The competition for Finland’s New Museum of Architecture and Design was launched in April of this year, about seven-and-a-half years after the City Council voted not to fund the construction of the Guggenheim Helsinki for the same site in the city’s South Harbour. As such, the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design was established and a NEW competition ensued: below is our submission (which ended up being too curvilinear/the jury essentially went for almost exactly the original design)
The main concept was to lift the Muesum above the water’s reach, and create a unique (and ethereal) public space below in the vein of Will Aslop, with echos of footsteps and waves and voices all around.
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Exterior Perspectives
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Conceptual Sketches
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Program
coming soon
The Competition Jury:
–Mikko Aho (Chair), Architect SAFA; Vice Chair, Vice-Chair of Real Estate Company ADM
–Juha Lemström (Vice Chair), Architect SAFA; Chair, Real Estate Company ADM
–Gus Casely-Hayford, Director, V&A East
–Beatrice Galilee, Architect; Executive Director, The World Around
–Kaarina Gould, CEO, Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design
–Salla Hoppu, Architect SAFA; Leading Architect, City of Helsinki
–Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General, Ministry of Education and Culture, Department for Art and Cultural Policy
–Beate Hølmebakk, Architect, Professor, Partner, Manthey Kula Architects
–Matti Kuittinen, Architect, Associate Professor, Aalto University
–Miklu Silvanto, Chief Design Officer, ŌURA; Board Member, AD Museum
–Anni Sinnemäki, Deputy Mayor for Urban Environment, City of Helsinki
–Sari Nieminen, Architect SAFA, Architectural Office Sari Nieminen
–Hannu Tikka, Architect SAFA, Professor, APRT Architects