LOCATION: HELSINKI, FINLAND
COMPETITION PROPOSAL: 04/2012
CLIENT: CITY OF HELSINKI
AUTHORS: MAREK AND ŠTĚPÁN CHALUPA
COLLABORATION: TOMÁŠ HORALÍK, JAKUB CHUCHLÍK, MICHAL ROSICKÝ, MATEJ RUŠČÁK
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING: IVAN NĚMEC / NĚMEC POLÁK
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING: MICHAL POKORNÝ / M3M
HVAC : JAN ŽEMLIČKA, JIŘÍ CAJTHAML, KATEŘINA KUKLOVÁ / PBA
FIRE PREVENTION: MIROSLAV PRAXL / AMPENG
DAYLIGHT: JAN KAŇKA
VISUALISATION: ŠTĚPÁN DOKOUPIL, LUKÁŠ FIŠER / CGARCH
GROSS FLOOR AREA: 16 000 M2
ESTIMATED COSTS: € 69 900 000
THE HELSINKI CENTRAL LIBRARY (HCL)
- REFLECTS IMPORTANT RELATIONS PRESENT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AND
- REFLECTS THE CONTEMPORARY MISSION OF LIBRARY AS AN OPEN INSTITUTION.
THE HCL BUILDING IS AN URBAN BLOCK.
THE HCL BUILDING IS AN INDIVIDUAL, SOLITARY STRUCTURE.
THE MAIN VERTICAL FRONT FAÇADE OF THE HCL BUILDING IS FACING THE HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT.
THE SHAPED ROOFSCAPE IS COMPOSED IN A RELATION TO GROUP OF NATURAL PARKS AND THE TÖÖLÖNLAHTI BAY.
THE GENERAL SHAPING OF THE HCL BUILDING INTERPRETS THE ALVAR AALTO’S SPATIAL CONCEPT ESTABLISHING AXIS.
GOAL
ASIDE FROM USUAL PARAMETERS CLASSIFYING THE STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WE ALSO SEE AS CRUCIAL ESTABLISHING A GOOD AND EVERLASTING MAIN SPATIAL CONCEPT AND PRECISELY DEFINE THE RELATIONS TO THE SURROUNDINGS.
OUR GOAL IS TO DESIGN THE LIBRARY SO AS TO CREATE SUCH AN ENVIRONMENT AND ATMOSPHERE THAT IT WILL LURE ONE TO COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN WITHOUT KNOWING EXACTLY WHY.