Location Tampere, Finland Client/operator SRV Rakennus Oy Architect & Principal Designer Studio Libeskind US – 10038 New York www.libeskind.com Local partner ARCO Architecture Company Aihio Arkkitehdit Ice hockey boards Vepe Oy www.vepe.fi Author Studio Libeskind Photos Hufton + Crow Official opening December 2021
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WRAPPED IN METAL SCREENS MULTI-PURPOSE ARENA IN TAMPERE The Nokia Arena sits atop Tampere’s railway tracks in the heart of the city. The mixed-use programme includes a multi-purpose ice hockey arena, a 273-room hotel and five m ixed-use blocks topped by five residential towers. The urban-scale development creates a new livework-play complex and creates a connection between the historic city and the 20th century extension. Studio Libeskind, along with SRV Rakennus, and local partner ARCO Architecture Company / Aihio Arkkitehdit, have achieved LEED Gold, Nokia Arena being the second building to be completed on the mixed-use development site. It is located in a dynamic urban nexus that is the epitome of a thriving European city – where the railways reconnect on all axes with the new multi-purpose arena, and where the historic fabric all comes together. Once the
development is complete, it will stitch the urban fabric back together again, connecting East to West, creating a new vibrant hub of highquality living, working, leisure and culture for the city of Tampere and Finland. sb 1/2022
