Transformation of Töölönlahti Bay, Helsinki by COBE & Lundén Architecture

Create a citizen entertainment culture square.

2015-11-18

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设计公司: :; COBE
位置: :; Denmark Finland
类型: :; Landscape
标签: :; Helsinki Place scale

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在赫尔辛基，没有一块区域像Töölönlahti湾区那样具有争议性。许多名声显赫的建筑师，从阿尔瓦·阿尔托到埃利尔·沙里宁，都对这一城市中心的自然湾区该如何开发进行过大胆的想象。有的提案建议将该区改造为文化纪念中心，有的建议对整片区域进行彻底地城市开发。然而，没有一个提案能被完整地实现出来。

1800年代晚期赫尔辛基发展迅速，城市中心，尤其是Töölönlahti地区快速转型，从自然湾区成为工业区，水质遭到污染。因为水位低，水体的富营养化非常严重，有人曾预言如果再不加以干预，Töölönlahti地区将会变为沼泽，直至最终消失。

丹麦建筑事务所COBE和芬兰建筑事务所Lundén Architecture合作，为芬兰首都赫尔辛基中心区的改造提出了一个大胆的方案——一个市民的娱乐和文化公园。

There are few areas in Helsinki that have been as discussed as the Töölönlahti bay area. Many prestigious architects from Alvar Aalto to Eliel Saarinen have proposed bold visions for how this natural bay area in the heart of the city should be developed. These visions have ranged from transforming the site into a cultural monument, to using the entire area for urban development. None, however, have been fully realised.

Rapid development of Helsinki in the late 1800s began a transformation of the city centre, especially in the Töölönlahti bay area. The naturally occurring bay area, part of the unique Finnish skerries, was occupied by factories that polluted the water. Due to a low level of water circulation, water eutrophication continues to this day. It is predicted that without intervention, the bay will turn into a swamp before eventually drying out completely.

Danish architects COBE and Finnish Lundén Architecture in collaboration with N2 have designed an ambitious proposal for the transformation of the heart of Finland’s capital, Helsinki, to a recreational and cultural citizens park.

COBE创意总监Dan Stubbergaard告诉gooood：“Töölönlahti是赫尔辛基中心一颗被遗忘的珍珠，它位于Töölö和Kallio街区，奥林匹克公园，中央车站和市中心之间，自身及其周围的环境是21世纪赫尔辛基城市发展至关重要的场所。它的周围林立着许多文化地标：歌剧院、赫尔辛基音乐厅、芬兰议会中心、Kiasma博物馆等等，Töölönlahti的地理位置堪称独一无二。”

该项目将这一将赫尔辛基市中心一分为二、污染严重的湾区改造成迷人的城市绿肺，同时将市中心整合为一体。新的人行道和自行车道将重新连接起湾区周边的街区，提供多功能的滨水长廊，同时清理被污染的水质。

”Töölönlahti bay area is a forgotten pearl in the heart of Helsinki. Its location between the neighborhoods of Töölö and Kallio, the olympic park, the central station and the city centre, makes the bay and its surroundings a place of great importance in 21st century Helsinki. Surrounded by a series of cultural icons such as the Opera House, Helsinki Music Centre, Finlandia Hall congress center, Kiasma Museum among others, the Töölönlahti bay is situated in a completely unique urban setting,” says Dan Stubbergaard, Founder and Creative Director of COBE.

The project transforms the polluted bay, currently dividing Helsinki city centre in two, into an attractive green heart, which unifies the city. The project proposes new pedestrian and bicycle routes that will reconnect the surrounding neighborhoods with the bay area and provides an eventful promenade along the water, as well as cleaning the currently polluted bay.

Dan Stubbergaard说：“我们想要将Töölönlahti归还给市民。通过一个全面的、大胆的净水规划，目前被污染的湾区会成为赫尔辛基主要的城市中心空间。市民夏天可以在这里游泳、晒日光浴、享受傍晚的咖啡。就像上世纪90年代末哥本哈根中心湾区的净水计划一样，这有可能成为赫尔辛基城市振兴的一剂催化剂。新的公共功能、餐厅、咖啡厅、会议设施、旅馆、住宅等开发项目会为实现这一愿景提供经济基础。”

Lundén Architecture总监Eero Lundén补充道：“这一新的愿景规划不仅仅关于加强现有的环境品质，更是关于引入新的项目、新的公共空间，为所有的赫尔辛基人创造出一个新的市民公园。”

”We want to give Töölönlahti back to the people. Through a comprehensive and ambitious water purification plan, the currently polluted bay will become Helsinki’s main central urban space. A place where people from all over the city will swim in the water, sunbathe in the summer sun and drink evening coffee along the promenade. Like the purification of Copenhagen’s central har bour area at the end of the nineties, this could be a catalyst that begins a major revitalization of Helsinki. New public functions, restaurants, cafés, conference facilities, a hotel and housing will create an economic basis for implementing this grand vision,” says Dan Stubbergaard.

Eero Lundén, Director of Lundén Architecture, adds: ”The new vision is as much about enhancing the existing qualities and conditions, as introducing new programs and public spaces in order to create a new citizens park for all of Helsinki.”