it moved back into the ownership of the reali estate company (kiinteistöosakeyhtiö) Oy Pälkäne 19. Currently the space is solely used by photographers, who’ve also i.e. lent the space for the filming of a tv show. The dramatic ceiling height and large windows are great for setups of filming and photography. The space is currently completely white, and used to have a bright red floor - walls have been moved over time as well.

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Martti Järvi, photographer,10.8.2016

THE SPACES & PÄLKÄNE 19

Martti finds the option of both living and working in the same building as a positive alternative that he would consider. The space is not well ventilated, although large pipes cover the ceiling. Bringing large objects to his studio with a vehicle is also currently difficult.

VALLILA

Martti Järvi thinks that the area isn’t too quiet, with many people working late in the night was well. He find that too much transformation and livening could mean the area could lose it’s hidden calm atmosphere.

3RD FLOOR

PUBLICO AREA 448 m2 CURRENT OWNER PubliCo CURRENT USE Office of PubliCo Oy, publisher of industry-specific magazines in Finland

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT The space has been largely renovated with new, light walls and claddings, concealing the original industrial feel of the building. Air conditioning has been added into the space, which has lowered the ceiling and added a small new room beside the northwestern wall. The size of the office is not large for the current number of employees.

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Paul Charpentier, PubliCo Oy, product manager & HR communications Petri Charpentier, PubliCo Oy, publisher 23.8.2016

THE SPACES & PÄLKÄNE 19

Paul and Petri are open to changes in PubliCo’s spaces and also see adding apartments as a viable option. Paul is in favor of a hybrid building, that could include many services within it: restaurant, business spaces, gym, green spaces - open to both to those who’d live in the same building and others.

VALLILA

Paul mentioned that employees can feel unsafe in the Vallila industrial area, and sees it as one of the reasons to add housing in the Vallila industrial area. He emphasizes that housing, more visiting customers and improving the branding of the area would increase the viability of businesses, which is necessary for the area’s development.

Paul sees that different housing forms should be openly explored: temporary housing, housing combined with working spaces and communal living. He thinks that the building could have a club, as clubs like Ääniwalli are strongly tied to Vallila’s brand. He also sees that the interior courtyard ought to be given a green, active design, which doesn’t only serve parking. Paul is interested in bringing the properties together (Vallila Interior’s building and Taiteilijatalo) within the block, by creating routes to their courtyards, either through openings or new building additions within the block.

3RD FLOOR

BODY BUILDING CLUB AREA 337 m2 CURRENT OWNER Body Building Club ry CURRENT USE Men-only body building gym, since 1968

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT Body Building Club has a strong place in history. With its long history, ”BBC” was a pioneer of bodybuilding in Finland. Even Arnold Schwarzenegger has payed a visit to this club.

The walls are plastered with an array of medals and trophies, nude photographs and famous bodybuilders.

The club is used by very different types of male members from young bodybuilders to elderly men. Currently the space is overflowing with different workout machines, needing more space and a renaissance in design.

Body Building Club ry in the early 70s.

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED A member of Body Building Club since 1975 told that the space was even smaller before, but due to more equipment, is in need of more space. Paul and Petri Charpentier, who work beside on the same floor (PubliCo Oy), see that the club may move in the future, as the space is and will be rather valuable for it’s current use. It could move either away from the building to a more spacious warehouse, or take the nortern part of the first floor as well as the basement, which are connected. These spaces that are currently owned by Oy Pälkäne 19.

4TH FLOOR

KARRI LEHTOVUORI AREA 404 m2 CURRENT OWNER Karri Lehtovuori, engineer (M.Sc.) CURRENT USE Artist’s and designers working spaces, offices, temporary/partial residences

CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 / Jan 2017) 1. Saara Lepokorpi, Lepokorpi Studio Oy, clothing designer 2. Himmee, lighting design 3. ARKTIS, furniture company 4. Jenni Häyrinen, food blogger 5. Mikko Kuorinki, artist

HISTORY, USE & DEVELOPMENT Before Karri Lehtovuori acquired the spaces, they were used as a model workshop for Mallimestarit Oy. The large corner space was divided with walls and surfaces were heavily worn-down. Plenty of work was put into improving the surfaces while retaining an industrial, worn impression. Lehtovuori painted the ceiling and interior walls white, and also polished the grey concrete floor while retaining it’s varied tones. The kitchen and the bathroom are completely new - the previous toilet was in a tiny one square meter space beside the main staircase. The large bathroom, which includes a toilet, shower and a bathtub, has a very unconventional design. It is concealed with opalescent glass, but open above to the large space to keep natural ventilation, unconcerned with soundproofing. The bathroom is covered with a concrete floor, but lifted 300 mm to fit plumbing below, which also creates a stronger spatial transition.

Source of photographs: DEKO magazine.

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Karri Lehtovuori, 1.8.2016

SPACES

Karri Lehtovuori finds it very important that the spaces will retain their industrial character, even if they are converted into apartments. Air conditioning and soundproofing should not conceal the industrial surfaces and ceilings. He is interested in the possibility to open a direct passage to an added floor or rooftop terrace above, if the current look of ceiling structures is retained. With large windows this could also bring light below in the middle of the space. Lehtovuori believes that particularly in the Vallila industrial area tenants are looking for connected living and working spaces - particularly because currently there is a low availability of them. Residence is highly sought in the area, it would not be difficult to find residents even in the current state.

PÄLKÄNE 19

Parking mostly functions, but he finds it necessary to have private parking spaces and the freight elevator (tavarahissi) in the courtyard because the parking on the street is currently free. However, adding trees and green space to the interior courtyard is desirable. He finds that a café would be a suitable and positive service in the building.

VALLILA

The club Ääniwalli’s profile could evolve to closer resemble Kaapelitehdas. Pälkäne 19 should be more easily accessible from Mäkelänkatu than it currently is.

2RD FLOOR

INTERAVANTI (MOSHFISH OY) AREA 341 m2 + 315 m2 = 656 m2 CURRENT USE CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 - Jan 2017) Left: Moshfish & other film companies & directors Right: No tenants

1ST FLOOR

INTERAVANTI (MOVEMENT FACTORY) AREA 324 m2 CURRENT USE Movement Factory’s gym spaces and masseur

CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 - Jan 2017) Movement Factory (CompactFit)

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INTERAVANTI (MOVEMENT FACTORY) AREA 263 m2 CURRENT USE Movement Factory’s gym & storage spaces CURRENT TENANTS (Sept 2016 - Jan 2017) Movement Factory (CompactFit)

4TH FLOOR

INTERAVANTI AREA 53 m2 CURRENT USE offices

HISTORY, USE, DEVELOPMENT & INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE DESIRED Veikko Vuorinen, CEO Interavanti, 5.10.2016 Photographs are on the following page. The gym is rather pleasantly arranged on the street floor. Veikko Vuorinen mentioned that this space could also be converted into apartments, as the floor is higher than the street level and therefore the visibility inside from the street is not high. Locations of non-load bearing walls have changed in the past few years. Like in several other spaces within Pälkäne 19, these walls are even in the middle of windows, as the windows of this industrial building are large and sparse. A small, currently unused elevator is in the middle of the space. A small section of the floor has been opened to add circular stairs down to the basement, which is used by the gym but rather empty. Small windows provide some natural light to the basement. The western side of the 2nd floor (on the right on the floor plans) is currently not in any use, as a fabric product company recently ended its tenancy. Vuorinen thinks these spaces are good for apartments. However, the eastern side of the 2nd floor (on the left on the floorplans) is very actively used: Moshfish and other film production companies and

directors have their offices there. The space is divided in an interesting way: there is a comfortable common room in the middle, and the individual offices are in separate rooms beside the windows. Large windows with blinds have been added to bring plenty of natural light even to the common room in the middle. This setup gives an easy opportunity for collaboration and feedback to small companies working in similar fields, while also letting them have individual rooms. Interavanti’s space on the 4th floor currently has offices, but Veikko Vuorinen is particularly interested in converting this into an apartment, and the floor plan indeed is very functional for an apartment with two rooms, with 53m2 and two large windows.

2nd floor, eastern side; common room in the middle.

2nd floor, western side; view towards Kuortaneenkatu.

First floor; small elevator on the left.

50 Basement, circular stairs and natural light.

2.3

BUILDING PHASES & CURRENT STATE

ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY

PRESERVATION AIM

The building is in a very significant location in the cityscape: it rises upon its surroundings on a robust stone wall, making it a landmark to the end of Kuortaneenkatu.

The ’preservation aim report’ of Vallila’s industrial area Vallilan teollisuusalueen suojelutavoiteselvitys (Ahokanto Minerva, 2000) defines Pälkäneentie 19 as a protected building, like Nilsiänkatu 15. The stone wall and its fence is also defined as protected. The building prohibition valid until September 2017 around Vallila’s industrial area also applies to Pälkäneentie 19.

Above: Photograph towards Lemuntie, Pälkäne 19 on top of the stone wall. Below: Photograph from Pälkäneentie, Pälkäne 19 on the right. Image sources: Helsingin kaupunginmuseon kuvaarkisto. Photographer: Simo Rista)

kuvaukset + valokuvat (movement factory = gym+masseuse) (moshfish = communal film producer companies work spaces)

BUILDING PHASES 1939

FOUNDRY AND WORKSHOP, ONE FLOOR (1) architect Antti Rantanen Brick facade. 1964

RAISED TO FOUR FLOORS, MANSARD ROOF (2) architect Matti Lieto Mortar facade. Windows and outside doors redone. 1965

WING TO THE SIDE OF PÄLKÄNE 19, CONCRETE PILAR STRUCTURE (3) architect Matti Lieto Building extended to seal the block from the building’s southwestern side.

1972

WING TO THE SIDE OF LEMUNTIE, GABLED ROOF & CONCRETE PILAR STRUCTURE (4) architect Matti Lieto Building extended to seal the block from the building’s southeastern side. 1981, 1983

MINOR CHANGES architect Mikko Terho (-81), Kari Lohman (-83) 2009 RENOVATION OF STREET FACADES 2010 RENOVATION OF INTERIOR FACADES AND WINDOWS 2014 RENOVATION OF THE ROOF

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BRUNOW & MAUNULA P Ä L K Ä N E E N T I E 1 9 B 00510 HELSINKI FINLAND tel +358-9-7744500 fax +358-9-77445055

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Section A-A Details of 2nd floor and 4th floor. Drawn by architect Kai Lohman, 1985.

LOAD BEARING STRUCTURES The northeastern floors (2nd-4th) of the building are lifted on pillars. It is important to note that buildings have been built for industrial use have stronger structures to withstand the weight of manufacturing, and therefore needs less reinforcement if new additions are made. Below are the load-bearing structures on ground floor plan:

2.4

BUILDING ANALYSIS: VALLILA INTERIOR (OY NILSIÄNKATU 15) NILSIÄNKATU 15

BASIC INFORMATION ADDRESS

ALLOWED FLOOR AREA IN TOWN PLAN

Nilsiänkatu 15 (Pälkäneentie 15-17)

4 900 m2 + 1 065 m2 underground

LOT NUMBER

AVAILABLE FLOOR AREA

91-22-700-1-6

558 m2

OWNER

VOLUME

Anne Berner, Mikael Berner, Mathias Berner

24 670 m3

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ELEVATORS AND STAIRCASES 2 elevators, 2 staircases

1939, 1947, 1957

ORIGINAL DESIGNER

ROOF TYPE Saddle roof

architect Matti Finell

CURRENT USE

ROOF MATERIAL Sheet metal / brick

Office, industry

FLOOR AREA (KERROSALA) Total: 4 342 m2 + 1 209 m2 underground

WARMING District heating (kaukolämmitys)

VENTILATION Mechanical

Business: 2 922 m2 Office: 1 391 m2 Production: 937 m2 Service: 556 m2 Residence: 115 m2

BUILDING DEPTH Main section, beside Pälkäneentie: 17,2 m Main section, beside Nilsiänkatu: 15,0 m Courtyard wing: 12,3 m (beside main section), 8,3 m (middle) 8,7 m (furthest)

Underground: 1 065 m2 1st floor: 1508 m2 2st floor: 1576 m2 3rd floor: 1258 m2 Underground: 1 065 m2

2.5

BUILDING PHASES & CURRENT STATE

ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY

PRESERVATION AIM

Vallila Interior’s headquarters, Nilsiänkatu 15, is an architecturally significant building, which creates a coherent red brick facade with the opposite Heteka Oy’s historical industrial building. The building’s architectural genre is functionalism, though the facade has moderate classical features. Later changes and level rises have adhered to the original building design.

The ’preservation aim report’ of Vallila’s industrial area Vallilan teollisuusalueen suojelutavoiteselvitys (Ahokanto Minerva, 2000) defines Nilsiänkatu 15 as a protected building, like Pälkäneentie 19. The building prohibition valid until September 2017 around Vallila’s industrial area also applies to Vallila Interior’s head quarters.

HISTORY OF VALLILA INTERIOR AND THE BUILDING’S USE Despite changes in the architecture and usage of the building, Nilsiänkatu 15 has remained in the hands of the same family business, working within the textile industry. Swiss Otto Berner founded Suomen Silkkituote Oy in 1935. He had learned to sow in his home country and discovered that there was clear market in Finland for lining and undergarment textiles. Four years later Nilsiänkatu 15 was built. The building had room for the growth of the company, so some of the building’s spaces were initially rented out.

Founder Otto Berner in his room in Nilsiänkatu 15.

In year 1944 the name of the company changed to Vallilan Silkkitehdas Oy. After the war, production within the building began to increase with the economic growth, as silk lining textiles had a good market in Finland. In year 1950 the company shifted to interior textiles and in 1957 the building was expanded with the wing and the fourth floor. 1962, Otto’s son Rudolf ”Rudi” Berner began his career within the company and it begins to also produce woven interior textiles. In year 1967 the design of textile prints began: successful foreign textile artists Edward Terzibasiyan and Howard Smith developed collections that are still well known. Wholesale began in 1971.

Production facilities within Nilsiänkatu 15 in 1950.

Anne Berner, Rudolf’s daughter, began working in the company in 1986 and started developing interior designs for public spaces and project work. After a year, the name of the company changed to Vallila Interior, because it reflected the company’s current operations better. And a year later, the company expanded by buying Verhoshoppi Ky and by founding the subsidiary Decorama Oy, under which project planning expertise was allocated. In the 90s, Vallila Interior successfully directed its operations to the new markets in the Baltics and Russia, as the export company Interia International. Rudolf Berner presenting the company’s products in year 1962.

During the 2000s, Vallila grew substantially to a nationally recognized interior design brand. At the end of the decade, Vallila Interior’s revenue rose to 35-40 million euros and the company had 130 employees. In 2010s, Vallila Interior’s product export to foreign countries has grown significantly. The brand has expanded through new product families. In year 2012, Anne’s youngest brother Mathias Berner became the CEO. Currently, Vallila Interior’s warehouse operations have concentrated in a new logistics center in Tuusula. Vallila Interior’s head quarters are still in Nilsiänkatu 15.

Interior design company Carola Rytsölä’s redesigned spaces in Nilsiänkatu 15. Photographs from the fourth floor.

BUILDING PHASES 1939

BUILDING COMPLETED, 3 FLOORS architect Matti Finell Vallilan Silkkitehdas Oy headquarters and manufacturing facilities

Street facade from the corner of Pälkäneentie and Nilsiänkatu.

Facade towards Pälkäneentie.

Facade towards Nilsiänkatu.

Manufacturing facilities on the 2nd floor.

1947

CARETAKER’S APARTMENT AND GARAGE ADDED architect Matti Finell

60 2nd floor.

1956

RISEN TO 4 FLOORS, PATH OPENED FROM NILSIÃ&#x201E;NKATU, CHANGES IN COURTYARD WING architect Matti Finell

4th floor. 2nd floor.

1975

1979, 1980

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MINOR CHANGES

architect Reino Roth

architect Alpo Paalanen

2002

SHOWROOMS, CHANGES IN THE INTERIORS Arkkitehdit Pervin Imaditdin Oy (changed to Arkval Oy)

4th floor.

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Photographs from the 2nd floor.

2008

CHANGES IN COURTYARD WING & ENTRANCE Valvomo Oy

2008

3RD FLOOR ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN, OFFICE SPACES AND SHOWROOM Caroliina Rytsölä Oy

2.6

FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS & WANTED CHANGES

Designer’s Guild showroom Garage

Reception, lobby Caretakers’ apartment

Storage & manufacturing

Offices, showrooms

2ND FLOOR (COURTYARD FLOOR) 1:500

Photo studio, shelter

Photo studio Heat distribution room Electrical room

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1ST FLOOR (STREET FLOOR - CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS AN UNDERGROUND FLOOR)

INTERVIEW; WHAT CHANGES ARE WANTED

ZONING ALLOWANCES

Mathias Berner, 1.6.2016, 26.9.2016, 2.1.2017 Lifting the courtyard wing to 3 floors has already gotten a positive response from the Helsinki City Planning Department and the Building Control Department (Rakennusvalvontavirasto), in year 2004. However, Vallila Interior did not apply for a building permit.

The whole building is owned by Vallila Interior, but the company currently has plenty of excess space within it. Parts of it could be given to other uses, and particularly apartments as they would increase the building’s value. He estimates that the company could use two floors in the building for offices, stores and showrooms. The building has great potential for high-quality loft apartments. Bringing one floor or a roof terrace above the main section would give views above the building opposite, which currently is the same height as Nilsiänkatu 15.

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1,430

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1,430

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1,470

3,000

1,070

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3RD FLOOR

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REFERENCES: TRANSFORMED INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS

TRANSFORMING HISTORICAL COAL DROP BUILDINGS INTO NEW KING’S CROSS SHOPPING AREA By 2018, London-based Heatherwick Studio will transform the city’s 1850 historic Coal Drops Yard buildings into 65 boutique and destination shops and restaurants. The architects describe and justify the principles of the re-design: ”These two historic structures were never originally designed for people to circulate through and by themselves would have never made a successful retail destination if we did nothing more than clean them and fill them with shops; the distance between them being too great to have any social chemistry with each other and only two stories of activity would not create enough busy-ness and vitality. So rather than adding an entirely foreign new structure to connect the old buildings, we chose simply to bend and stitch the two roofs together, forming another level of activity underneath, and framing and weather-protecting a dynamic new public space for the city.” Visualizations by Heatherwick Studio.

FROM FARM BUILDINGS TO HYBRID USE The building underwent major changes, from necessary structural changes to adding a completely new underground floor. As the buildings had a different composition, height and materials, a new element was added to visually tie the buildings together. Initially, the material was meant to be perforated Cor-Ten, but it was replaced with colored lacquered metal sheets to bring costs down.

This project in Poland, with a visually similar pair of buildings as PĂ¤lkĂ¤ne 19 and NilsiĂ¤nkatu 15, involved the restoration and extension of three former farm buildings, and the construction of a new building, to make a converted healthcare and residential building dedicated to the elderly. The redesigns include a rehabilitation center, which provides care and medical services, a hotel and catering facilities, a rooftop terrace and an underground parking area. The whole building complex has been adapted to the needs of people with disabilities and the complex has a total net area of 8 928 m2.

Below are photographs before (left) and after the redesign (right) for comparison. (Image source: archdaily.com)

FROM A SHIP FACTORY TO LOFT APARTMENTS BESIDE AURAJOKI IN TURKU This ship factory building was built in 1939. As the manufacturing moved further from the city and the need to build more apartments grew, this building was thoroughly redesigned in order to preserve the historical building. The construction work began in 2014 and the work will be finished in early 2017. Facades were preserved, but since the interior was orginially entirely open (image, below), seven floors were added within. The bulding has covered interior courtyards within the facades. Apartment balconies open towards the courtyards (visualization, above). The penthouse floor has uncovered balconies (visualization, middle). Apartments range from 42 m2 (217 000 euros excl. tax) to 120 m2 (743 000 euros excl. tax), and some of the apartments have two floors. (Source, visualizations and photographs: loft-tehdas.fi)

FROM A FACTORY TO LOFT APARTMENTS IN HELSINKI Architect Else Aropalo designed the building, which was completed in 1948. Else Aropalo is a female architect who is known for developing the whole Lauttasaari district. Before being turned into a loft apartment building, the building has been used as a weaving mill, a police car depot and as offices. The building was redesigned by Haroma & Partners and construction was completed in April 2015. New glazed, delicately hung balconies have been added to the facades. The plastering has been redone. Stone paving, cor-ten steel, wood panels and dark metal frames characterize the building. The courtyard previously preserved for parking has been turned into a green courtyard. Parking spaces, sold as stocks, are underneath the building. The parking garage is directly connected to the building with an elevator. A new recessed floor has been added on the roof, onto which only the 2nd floor of six apartments reach. Apartments range from 28 m2 to 213 m2 (895 000 euros excl. tax), and some of the apartments have two floors. All apartments have been sold. (Source of photographs: lauttasaarenmetalli.fi) Before the redesign in 2014:

PART III

REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

3.1

CONCEPT & ROOM USE PLAN

CONCEPT & DESIGN CHOICES In order to allow flexibility in timing and cost, the redesigns have been divided into different sections, although they can all be made at once as well.

ideal time to convert these spaces into apartments, there is a proposition of a floor plan for PubliCo’s spaces above that could be used.

Floor Plans & Stakeholders on page 34 and onwards show the spaces’ state as well as the current stakeholders and tenants through photographs and interviews. Based on these interviews, here are explanations for why the design choices in this thesis have been made:

INTERAVANTI, 1ST FLOOR FLOOR & BASEMENT

JAN MAUNULA, 4TH FLOOR The interviewees, Anna Brunow and Susanna Kallio, were eager to explain the plans they have to convert this space into a hub of pop up spaces for small businesses, freelancers and artists. Because both of the interviewees have years of experience in design and architecture, and because their plans support the development of both Pälkäne 19 and whole Vallila industrial area, this thesis does not propose new plans to this space.

KOHINA OY, JUHANI MAUNULA, INTERAVANTI, 2ND & 3RD FLOOR The spatial and concept design firm Kohina Oy’s spaces have been preserved, and new plans haven’t been proposed due to the tenants’ and stakeholders’ background in design and architecture. It’s advisable, though, that the third floor would be more actively used. Body Building Club has been moved to the first floor and the basement particularly because there was a high noise level in Kohina Oy’s meeting and work spaces.

PARVEST, 2ND FLOOR The music studio is preserved. If a section is added that has an elevator and a new stair case (see the redesign plans), the southern section can be converted into an apartment, and either be used by separate people or by the person working in the music studio right next to it.

INTERAVANTI, 4TH FLOOR This space has been converted into an apartment, both because the owner of this space expressed a clear wish to make such changes, and because the floor plan is very functional as an apartment.

INTERAVANTI, 2ND FLOOR The western part of Interavanti’s spaces have been converted into apartments, as the space is currently not in any use. The eastern part is marvelously used as a space for several film companies to both have a private office and a central space to convene and work together, and therefore no changes have been proposed. However, if there comes an

The owner suggested that apartments could be added on the first floor as well, but with the building’s visibility and view from the stone wall and the possibility of a terrace with a great view and good natural evening lighting, this is an ideal location for the main restaurant/bar for the whole Vallila industrial area. The existing elevator allows the basement and 2nd floor to be used as well: the basement for louder music, to not disturb residents, workers and neighbors, and the 2nd floor for a rentable, more private meeting and event space.

OY PÄLKÄNE 19, 1ST FLOOR & BASEMENT Body Building Club has been moved to these spaces, as in its current location, it creates quite a lot of noise around the clock. Few services are as suitable for the basement as membership gyms, as they don’t need visibility to and from the street. The photographers’ space on the street side is preserved as a business space, because it is quite attractive and functional as it is, and because City of Helsinki’s ambition is that businesses should be kept viable in Vallila’s industrial area.

PUBLICO, 3RD FLOOR These spaces have been converted into apartments, both because the owner’s of the space expressed a wish to do such changes, and because extensive renovations have already been made which aren’t particularly valuable to preserve.

BODY BUILDING CLUB, 3RD FLOOR Body Building Club’s spaces have been converted into apartments. The space has great views, apartments are likely to be more profitable and the Body Building Club is currently causing a lot of noise within the buildings. The gym has been moved to the 1st floor and basement, and has slightly more floor area (5m2) than the previous space. There the gym is more accessible and puts the underground spaces into use.

KARRI LEHTOVUORI, 4TH FLOOR As Karri Lehtovuori’s spaces are currently attractive enough to be showcased in an interior design magazine with a full article, no changes have been proposed to the existing spaces. However, as discussed with Karri Lehtovuori, a staircase leading up to a 2nd floor on the new penthouse level (5th floor) of Pälkäne has been proposed, and positioned so that it brings natural light to the existing spaces.

ROOM USE PLAN White border: Changes in function and floorplan / No border: Preserved functions and floorplans

Music studios & lofts

Kohina Oy’s office

Restaurant’s (1st floor) reservable space Apartments, lofts

Film studios

Second floor, 1:500

Caretakers’ apartment

Body Building Club

Industrial Vallila’s bar/restaurant

Photographer’s studio

First floor

Body Building Club

Industrial Vallila’s bar/restaurant

Basement

Apartments & lofts 30%

Open services: Restaurants, cafés 15%

Apartment & lofts with workspace studios 15%

Communal spaces / membership services 10%

Offices & shared workspaces 25%

Technical + passages 10% Oy Pälkäne communal space & viewing platform

Penthouse Lofts Pälkäne 19 communal space

Fifth floor (penthouse floor, new floor)

Sixth floor (2nd penthouse floor)

Work studios & lofts

Rented artist’s & designer’s studios Loft aparment

Flexible, rentable office spaces

Fourth floor

Work studios & lofts

Kohina Oy’s office

Apartments, lofts

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3.2

VIEWS ABOVE THE HILL & A BEACON ABOVE THE STONE WALL REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

Karri Lehtovuoriâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spaces have been connected to this floor with a bedroom, balcony, bathroom and sauna, and the staircase is positioned so that it brings natural light downstairs. Furthest distance from an apartment to the exit stairway is 28 meters. Fire escape regulations require a maximum distance of 30 meters. The northwestern facades have been directed so that summer evening light reaches the whole terraces and the walls donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cast shadows - also providing a better view to the west.

Floor plan, new 5th floor, 1:250 OPTION 1: With southern addition.

Floor plan, new 6th floor 1:250

The northwestern corner of Pälkäne 19 is highly visible across Kuortaneenkatu. 80 Architecturally, the aim of this section of the penthouse floor is to make Pälkäne 19 a compelling landmark when approaching Vallila’s industrial area.

Evening view. Light from penthouse apartments, the ground floor restaurant and the new stone wall stairs invite pedestrians towards Vallilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial area.

Current state.

new floor, penthouses loft (office)

new floor, Vallila Courtyard Penthouses

lofts (office, PubliCo)

Vallila Interior offices

office, film companies

studio, i.e. photographer

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PĂ¤lkĂ¤ne 19 communal space

Floor plan, new 5th floor, 1:250 OPTION 2: Without southern addition or a new elevator. Furthest distance from an apartment to the exit stairway is 29,7 meters: 14,3 + 12,6 + 2,8 meters.

3.3

LOFTS WITHIN PÄLKÄNE 19 REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

2ND FLOOR

INTERAVANTI (no current tenants) Apartments & restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rentable customers offices

Floorplan 1:200

3RD FLOOR

PUBLICO From office to apartment

Small apartments with walls aligning with both structure directions, creating playful apartment floorplans. These small apartments are primarily intended for students, which is more likely to get a permit of exception in this area. (see Paths to Development on page 25)

Floorplan 1:200

3RD FLOOR

BODY BUILDING CLUB From office to apartment

Heavy equipment is used around the clock in the Body Building Club - moving the facilities to the, to the first floor and the basement would strongly decrease noise within the building.

Floorplan 1:200

2ND FLOOR

PARVEST

Floorplan 1:200

4TH FLOOR

INTERAVANTI From office to apartment

Floorplan 1:200

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TRANSITIONS IN A GREEN COURTYARD REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

The objectives of the design were: 1) adding greenery to the courtyard 2) strenghtening the creation of a ”street” going through Pälkäne 19’s courtyard 3) creating an accessible yet attractive ramp to the elevator See Redesign Combinations for a description of connecting Pälkäne 19 and Vallila through Taiteilijatalo. Interior courtyard of Pälkäne 19 1:200

3.5

CONTINUITY OF THE CLUB REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

Floor plans 1:200 1st floor Underground floor

3.6

THE MAIN MEETING PLACE IN VALLILA’S INDUSTRIAL AREA: THE RESTAURANT & THE STONE WALL TERRACE REDESIGN OF PÄLKÄNE 19

Floor plan, 1st floor 1:200

During the Vallilan Visio publication event (30.9.2016), it was a common agreement that to make Vallilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial area more lively and attractive, the area needs a great restaurant and bar that both attracts outside visitors and provides a great place to meet and work to the tenants within PĂ¤lkĂ¤ne 19 and the nearby buildings. With the view towards and from Kuortaneenkatu, this is an ideal location. The restaurant/bar extends to three floors. There is already an existing elevator making this connection. On the street floor is the restaurant, in the basement concerts take place and on the 2nd floor are quieter meeting/working spaces for reservations. The outdoor terrace has a view down from the 10-meter wall and is also visible from Kuortaneenkatu. It also has direct evening sunlight in the summer until 7 pm (see the daylight analysis on page 1) A staircase has been added up the stone wall to make the restaurant more accessible. The terrace extends to the edge of the wall. Parking and traffic is thus redirected to the lower level and the underground parking area. However, enough space is left for maintenance traffic.

Floor plan, underground 1:200

facade from the north 1:250

Ambiance of rising to the second floor of the PĂ¤lkĂ¤ne 19 penthouse communal room with a view over Helsinki.

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Ambiance of when both the addition and the stairs from Taitelijatalo are made. This view is visible from the street, inviting towards the courtyard.

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REDESIGN OF VALLILA INTERIOR

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CONCEPT In order to allow flexibility in timing and cost, the redesign has been divided in different sections. Redesigns can be implemented partially according to the chapter division. Certain combinations in both Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 are beneficial to implement simultaneously. These are described in Part V. Changes in uses and functions on each existing floor have been made according to requests from Mathias Berner, CEO of Vallila Interior. The flagship store, the glass box, the courtyard connection and the form of the penthouses were suggested by the author of this thesis. All changes are built into the Vallila brand: Vallila Flagship Store, Vallila Café + Workshop, Vallila Lofts, Vallila Visit and Vallila Penthouses. Interior designs within all spaces are made by Vallila Interior. Building the different uses within the same brand brings coherence to the mixed use. This, as well as shared entrances and courtyard, encourage encounters and collaboration between different users. It also encourages people to combine different uses: for example, shortterm renters may live and work in Vallila Visit, shop at Vallila Flagship Store and use the Vallila Café + Workshop. This image is of the current state of Vallila Interior’s courtyard. (Source: vallilainterior.fi)

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3h+kt 121,5 m2

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3h+kt+s+khh 129,3 m2

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2h+kt+s+khh 77,5 m2

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Vallila Flagship Store

First floor (street floor)

White border: Changes in function and floorplan / No border: Preserved functions and floorplans Apartments & lofts 35%

Open services: Shops, cafĂŠs, workshops 11%

Short-term rent/hotel/workspace lofts ( 13 %

Parking garage 13%

Offices, showrooms 19%

Technical + passages 9%

Vallila Penthouses (2nd floor, no elevator)

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Vallila Visit (short-term rent)

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4.2

VALLILA PENTHOUSES A VIEW ABOVE VALLILA REDESIGN OF VALLILA INTERIOR / NILSIÃ&#x201E;NKATU 15

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section D-D 1:250

Above is a visualization of a Vallila Penthouse - the new floor above Vallila Interior creates panoramic terrace views above Helsinki that are currently not visible from the highest floor, due to the height of the building facing Vallila Interior. The view in the visualization has been captured from Google Earth at the eye level within the penthouse floor. The objective of Vallila Penthouses is to open spectacular views to Helsinki, without making the apartments visible. This is likely to make it easier to get a building permit. (Ullakkorakentaminen -guidelines, 2015) Some apartments have two floors. The second floor does not have an elevator connection, making it more cost-effective. The section that has the second penthouse floor is located in the northernmost part, to limit the shading that the interior courtyard gets.

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6th floor (new floor) 1:250

5th floor (new floor) 1:250

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VALLILA COURTYARD PENTHOUSES & VALLILA VISIT: SHORT-TERM RENT / HOTEL LOFT APARTMENTS FOR VISITS & WORK REDESIGN OF VALLILA INTERIOR / NILSIÃ&#x201E;NKATU 15

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VALLILA HOTEL The visualization above shows a hotel room facing the courtyard. The hotel rooms are divided according to the buildingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beams and therefore are rather narrow (4,5 meters on average). However, the high ceiling (4,4 meters) allows plenty of space for an indoor balcony that provides additional usable floor area. In most of the hotel rooms, there is an embedded bed on the balcony, with a slight raise to also provide a higher ceiling to the bathroom.

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VALLILA LOFTS REDESIGN OF VALLILA INTERIOR / NILSIĂ&#x201E;NKATU 15

Apartment division. There are eleven apartments on the Vallila Lofts floor: two smaller apartments and three larger apartments facing both sides of the building. Some apartments have small interior balconies & balconies towards the courtyard.

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2h+kt+s+khh 77,5 m2

2h+kt+s 81,9 m2

2h+kt+s+khh 76 m2

1h+kt 33,2 m2

3h+kt+s+khh 129,3 m2

2h+kt 91,0 m2

1h+kt 33,2 m2

3h+kt+s 114,5 m2

3h+kt+khh 118,1 m2

3h+kt 121,5 m2

3h+kt 85,6 m2

4.5

VALLILA FLAGSHIP STORE ACTIVATING THE STREET WITH VALLILA INTERIORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BRAND VALLILA INTERIOR

VISUALIZATION OF OPENING TO THE STREET & THE INTERIOR

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Elevation of the flagship store 1:200

Split section showing the added connection from the street level to the courtyard (E-E), 1:250 1st floor (street, left) 2nd floor (courtyard, right)

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1st floor (street), 1:250

4.6

VALLILA CAFÃ&#x2030; + WORKSHOP & ENTRANCE TO UNDERGROUND PARKING VALLILA INTERIOR

VISUALIZATION OF THE “GLASS BOX”.

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2h+kt+s 81,9 m2

3h+kt+s+khh 129,3 m2

3h+kt+s 114,5 m2

3h+kt 121,5 m2

The addition contains: - Entrance to the underground parking area, to free up needed space for Vallila Interior’s parking, and also Pälkäne 19 parking, if the courtyard connection is made, described in Part V - Vallila Café + Workshop - Courtyard Penthouse (largest apartment) yard on top - Meeting / office room for Vallila Interior

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PURPOSEFUL COMBINATIONS & THEIR IMPACT ON VALLILA

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ACTIVATING THE STREET PÄLKÄNE 19 STONE WALL RESTAURANT / EVENTS + NILSIÄNKATU 15: ACTIVATING THE STREET WITH VALLILA INTERIOR’S BRAND

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bar-restaurant-cafe terrace

store / cafe / service

Vallila Interiorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shop / flagship store

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stairs

It is important to note in this combination that when both changes are made, they strenghten each other: people will pass by the other service when using one if they are on the same street. This street could become. Other buildings within Vallilaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s industrial area should activate their streets as well to draw more pedestrians to the area and to create a rich variety of services.

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COURTYARD PATHS PÄLKÄNE 19: COURTYARD CAFE & EVENTS + UNITING PÄLKÄNE 19 & NILSIÄNKATU 15 + NILSIÄNKATU 15: LIVENING THE COURTYARD

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Making connections through the courtyards is encouraged in the new Helsinki City Plan 2050. The route is half-private, half-public and likely to mostly be used by people working and living in the area. Sheltered events are possible. Creating such connections encourages a sense of discovery, but since the connection and the services arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all visible to the street, it needs branding and publicity. A good example is Torikorttelit in the center of Helsinki. The services are likely to evolve in time: first, pop-up type of services and stores, until it becomes more well known.

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Current floor plans (1st floor)

Current section 1:200.

Section of courtyard path 1:200.

Courtyard path.

Facade of stairs down from Taiteilijatalo to PĂ¤lkĂ¤ne 19, 1:200.

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studio, i.e. photographer

loft (office)

new floor, penthouses

body building club (photographers)

office, film companies

lofts (office, PubliCo)

elevator

Lobby of Vallila

Vallila Interior offices

new floor, Vallila Courtyard Penthouses

new floor, Vallila Penthouses

technical spaces

janitor /apartments

Vallila Lofts (offices)

Vallila Visit (offices)

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PENTHOUSES: COMPLEMENTARY BUILDING PÄLKÄNE 19: VIEWS ABOVE VALLILA + NILSIÄNKATU 15: VIEWS ABOVE VALLILA + PÄLKÄNE 19: RISING THE COURTYARD BUILDING

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Elevation, North 1:400

Complementary building = tĂ¤ydennysrakentaminen. This process does not make existing spaces in Vallila into apartments, but is based on adding more floor area to existing properties. Complementary building, in other words making central properties in Helsinki more effectively used, is generally a positive change from the perspective of urban planning. Housing would bring more liveliness to the area in evenings and at night, and would also make services more diverse, and penthouses will not compromise the amount of space for businesses.

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FINAL NOTES

This chapter includes the final notes, through 6.1 Author’s Reflections (a process diary) and 6.2 General Guidelines for Converting Industrial Buildings in Vallila and Beyond, found during the making of this thesis. Appendix 1. contains the posters showed in the final thesis review. Posters show all plans in 1:200, with Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 together. On these pages the posters’ size is reduced to 1/4 of their actual size 594x841mm / 700x841mm, and therefore the drawings are in scale 1:800. Appendix 2. shows the presentation slides in the Vallilan visio publication event four months before finishing this thesis.

design process. Every time I saw the familiar prints in stores around Finland, I smiled and felt eager to get back to work.

One of my favorite parts of the making of this thesis was visiting the stakeholders and tenants of Pälkäne 19. The starting point for Pälkäne 19 was very different compared to Vallila Interior: Pälkäne 19 was rather unassuming from the outside, very private and divided, and didn’t represent a nationally recognizable brand. Therefore, every visit to a stakeholder was a fraction mapped of the floor plan. It was a very human way to get to know the building, visiting the private spaces of people, and being offered several cups of coffee, as we discussed what Pälkäne 19 and Vallila could be. Slowly the 6.1 building grew into a vibrant, rich, colorful whole. Who knew it would hide with it a 50-year-old gym worthy of a visit from Arnold Schwarzenegger? Or a Finnish rapper who was making an improbably impressive music studio? Or several great film Summer 2016, I was presented with the opportunity to recompanies and design firms? Or spaces worthy of a full article search and redesign these two buildings as my final thesis. Alin a design magazine? though I had already lived in Helsinki for eight years, visiting the planning site was, quite astonishingly, my very first time The building design process after the research is never entiin Vallila’s industrial area. When I walked through the empty rely straight forward, but in this case it felt like a surprisingly but sunny streets and arrived to these two buildings, I could natural process. The key concepts emerged vividly in the sense so much untapped potential that I immediately knew I process of doing the research and not forcibly after it. I wasn’t would be excited to work on this subject. only requested to do certain changes, but also the existing floorplans gave a puzzle to be solved, and often the physical Week after week, it surprised me that I thoroughly enjoyed spaces that I visited nearly felt like they were silently asking the whole process of making this thesis. There wasn’t a mofor certain transformations to awaken them. I wanted to do ment in this half year that I hoped the work was over. Although my best to satisfy the different parties and make mutually complicated and multi-faceted, the goals for this thesis were beneficial changes. I actually enjoyed the balancing act of clear. It was wonderful to get an opportunity to thoroughly this, and the occasional lightbulb moments when something dive into a very tanglible but still rather unconstrained thesis wasn’t only a compromise but a mutual gain. subject for such a long time. The two buildings and Vallila’s industrial area provided an inspiring canvas. As this thesis originated from the Vallilan visio project, which brought building owners and urban planners together to I needed to balance very different goals of many parties: form a common vision for Vallila’s industrial area, I was asked Two clients - or to be more accurate, nine clients, when all to present my thesis in the Vallilan visio publication event on stakeholders of Pälkäne 19 are counted. Aalto University’s 30th September 2016. At this point, I still had four months left Department of Architecture. To an extent, other building until I would be finished with my thesis. The stage that the owners and tenants of Vallila’s industrial area, and the City thesis was at during that time can be seen from the presenof Helsinki. And of course, my own. The conflicting objectitation slides in Appendix 2. Initially, it was slightly daunting ves of different parties, all wanting to develop the area, has to present a work in process to the clients, different building generally been the reason why Vallila’s industrial area has owners, urban planners and even the vice mayor of Helsinki remained rather still. The meetings I had with the clients or Anne Sinnemäki. But it was an excellent way to make the key tenants consistently ended with them stating that this is a ideas and objectives of this thesis clear and concrete to both challenging thesis subject to have. It was also the first time the audience and to myself so early in the process. And just I was directly responsible to clients as the only ”project maas importantly, it was, is, and will be very important to keep nager” and designer, which was a learning experience I was the conversation active and open with the different parties glad to get. I am also thankful to my advisors and supervisor, wanting to develop Vallila. both for encouragement and for giving diverse feedback that complemented the different goals of this thesis. I am looking forward to following how these buildings and Vallila’s industrial area develop in the coming years, and hope I knew Vallila Interior well as a brand and in the beginning to do my part in encouraging positive and tangible developMathias Berner considerately showed the entire building of ment - development, which is genuinely built together and Nilsiänkatu 15 to me at once. The building already had very pioneers the future of this ambivalent central district in our beautiful spaces designed with high quality. Vallila Interior’s capital and fulfills its potential. colorful fabrics also provided a visually inspiring base for the

AUTHOR’S REFLECTIONS

6.2

GUIDELINES FOR CONVERTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN VALLILA AND BEYOND (1/2) This section has general guidelines that were discovered through researching and redesigning Nilsiänkatu 15 and Pälkäne 19. Building Vallila into a unique, valuable and prominent district in Helsinki is a joint effort between all building owners, the City of Helsinki, all those who reside and work in this area, and all those who wish to in the future. Hopefully, these guidelines provide valuable insights to all stakeholders developing Vallila and other old industrial areas.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CONVERTING OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS TO HYBRID BUILDINGS THAT INCLUDE APARTMENTS 1. THE COMPROMISE OF RETAINING THE OLD INDUSTRIAL LOOK WHILE ADDING MODERN UTILITIES. For example, adding a modern HVAC system while retaining the beam structure visible and keeping the lowering of the ceiling to a minimum is a challenge. This requires very thoughtful design and often a choice between which aspect is most valuable. Leaving structural beams, old cladding and unfinished walls visible, and contrasting these qualities with newer materials, can give an attractive look to the space if designed well.

2. THE DEPTH OF THE BUILDING AFFECTING THE FLOOR PLANS. (runkosyvyys) Bedrooms and living rooms should have a window, while pathways, bathrooms and saunas can be windowless, if necessary. Pathways, bathrooms and saunas often need to be in the middle of the structure in industrial buildings to make the floor plans functional and effective.

3. THE SIZE AND AMOUNT OF WINDOWS LIMITS THE NUMBER OF ROOMS. The existing windows tend to be wide and rather sparse, because the industrial spaces have also been spacious. Depending on the type of manufacturing that the building was built for, there also may be very few windows. A bedroom and a living room needs a window, so if changes aren’t made to the facades, the amount of windows limits the amount of rooms and apartments that can be added. 4. HIGH CEILINGS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOFTS AND INDOOR BALCONIES. Due to manufacturing, old industrial buildings often have high ceilings: this gives a natural opportunity for unique architecture through the adding of indoor balconies, and vertically spacious rooms, also keeping in mind that balconies provide additional usable space. 5. CONDITION AND CLEANLINESS OF SPACES AND STRUCTURES NEED EVALUATION. Manufacturing has usually happened within the spaces, often several different types of manufacturing and during decades that did not have similar safety and cleanliness standards than today. For example, on the first floor of Pälkäne 19 in the oldest section, a brick wall begun to leak condensed oil and was sealed with an additional internal wall. It should be noted that information is often not passed in time, but is discovered while reconstructing the spaces. Therefore, thorough evaluation should be made and builders should be aware that unexpected qualities may surface and need appropriate action.

6. ACCESSIBILITY WHEN NOT ALL ENTRANCES ARE ACCESSIBLE . Spaces are sometimes reachable only with stairs and for example in Pälkäne 19, both elevators are only reachable by walking up a short flight of stairs. Wheelchair accessibility may need a new ramp, changes in the existing elevator or adding a new elevator - keeping in mind that these changes may require compromises in retaining the historical architecture of the spaces. Individual apartments do not necessarily need to be completely wheelchair accessible if added to an old existing building, but if several are added, it’s they should be accessible.

7. LARGE, SLOW ELEVATORS ORIGINALLY MADE FOR MANUFACTURING. Both Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 have elevators meant for lifting large and heavy objects, which in both buildings, needed to be used for apartments to make the floor plans effective and functional. They are not only unusually large, but also slower than elevators used primarily for people. The choice should often be made whether this is a quality that will be embraced or if the elevator should be changed, which can be costly. 8. THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ALL TRAFFIC USES THE SAME ENTRANCE OR IF THEY ARE SEPARATED. In Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15 (Vallila Interior), services like cafés, shops and restaurants use their own entrance, but offices and apartments and rentable spaces use the same entrance, elevator and staircase. This is justified with the purpose to make mixed use of services more natural (i.e. working and living in the same building), as well as letting people meet. Also in Nilsiänkatu 15, all of the different uses are branded with Vallila Interior’s brand. Naturally, private and public staircases should not be the same, unless apartment corridors are closed to the public. If possible, it may be better to have a completely separate staircase and elevator for apartments.

9. STRONG STRUCTURES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADD ELEMENTS AND WALLS WITH LESS ADDITIONAL REINFORCEMENT. The buildings were often built to withstand heavy manufacturing equipment. Therefore, new elements, walls and even new floors above the existing building can be added without a large amount of reinforcement to the building.

10. CHANGES MAY BE COSTLY AND EVEN UNPROFITABLE. The assumption that apartments will be more profitable than existing office spaces can be challenged, because often making heavy changes to the existing buildings, like adding modern apartments, will be costly. Careful evaluation should therefore be made, and the qualities of retaining an old building should be embraced, such as preserving and showcasing historical architecture both within the interiors and on the exterior. 11. PARADOXICALLY, CHANGES MAY BE NEEDED TO RETAIN THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE. Because the building’s original use is no longer needed or no longer fits the building’s location, changes may even be a way to preserve the building. After all, if the building is not used and is unprofitable, it is unlikely that a renovation will be made, and this can even lead to the need to demolish the building. Adding uses that are needed and fit the building’s location gives an incentive to keep the building in good condition for its current and future tenants and owners. It should also be noted that often, and in the case of both Pälkäne

GUIDELINES FOR CONVERTING INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN VALLILA AND BEYOND (2/2) 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15, the buildings have undergone drastic changes through their history, which can justify further changes.

EXCEPTION PERMIT FOR CONVERTING ATTICS TO APARTMENTS The City of Helsinki encourages existing buildings to add apartments in the attics, to increase the amount of apartments without constructing entirely new buildings (Ullakkorakentaminen -guideline, 2015). Generally, if the attic floor is not visible to the street and if it is justified with energy efficiency, technical function or with preserving old structures, it is easier to get a permit to moderately lift the roof level. An attic can be added to the existing structure if the existing roof is high enough - generally, the needed ceiling height of the majority of the space is 2500 mm. Both in Pälkäne 19 and Nilsiänkatu 15, the attic is low or does not exist, and therefore raising the roof is needed. Naturally, adding a staircase and an elevator is needed, unless the spaces are a second level from the existing spaces below. But for instance in Pälkäne 19, there already is an existing staircase leading to the roof level.

THE LEGISLATIVE PATHS TO DEVELOPMENT Adding housing within buildings in Vallila generally has a higher chance to get a permit if a) the housing is for a user groups in high need of housing b) the housing increases the business potential in the area c) the addition is moderate d) it is a way to pilot a new town plan approach in Vallila’s industrial area. See Paths to Development on page 25 for a more detailed description of a such case in Vallila where a permit of exception was successful, as well as the other ways of making changes in buildings’ use and architecture from a legislative perspective.

THE PARTICULAR QUALITIES OF TRANSFORMING OLD INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS IN VALLILA 1. TO ACTIVE THE STREETS, NOT ONE OR TWO, BUT SEVERAL BUILDINGS NEED TO BEGIN CONVERTING THEIR BUILDINGS. Adding apartments within the buildings and services close to the street will liven the area, but only doing this in sporadic properties won’t result in clear changes in activity and also won’t attract pedestrians to the area.

2. THE AREA HAS A STRONG BRAND AS AN ARTISTS’, DESIGNERS’ AND MUSICIANS’ DISTRICT. This provides a great opportunity to create distinct apartment and office types. As small business owners and workers, private entrepreneurs and artists, people are more likely to want to work within their home in studios or in small, even rentable offices close to their home. It should also be noted that with the development of technology, distance work either from your home or a smaller rentable space closer than your actual office is becoming a more sensible way of working. Apartments with work spaces with a high ceiling may be a particularly useful apartment type in Vallila, as well as offices and cafés used for work by the very same people living in the building. 3. TO MAKE THE LAND USE MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE INNER CITY, THE CITY OF HELSINKI TENDS TO PREFER ADDITIONS TO EXISTING BUILDINGS. Either on top of the buildings or within the block’s courtyard, additions tend to be positive, as this means that old buildings can be preserved while still making the capital’s land use more effective, as an increasing amount of people are moving and working within Helsinki.

4. HYBRID BUILDINGS ARE PARTICULARLY REASONABLE IN VALLILA . Hybrid buildings in Vallila make sense because of the different objectives of different stakeholders: the people working in the area, the building owners and the city. The compromise between these stakeholders is that businesses and industry should be viable, while apartments should be added. There are two different approaches to doing this: either hybrid buildings, or a mixture of buildings that have different uses. To give the best prerequisite for businesses and industries in Vallila without giving an uneven benefit to building owners, it may be best to demand all buildings to have a certain amount of space reserved for businesses and industry when adding apartments - making the buildings in Vallila hybrid buildings.

APPENDIX 1. THESIS POSTERS

1/10

CURRENT FLOOR PLANS

JKP

APK

h=2460 PA11

WC6

PEILI

h=2410 1,300

0,850

NAULAKKO

KAL-01

0,400

SÄILYTYS

1,215 1,215 1,200

2,600

0,600

1,770

0,400

1,607

0,400

306 LOUNGE

1,620

0,985

2,400 1,500

2,900 LEHDET

h=900

HYLLYT

1000

305 VARASTO

HYLLYT

2,900

TYÖTASO

1,200

303 WC

KAL-09

KAL-08

SÄILYTYS

302 KÄYTÄVÄ

1,345

304 APUKEITTIÖ

LED-TV

0,700 0,400

0,700

0,450

seinillä

0,850

0,350

KAL-07

s kaikilla

KAL-06

0,450

0,600

-> Epäsuoravalaistu

0,850

0,950

Alaslasku

1020 1020

SÄILYTYS

1020 1020 14,240

1020

1,300

0,400

SÄILYTYS

1,200

1,780

1,585

1,430

1,200 1,200 2,500

VAUNUT h=1755

580

VAUNUT h=1755

0,570 480

VAUNUT

3,000

h=3660

6,190

h=1755

VAUNUT

h=1755 VAUNUT

0,450

1,200

VAUNUT

1,590 h=1755

3,012

VAUNUT

0,050

h=1755

VAUNUT

1,200

1,430

KAL-02

h=1755 VAUNUT

2250x1000

h=1755

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

3,000

h=1755

VAUNUT

h=1755

2250x1000

h=1755

3,000

VAUNUT h=1755

0,555

0,450

1,200

1,430

KAL-02

h=1755

2250x1000

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

2250x1000 2250x1000

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

3,000

h=1755

KAL-04B

h=1755

KAAPIN ALAOSA

3,000

VAUNUT

1,613

VAUNUT

h=1755

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

VAUNUT

1,500

KAL-05

KAL-04B

VAUNUT

900

h=1755

h= 1050

VAUNUT

h=1755

2250x1000

VAUNUT h=1755

h=1755

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

VAUNUT

1,500

1,200

VAUNUT

KAL-02

VAUNUT

3,000

KAAPIN ALAOSA

2250x1000

VAUNUT

h=1755

1,200

0,900 h= 1050

KAL-05

2,441

h=1755

0,600

VAUNUT

1,571

1,500

KAL-04C

3,012

2,718

2,800

3,000

1,220

1,200

0,740 0,725

2,800

Ø1100

TILASSA HUOM! HUOMIOITAVA ÄÄNENTOISTO

3,375

2250x1000

1,060

KAL-05

h= 1050

0,600

MAPIT

NÄYTTELYALU

7,895

ETTA

1,450

0,370

0,600

Ø7370

ETTA

0,370

NÄYTTELYALU

1,060

2250x1000

309 TOIMISTO

ÄÄNIERISTYS!!

0,320

1,060

3,000

308 TOIMISTO

0,330 0,320

MAPIT

SISÄSEINIIN

0,320

0,835

MAPIT

HUOM!!

LED-TV

MAPIT

4,730

1,469

4,175 3,000

1,500

1,992

307 TOIMISTO

1,125

2250x1000

KAL-02

1,571

0,150

0,900

1,730

KAL-02

0,600

h=1755

3,012

0,450

2,040

h=1755

VAUNUT

KAL-04C

0,450

0,680

1,200

28000, 0,555

1,500

VAUNUT

KAL-02

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

h=1755

1,613

3,000

VAUNUT

h=1755

17,150

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

KAAPIN ALAOSA

2250x1000

2,040

26,855

2250x1000

h=1755

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

VAUNUT

KAL-04B

VAUNUT

KAAPIN ALAOSA

3,000

17,150

h=1755

1,430

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

h=1755 VAUNUT

1,200

1,500

h=1755

VAUNUT

0,450 KAL-02

h=1755

KAL-04B

301 TEKSTIILI

VAUNUT

1,500

1,200

KAL-02

VAUNUT

h=1755 VAUNUT

2250x1000

h=1755

3,000

VAUNUT

h=1755

KAL-04B

3,000

1,612

VAUNUT

h=1755

2250x1000

1,500

h=1755

KAL-04B

VAUNUT

900

VAUNUT

h= 1050

+150

h=1755

+300

1,500

0,450 1,120

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

KAAPIN ALAOSA

VAUNUT

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

0,450

3,000

2,500

0,555

h=3980 KAAPIN ALAOSA

2250x1000

0,450

2250x1000

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

0,500

0,700

KAL-05

2,475

28000, 0,555

0,700

h=1755

0,500

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

1,120

h=3290

1,500

KAL-04A

1,200

1,500

VAUNUT

KAL-02

0,450

h=1755

KAL-04A

KAAPIN ALAOSA

1,613

0,050

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

KAAPIN ALAOSA

VAUNUT

2250x1000

1,590

VAUNUT

16,275

3,012

0,450

1,430

KAL-02

RAJASSA)

Ø1600

h=1755

KAL-03

JA SEINÄN

4,400

TILASSA HUOM! HUOMIOITAVA ÄÄNENTOISTO

VAUNUT h=1755

h=4490

0,560

UUTUDET- h=900 ESITTELY

(KATON

h=1755 VAUNUT

1,449

3,000

h= 750

h=2060 yläpintaan)=910 ikkunan korko (ikkunalaudan

UETTA

0,670

VAUNUT h=1755

1,200

0,665

NÄYTTELYAL

7,745

1,603

2,070

0,405

0,100 2,175 1,145

h=3270

h=3870

0,320

1,500

WC6

0,100

valkokangas kiinnitettävä

tai välipohjaan

0,570

3,028

0,570

1,825

naulakko (mm.

1,100

jne)

Henkilökunnan

7,856

(Matto/Tapetti)

1,800

h=2000

Alakatto

0,412

-300mm

0,650 3,028

2,035

0,800

2,000

0,100 0,590 2,095

KAL-14

1,400

1,600 3,000

KAL-14

h=3760

1,960

0,450

2250x1000 2250x1000

NÄYTTELYALUETTA

0,450

h=3760

315 MATTO

1,503 1,953

h=3760

tai 1050

1,200

KAL-12

TILASSA HUOM! HUOMIOITAVA ÄÄNENTOISTO

h=900

tai 1050

KAL-12

h=900

1,470

1,400

tai 1050

KAL-12

3,000

2,000

0,840

h=900

0,050

KAL-04A

1,200

4,500

7,930

KAL-13

1,503

0,600 0,600 1,200

KAAPIT KAL-13

5,000

h=3250

1,500

KAL-04B

1,430

TILASSA HUOM! HUOMIOITAVA ÄÄNENTOISTÖ

1,500

h=2000

KAAPIT

316 VIDEONEUVOTTELU

2,000

LINJAAN!!!

h= 750

APK

317 KÄYTÄVÄ

SAMAAN

1,800

480

1,120

3,000

HUOM!

2,000

0,800

311 KEITTIÖ

3,000

9,100

1,500 0,915

2,250

0,616

JKP

314 WC

1075?

upotettu Alakattoon

6,275

0,915

KAL-11

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

0,200

PA10

h=2390

0,200

312 KÄYTÄVÄ

3,200

valkokangas kiinnitettävä tai välipohjaan

Alakattoon

0,100

1,825

h=2530

2250x1000

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

MAPIT

318 TOIMISTO

2,600

WC6

upotettu

6,818

KAL-04B

1,430

310 KALUSTE

NÄYTTELYALUETTA

1,500

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

480

3,000

0,900

2,050

0,500

6230

KAL-04A

h=2460 313 WC

0,050

0,250

KAL-10

PA10

valkokangas

1,400

KAAPIN YLÄOSA

319 VARASTO

2250x1000

0,650

1,435 4,030

2250x1000

1,600 3,000 1,600

2) 3.00 pm, August 20th

3) Noon, July 1st

4) 7.00 pm, July 1st

5) Noon, December 22nd

6) Noon, February 1st

3,000

1,070

1) 8.00 am, August 20th

0,115

3,000

Fourth floors

Above: Pälkäne 19 and Vallila Interior (Nilsiänkatu 15) within Vallila’s industrial area. Below: Aerial image from the west.

Third floors

MASTER’S THESIS, AALTO UNIVERSITY VALLILA INTERIOR & PÄLKÄNE 19

FROM INDUSTRIAL TO HYBRID ADAPTIVE REUSE OF TWO BUILDINGS IN VALLILA ANNI LAURILA

This thesis researches and redesigns the adaptive reuse of two old industrial buildings within Vallila’s industrial area, to adapt them to current and future needs. The subject originated from a project that brought together urban planners and property owners in Vallila, to form a common vision for the future of Vallila’s industrial area. This currently rather dormant industrial area has plenty of potential to develop into a unique area in Helsinki that is active and lively, and has a strong brand as a place for artists, designers and entrepreneurs.

PÄLKÄNE 19

VALLILA INTERIOR, NILSIÄNKATU 15

20 m Kartalla nyt 20 m

Second floors

The clients of this thesis are the owners of two buildings within the same block: Nilsiänkatu 15, which has served the family company Vallila Interior since its beginning, and Pälkäneentie 19, which has several users from architects to photographers, body builders, film directors and musicians. Pälkäneentie 19 is located on a grand wall, which makes it a landmark when approaching Vallila’s industrial area from the northwest. Nilsiänkatu 15 has supported the brand of industrial Vallila for decades as the nationally well known interior design company Vallila Interior’s headquarters. Both buildings have also changed over the years, with added wings and floors. Both of the redesigns in this thesis are presented in such way that changes can be made in parts, stages or as a whole.

Kaupunkikartta

200 m

One of the biggest obstacles to the development of Vallila are the contradictory goals of the City of Helsinki to maintain Vallila as an industrial and business area, and the real estate owners’ wish to convert their buildings for residential use. This thesis presents hybrid buildings in a manner that seeks to support both objectives. Housing is suggested largely to the new additional floors which create new views, and to justify the adding of shops, services and architecture that strengthen the uniqueness and recognizability of the industrial area of Vallila. The purpose of this thesis is to provide guidelines also to the development of other old industrial sites and properties in Vallila and elsewhere. It is important that such properties are developed in a way that they reinforce one another. Therefore, this thesis also shows how buildings can enliven the street level, bring new connections within attractive blocks, bring services to the area and increase housing in a controlled manner that supports the development of the entire area of Vallila and the City of Helsinki.

500 m

Underground floor, Pälkäne 19

First floors

FROM INDUSTRIAL TO HYBRID - ADAPTIVE REUSE OF TWO BUILDINGS IN VALLILA | ANNI LAURILA 81900M | MASTER’S THESIS, BUILDING DESIGN | JANUARY 2017 AALTO UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE | SUPERVISING PROFESSOR: PIRJO SANAKSENAHO | CLIENTS: VALLILA INTERIOR (NILSIÄNKATU 15) & PÄLKÄNE 19 OY (PÄLKÄNEENTIE 19)

148

2/10

ROOM USE PLAN

ROOM USE PLAN White border: Changes in function and floorplan / No border: Preserved functions and floorplans Apartments & lofts 30%

Open services: Restaurants, cafés 15%

Apartment & lofts with workspace studios 15%

Communal spaces / membership services 10%

Offices & shared workspaces 25%

Technical + passages 10%

White border: Changes in function and floorplan / No border: Preserved functions and floorplans Apartments & lofts 35%

Open services: Shops, cafés, workshops 11%

Short-term rent/hotel/workspace lofts ( 13 %

Parking garage 13%

Offices, showrooms 19%

Technical + passages 9%

Oy Pälkäne communal space & viewing platform

Vallila Penthouses (2nd floor, no elevator)

Penthouses’ 2nd floor (6th, new floor) Penthouse Lofts Pälkäne 19 communal space

Fifth floor (penthouse floor, new floor)

Sixth floor (2nd penthouse floor)

Work studios & lofts

Vallila Penthouses

Penthouse floor (5th, new floor)

Rented artist’s & designer’s studios Loft aparment

Flexible, rentable office spaces

Fourth floor Vallila Penthouses (new floor) Work studios & lofts

Kohina Oy’s office

Vallila Visit (short-term rent)

Apartments, lofts

Fourth floor (wing, new floor)

Third floor

Music studios & lofts

3h+kt 121,5 m2

Kohina Oy’s office Vallila Offices

Restaurant’s (1st floor) reservable space

2h+kt+s 81,9 m2

3h+kt+s+khh 129,3 m2

3h+kt+s 114,5 m2

3h+kt 85,6 m2

Apartments, lofts

Film studios

Second floor, 1:500 2h+kt+s+khh 77,5 m2

2h+kt+s+khh 76 m2

1h+kt 33,2 m2

2h+kt 91,0 m2

1h+kt 33,2 m2

3h+kt+khh 118,1 m2

Vallila Lofts

Third floor, 1:500

Vallila Café + Workshop Caretakers’ apartment Underground parking Courtyard connection Reception, lobby

Body Building Club

Apartments Industrial Vallila’s bar/restaurant

Photographer’s studio

First floor

Vallila Flagship Store

Vallila offices, showroom

Second floor (courtyard floor)

Photo studio, shelter

Heat distribution room Photo studio Electrical room

Body Building Club

Industrial Vallila’s bar/restaurant

Basement

Store or service Garage

Vallila Flagship Store

First floor (street floor)

PÄLKÄNE 19

VALLILA INTERIOR

The design of Pälkäneentie 19 emphasizes the character of the building as a place for living, working, and as a meeting point for entrepreneurs and designers. The impressive location of the building above the wall is also accentuated. The street level is activated and the view above the wall is utilized through the restaurant and its terrace, which is intended to be a central feature for the recognition of Vallila’s industrial area. The north-west facade of the building is a significant beacon towards Vallila’s industrial area. Therefore, this thesis proposes an additional floor with a sculptural character to be built above the existing building.

This thesis proposes that on the highest floors of Vallila Interior’s headquarter building Nilsiänkatu 15 there will be housing and temporary businesses or a hotel. In the courtyard facing facilities there will be workspaces and a café and on the street level the flagship store of Vallila Interior. All functions are linked to the brand of Vallila Interior: the spaces are decorated with the company’s fabrics and the names of the functions are Vallila Loft, Vallila Penthouse, Vallila Visit, Vallila Flagship Store and Vallila Workshop+Café. The architectural changes include an added penthouse floor, which creates a new view to Helsinki but is not visible from the street. There is also a new access from the street to the courtyard through the flagship store.

The room use plans of Pälkäne 19 are based on own analyses and interviews with the stakeholders (eight) and their tenants.

The room use plans of Vallila Interior are based on requests from Vallila Interior CEO Mathias Berner and own analyses.

149

3/10

SITE PLAN

CREATING COURTYARD CONNECTIONS

air

Site Plan 1:200

courtyard path made through Vallila Interior, Pälkäne 19 and Taiteilijata lo

Visualization of the courtyard connections.

ing

150

ing

4/10

FIRST FLOOR (VALLILA INTERIOR’S STREET FLOOR)

I) LIVELY STREETS

PÄLKÄNE19 MAIN MEETING PLACE IN INDUSTRIAL VALLILA: THE RESTAURANT & THE STONE WALL TERRACE VALLILA INTERIOR THE FLAGSHIP STORE 1st floors (Vallila Interior’s street floor) 1:200 Underground floor of Pälkäne 19 1:200 Elevation from west 1:200

Vallila Interior’s shop / flagship store

stairs

bar-restaurant-cafe terrace

store / cafe / service

151

5/10

2ND FLOOR (VALLILA INTERIOR’S COURTYARD FLOOR)

II) THE GLASS BOX & BUSINESSES PÄLKÄNE19 APARTMENTS, RESTAURANT’S PRIVATE SPACES

VALLILA INTERIOR VALLILA CAFÉ + WORKSHOP, UNDERGROUND PARKING ENTRANCE, FLAGSHIP STORE 2nd floors (Vallila Interior’s courtyard floor) 1:200 Visualization of Vallila Interior’s Flagship Store entrance Elevation from west 1:200 Section C-C Showing the new connection from the street to the courtyard level, through the flagship store 1:200

Vallila Interior’s Flagship Store entrance on the street level. This opens a new connection to the second floor.

152

6/10

3RD FLOOR

III) INDUSTRIAL LOFTS PÄLKÄNE19 PÄLKÄNE LOFTS VALLILA INTERIOR VALLILA LOFTS 3rd floors 1:200 Visualization of the Glass Box (includes undeground parking entrance, cafe + workshop and Vallila Interior office spaces) Section B-B 1:200 khh 2h+kt+s+ 77,5 m2 2h+kt+s 81,9 m2

khh 2h+kt+s+ 76 m2 khh 3h+kt+s+ 129,3 m2

1h+kt 33,2 m2 2h+kt 91,0 m2

new floor, Vallila Penthouses

new floor, penthouses

Vallila Interior offices

studio, i.e. photographer

Lobby of Vallila

Vallila Lofts (offices)

h 3h+kt+kh 118,1 m2

office, film companies

Vallila Visit (offices)

3h+kt 121,5 m2

lofts (office, PubliCo)

1h+kt 33,2 m2

new floor, Vallila Courtyard Penthouses

3h+kt+s 114,5 m2

loft (office)

janitor /apartments

body building club (photographers)

technical spaces 3h+kt 85,6 m2

elevator

The thesis also proposes an addition to Pälkäne 19, which merges with the stairs connecting the three properties. This view is from the street of Pälkäneentie, from which you can see the courtyard. There are alternative apartment floor plans presented in the thesis for this addition, as it adds a new elevator connection.

new floor, Vallila Penthouses

new floor, penthouses loft (office)

lofts (office, PubliCo)

Vallila Lofts (offices)

Vallila Interior offices

office, film companies

studio, i.e. photographer

Vallila Visit (offices)

new floor, Vallila Courtyard Penthouses

Lobby of Vallila

body building club (photographers)

janitor /apartments

technical spaces elevator

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IV) COURTYARD LOFTS & VALLILA VISIT 3rd floor floorplans 1:200 Visualization of Vallila Visit. Section A-A 1:200

Visualization of a typical hotel room facing the courtyard, with Vallila Interior’s designs.

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Visualization from a Vallila Penthouse - the new floor above Vallila Interior creates panoramic terrace views above Helsinki that are currently not visible from the highest floor, due to the height of the building facing Vallila Interior. (view captured from Google Earth at the eye level)

Section D-D from Vallila Interior. The penthouse apartments are not visible to the street.

Elevation to north 1:200

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5TH AND 6TH FLOORS

V-VI) PENTHOUSES: VIEWS ABOVE VALLILA & BEACON OF VALLILA

(entirely new floors above the current roof level) 6th floor, 1:200 5th floor, 1:200 the communal space & views for Pälkäne 19

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Daytime. ‘A beacon to Vallila’.

Evening. Light from penthouse apartments, the ground floor restaurant and the new stone wall stairs inviting to Vallila’s industrial area.

Current view.

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APPENDIX 2. VALLILAN VISIO -PRESENTATION, 30.9.2016 Otsikko esitykselle?

DIPLOMITYÖNI

VALLILAN KOHTEET KORTTELI

Arkkitehti yo., Aalto-yliopisto SingularityU Alumni, NASA Ames, USA Diplomityö:

diplomityö, Anni Laurila

Kahden kiinteistön kehittäminen Vallilassa (rakennussuunnittelu)

PÄLKÄNEENTIE 19 & NILSIÄNKATU 15 Otsikko esitykselle?

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Valmistunut 1939. Alun perin yksikerroksinen pajarakennus. Rakennuksessa monia toimijoita valokuvaajista arkkitehteihin, bodybuildereihin ja vaatesuunnittelijoihin

KOHTEET PÄLKÄNEENTIE 19

PÄLKÄNEENTIE 19 & NILSIÄNKATU 15

NILSIÄNKATU 15 • •

Valmistunut 1939. Perheyritys Vallila Interiorin hallussa alusta alkaen, tilankäyttö kehittynyt yrityksen kehittymisen rinnalla

TYÖN RAKENNE

I Vallilan tehdasalueen analyysi

II Kohdekiinteistöjen analyysi

III Suunnitelma ehdotukseni

V Rakennuspiirrokset

VI Rinnastus Vallilan kehitykseen

Suunnitelmien

kombinaatiot

VAIHTOEHTOJA: MUUTOKSIA & NIIDEN YHDISTELMIÄ

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SUUNNITELMIA

VAIHTOEHTOJA: MUUTOKSIA & NIIDEN YHDISTELMIÄ

SUUNNITELMIA

1. KATUTILAN ELÄVÖITYS

Portaat ylös

Pälkäneen ravintola & terassi

Vallila Interiorin liiketila

MERKITYS VALLILALLE Vallilan katutilan elävöittäminen Palveluiden monipuolistuminen Muut kiinteistöt mukaan aktivoimaan katutilaansa!

2. SISÄPIHOJEN REITTI

MERKITYS VALLILALLE Yleiskaavassa 2050 rohkaistu Kiehtovat reitit, joista kulkija tekee löytöjä - Vallilan brändiin?

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3. ASUKKAITA JA NÄKÖALOJA

MERKITYS VALLILALLE Yleiskaavassa 2050 rohkaistu Kiehtovat reitit, joista kulkija tekee löytöjä - Vallilan brändiin? Vaiheittaisuus: pop up -tyypistä pysyviin palveluihin

Nykytila

2500

3600

2200

8600

500mm korotus nykyisestä

Current section

+43,400

+40,100

+36,800

Korotus

+32,700

+29,900

NYKYTILA

Huom: vaihtoehtoisesti rappukäytävä keskellä.

(täysin liiketilaa)

MERKITYS VALLILALLE Hybridirakentaminen tukemaan Vallilan yritysten elinvoimaisuutta

24/7h Vallila & iltojen elävyys Työnteon luonteen kehitys, esim. kotiateljeet ja pop up -työtilat

HYBRIDIRAKENNUS

(liiketilaa + laadukkaita loft-asuntoja)

MITÄ SEURAAVAKSI? 4 kuukautta diplomityön valmistumiseen Kaupunki ja muut kiinteistönomistajat kehittämään seuraavia konkreettisia askeleita koko Vallilan elävöittämiseksi!

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SOURCES

Helsingin Sanomat (http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000002759464.html) 7.9.2014 (http://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000004880961.html) 25.11.2016 (http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000004896590.html) 7.12.2016 (http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000005005871.html) 14.12.2016 (http://www.hs.fi/kaupunki/art-2000005028825.html) 2.1.2017

PRINTED SOURCES WSP Finland, 2016 Vallilan Visio -report Helsingin kaupunkisuunnitteluvirasto, 2016 Tarkistetun yleiskaavaehdotuksen selostus and Teemakartat.

OP (https://www.op.fi/op/op-ryhma/op-ryhma/vallilan-kortteli?id=80130&srcpl=8

Puustinen, Sari et. al. 2016 Strateginen eheyttäminen kaupunkiseudulla. Näkökulmia kestävään Vallila Taiteilijatalo (http://www.ateljeesaatio.fi/ateljeet.html) maankäytön ja julkisen talouden kysymyksiin. Valtioneuvoston selvitys- ja tutkimustoiminnan julkaisusarja 4/2016 All internet sources verified 30.1.2017. Statement, lausunto (Mikko Aho, virastopäällikkö), Helsingin kaupunkisuunnitteluvirasto, 19.1.2016. Helsingin kaupunki, Rakennusvalvontavirasto, 2015 Ullakkoasunnot, ohjeistus

INTERVIEWS, PHONE CALLS Call with Juha Sirelius, CEO, QPark, 13.12.2016

Helsingin kaupunki, kaupunginhallitus, 2015 Call with Timo Sotavalta, Head of Real Estate, Etera 13.12.2016 Helsinki Suomen yritysmyönteisin kaupunki -toimenpideohjelma, Kapungin julkaisuja 7/2015 Ahvenainen Hertta, 2015 Vallilan Tehdaskorttelit, Kaupunkitilan koevedoksia teollisuuden kulttuuriympäristössä. Diplomityö, Aalto-yliopisto. Manninen, Rikhard, 2008 Loft-asumisen edellytykset Helsingissä

INTERVIEWS, MEETINGS Meetings with Mathias Berner, CEO of Vallila Interior, Sep 2016 - Jan 2017 Meeting with Rikhard Manninen, City Planning Dep. Head of Strategic Planning Division, 6.12.2016

Ahokanto, Minerva, 2000 Vallilan Teollisuusalueen suojelutavoiteselvitys. Helsingin kaupunginmuseon tutkimuksia ja raportteja 1/2000

Meeting with Tuomas Santasalo, Business Analysist at WSP Finland, , 13.7.2016

INTERNET SOURCES

Meetings with stakeholders and tenants at Oy Pälkäne:

Helsinki City Plan 2050 (http://www.yleiskaava.fi/en/city-plan)

Miika Pyykkönen, Property Manager, Oy Pälkäne 19, 7.7.2016, 6.8.2016

Helsinki Map Service (http://www.kartta.hel.fi)

Veikko Vuorinen, CEO of Interavanti, 7.7.2016, 5.10.2016

Electrical service of archives, architecture (http://www.asionti.hel.fi/ Paul Charpentier, Product Manager & HR, PubliCo arska) Petri Charpentier, Publisher, PubliCo 7.7.2016, 23.8.2016 Finnish digital archives (http://www.finna.fi) Jukka Backlund, Product Director, ISS, 7.7.2016

Vallila Interior (http://www.vallilainterior.fi/yhtio/historia) Helsinki’s noise report 2012 (http://www.hel.fi/hel2/ymk/meluselvitys/kartta.htm)

Karri Lehtovuori, Manager, Bain & Company, 1.8.2016 Martti Järvi, Photographer, 10.8.2016

Archdaily Anna Brunow, Architect & Founder, Brunow & Maunula (http://www.archdaily.com/779073/heatherwick-to-transform-histoSusanna Kallio, CEO & Creative Director, Kohina Oy ric-coal-drop-buildings-into-new-kings-cross-shopping-area) 22.8.2016 (http://www.archdaily.com/781567/leszczynski-antoniny-manor-intervention-na-no-wo-architekci) Janne Vakkilainen a.k.a Super Janne, Musician, 1.11.2016 Loft-tehdas (http://www.loft-tehdas.fi) Lauttasaaren Metalli (http://www.lauttasaarenmetalli.fi)

Photographs, maps and drawings have sources marked on them, unless it has been taken or made by myself.

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