ARCH 550 Portfolio By: Elizabeth Deveau Fall 2014
Master of Architecture Degree Candidate ARCH.550 Architectural Design V School of Architecture + Planning Morgan State University Professor Ruth Connell A.I.A. Graduate Program in Architecture
Table of Content Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Introducing the Project Helsinki, Finland Concept Statement Program and Site Analysis Process Designs Site, Levels, Sections, Elevations, Sketches, Research, Concepts, Sustainability Final Design Concept Diagrams, Materials, Structure, Mechanical, Sustainability, Site, Levels, Sections, Details, Elevations Models Process Models Final Model
Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Introducing the Project
Helsinki, Finland has been selected as the home of a new Guggenheim Museum. Helsinki is well situated geographically, socially, culturally, and educationally to advance the Guggenheim mission of art appreciation. The chosen location is in the South Harbor, a historic area full of Neoclassical civic buildings. As is traditional in Finland, an architecture design competition was proposed. The final design selected will be an innovative, multidisciplinary museum of art and design, thoughtfully integrated into its site. The competition was open internationally to all professional architects and received over 1700 entries. Six semi-finalists have been highlighted ahead of the final selection. The art museum will be a destination for tourists with an estimated 550,000 visitors annually. All areas should support social interaction and promote experiencing a dialogue between the visitors and the art. The main entry to the site is from the north with buses taking visitors to the Market Hall, and parking proposed off site to the north. Access for loading trucks needs to be maintained through the site for the continued freight and ferry service to the south. The museum program is 130,392 sq ft which is also the site area after providing truck access and pedestrian harbor access. The flexible exhibition galleries are 32% of the gross area. The flexible performance space is 5%, multi-purpose is 2%, visitor services is 2%, retail is 2%, dining is 6%, office space is 4%, collection storage is 3%, maintenance operation is 2%, and circulation, mechanical, etc., account for the remaining 42%.
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Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Helsinki, Finland
In 1917, Finland became independent from Russia. Finland has a population of 5.27 million people. There are over 2 million saunas in Finland. Nicknamed the “Land of 60,000 Lakes,” it has even more lakes than that. A quarter of Finland is above the Arctic Circle. It is Europe’s most heavilyforested country. It exports more paper than any other country but Canada. Home to Nokia and Angry Birds, it is a leader of the technological revolution. It is a leader in education around the world. The winter has short six hour days and the summer has long eighteen hour days.
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Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Concept Statement
In reference to Finland’s culture and the desire for openness, the design has sweeping views of the city, park and the harbor to allow experiencing the weather and changing seasonal conditions. It is about having a sense of place while in the museum. The design has internally focused art galleries and open ones where the art is seen in relation to the harbor and city. The main entrance directs visitors to the view of the harbor and has an iceberg sculptural skylight structure coming down into and over the lobby. The flexible circulation art galleries open to the views of the park and harbor with internal galleries in the center. The galleries stack with the upper level having skylights offering indirect natural light. The circulation allows for double height balcony spaces around the gallery. Sustainability is a critical part of the concept with materials sourced locally from within Finland. Just one example, the Aurora Granite facade material comes from a local quarry. The sunlight is controlled with vertical wooden fins along the gallery corridors and with double curtain wall treatments on the iceberg feature. The wooden fins are tucked into the building to protect them from the elements. The building uses geothermal and biomass energy for climate control to keep it at the 50% humidity and 72 degrees Fahrenheit recommended for art museums. The site has permeable paving finishes, bio swales, native plantings, recycled materials and furniture to encourage social interactions. There is LED lighting for the long winter nights and covered bicycle parking for visitors and employees of the museum. The upper level garden terrace uses native plants as does the green roof which captures rain water for reuse in the graywater system. Elizabeth Deveau 3 of 20
Guggenheim Helsinki Museum Program & Site Analysis
To the southwest is the Tahititornin vuori Park which rises up a hundred feet from the harbor. The building should not be higher than a hundred feet so views from the park are not blocked. The road to the left of the site gradually slopes up while the actual site remains flat. Bike parking should be centrally provided. The building cannot have a basement and the main level should be raised 3 feet above the existing site. The museum cannot sit flush or over the harbor edge.
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