Stallan-Brand
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Stallan-Brand
23 Newton Place, Glasgow G3 7PY, UK Email info@stallanbrand.com Office +44 (0)141-258-5015
Peggy Guggenhiem’s Trademark Glasses Tove Jansson, Finnish Childrens Author & Illistrator a champion of Nordic legends and Stories
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A GIANT SEA URCHIN, “ LIKE A PINECONE, A SNOWFLAKE, AN EXPLOSION, OR THE KRAKEN FROM THE DEPTHS ”
Our Guggenheim Helsinki proposal is visually arresting yet highly contextual. The building looks like a giant sea urchin, a pinecone, a snowflake, an explosion, or the kraken from the depths. The buildings spikes and skew spires animate the Helsinki skyline, yet the architecture integrates with the landscape against park Tähtitornin vuori. Our proposal playfully oscillates between the sea, land and the city, leaving visitors and viewers with questions. Serious consideration has been given to the creation of contemporary civic space that would not only attract visitors, but also compel visitors to engage with their surroundings. We have created a gathering place for city residents of all ages, from skaters to grandmothers, and a must-see destination for global tourists. Additionally the amenity of the waterfront location will welcome visitors year-round. Whether by day or night, light or dark, the architectural personality of our proposal can be creatively presented to respond to whichever cultural celebration the calendar presents. Fireworks or frost, our architecture will be a must see.
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HAVE DEEPLY RESEARCHED “ STALLAN-BRAND THE VISUAL CULTURE OF FINLAND AND THE NORDIC REGIONS TO DEVELOP AN ARCHITECTURE FOR THE HELSINKI GUGGENHEIM THAT HAS CULTURAL RESONANCE AND TENSION.
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A Magnified Snowdrop
Nordic Inspiration
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GUGGENHEIM HELSINKI PROJECT IS TO “ THE BE LOCATED ON ONE OF THE CITY’S HIGHLY VISIBLE HARBOURSIDE LOCATIONS. ”
Overview The proposed Guggenheim Helsinki will be an innovative, multidisciplinary museum of art and design. It should be of the highest architectural quality, creating a meaningful presence in Helsinki and offering civic space where both residents and visitors can gather. A prominent site has been reserved for the building at the symbolic gateway to the city from the sea, and close to the historic center. The wider Eteläsatama area forms a significant regeneration zone. The building’s total anticipated construction value is €130 M, excluding taxes, and the total site area is approximately 18,520 square meters. The total floor area designated for the museum building is approximately 12,100 square meters, of which approximately 4,000 square meters will be exhibition spaces. All areas of the museum should be conceived in terms of how they support social interaction and the experience of art. The museum building will include galleries, a flexible performance hall, educational space, a large café/bar, a smaller formal restaurant, administrative offices, practitioner spaces, collections storage, a retail store, and other facilities. Outdoor spaces for the display of sculpture and projects are also needed. Project principles • • • • • •
Outstanding, engaging, original design. Potential to become a landmark and a symbol of Helsinki. Sensitivity to historic waterfront setting. Sustainable placemaking from an economic, social, and environmental perspective. Strong connections to the historic city center, harbor and urban context, which are evident and enjoyable in all seasons. A design informed by Nordic ideals, including openness and accessibility.
Location Plan
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MUSEUM ENVIRONMENT “ DYNAMIC THAT WILL CELEBRATE THE VALUE OF THE ARTISTIC PROCESS ”
Deconstructed Gallery Concept
A new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki is envisioned to develop a distinguished profile for organizing and presenting internationally significant exhibitions of artworks from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries while also specializing in Nordic art and architecture. An agent of change, it will explore the latest curatorial ideas, connect the public with artists, draw new audiences and tourists, and provide civic space where local residents can gather and socialize. Distinctive, sustainable, and built for the long term, the museum must fulfill the promise of its prominent waterfront site close to the city’s historic center. Exploded Isometric Drawing Showing Buildings Structure & Skin
Roof Plan
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“ NOT BEAUTIFUL BUT SUBLIME ARCHITECTURE ”
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CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY CIVIC SPACE “ THE THAT WOULD NOT ONLY ATTRACT VISITORS, BUT ALSO COMPEL VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
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Location Plan
We have designed a dynamic museum environment that will celebrate the value of the artistic process by imaginatively presenting acclaimed artworks in alternate environments enabling artists to connect with the public in new and meaningful ways. Our design will present different spatial and exhibition space arrangements ranging from formal and traditional formats between artwork and viewer through to more immersive experiences. Our proposal presents space types that will support technological innovation and education. The new learning paradigm for the 21st century is increased socialization and offering spaces for casual interaction. We have imagined our building as a magnet for new learning and collaborative experience in our increasingly ‘virtually’ connected Internet age. The functional arrangement of space within our proposal allows for optimum flexibility and cross programming of activities. From evening lectures through to full public access we have structured the buildings diagram to provide choices. Our museum architecture presents generous public forum space and landscape encouraging a philosophy of complete physical and conceptual access.
View across Harbour
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BUILDING FULLY ENGAGES WITH ITS “ THE IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT CREATING A NEW 21ST CENTURY PUBLIC FORUM AND GATHERING SPACE ...
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View towards Main Entrance
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PROPOSAL WOULD ENGAGE TWO KEY “ OUR FINNISH INDUSTRIES; SHIPBUILDING AND FINNISH FORESTRY. ”
Our proposal would engage two key Finnish industries; shipbuilding and Finnish forestry. The act of making the building through sustainable processes as well as efficiently operating the building in perpetuity has informed our thinking on construction. We propose that the buildings external form is constructed in structural sections in ships steel at one of Finland’s (if not Helsinki’s) world class ship yard sites that employs and skills local people and promotes significant investment in new technologies and design. In parallel to the manufacture of the buildings exoskeleton construction, the buildings internal structural form will be detailed using Finnish crosslaminated timber panel technology (CLT), a steel overcoat and structural timber inner form.
Timber and Ship Building Industries
Forestry and Shipbuilding Industries
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CREATION OF CONTEMPORARY CIVIC SPACE “ THE THAT WOULD NOT ONLY ATTRACT VISITORS, BUT ALSO COMPEL VISITORS TO ENGAGE WITH THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
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Collection Storage & Management
Visitor Service
Programs & Events
Retail
Maintenance & Operations
Dining
Offices
Multi-Purpose Zone
Exhibition Lower
Exhibition Upper
Exhibition Lower Floor Caves
Exhibition Upper Floor Caves
Functional Diagrams
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HAVE IMAGINED OUR BUILDING AS “ WE A MAGNET FOR NEW LEARNING AND COLLABORATIVE EXPERIENCE... ”
Ground Floor Plan
Third Floor Plan
First Floor Plan
Fourth Floor Plan
Floor Plans
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Sections
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MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE PROPOSES A “ THE DRAMATIC SEQUENCE OF SPACES FROM THE MAJOR PUBLIC SPACE TO THE INTIMATE ART ‘CAVES’ WITHIN THE MAIN GALLERY.
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Primary Circulation
Approach to Main Gallery Space Views
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FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT OF “ THE SPACE WITHIN OUR PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR OPTIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND CROSS PROGRAMMING OF ACTIVITIES.
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Range of Views from Caves
Main Gallery Space Views
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GALLERY VOLUME CAN RESPOND TO “ THE ALTERNATE FORMATS AND CIRCULATION
ARRANGEMENTS TO ENCOURAGE DIFFERENT AUDIENCE EXPERIENCES.
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Long Section through the Building
Main Gallery Space Views
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“ ARCHITECTURAL SPECTACLE DAY AND NIGHT ”
View across Harbour
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BY DAY OR NIGHT, LIGHT OR DARK, “ WHETHER THE ARCHITECTURAL PERSONALITY OF OUR PROPOSAL CAN BE CREATIVELY PRESENTED TO RESPOND TO WHICHEVER CULTURAL CELEBRATION THE CALENDAR PRESENTS. FIREWORKS OR FROST, OUR ARCHITECTURE WILL BE A MUST SEE.
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View across Harbour
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Sketch Views
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MUSEUM ENVIRONMENT “ ...DYNAMIC THAT WILL CELEBRATE THE VALUE OF THE ARTISTIC PROCESS. ”
View across Harbour
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Sketch Views
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MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE “ OUR PRESENTS GENEROUS PUBLIC FORUM SPACE...ENCOURAGING A PHILOSOPHY OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL AND CONCEPTUAL ACCESS.
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Close-up Views
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Stallan-Brand
23 Newton Place, Glasgow G3 7PY, UK Email info@stallanbrand.com Office +44 (0)141-258-5015