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GENERAL CONCEPT

The general concept of the ARTSITE 123-proposal is as follows:

The site area on the west side of the south harbor from the Palace Hotel to the first Olympia Terminal is
quite generous. There is really more space than needed for example one Guggenheim Helsinki Museum. In fact
there is adequate space for three museums of Guggenheim size if 2-story solutions are implemented.

The proposal lays out 3 sites called ARTSITE 1,2&3, which can be exploited in 3 stages. The buildings
themselves are assigned the names ART TERMINAL 1,2&3.

SITE: ARTSITE 1
STAGE: STAGE 2
BUILDING: ART TERMINAL 1
MUSEUM: The Museum of Finnish Architecture & The Design Museum of Helsinki
ALTERNATIVE USAGE: The new Port Terminal building + office areas
or 4-story office building (2 inserted mezzanine floors)

SITE: ARTSITE 2
STAGE: STAGE 1
BUILDING: ART TERMINAL 2
MUSEUM: The Helsinki Museum of Modern Art or (The Guggenheim Helsinki Museum)

SITE: ARTSITE 3
STAGE: STAGE 3
BUILDING: ART TERMINAL 3
MUSEUM: Future museum expansion
or The Museum of Finnish Architecture or The Design Museum of Helsinki
ALTERNATIVE USAGE: Education, Offices, Shipping Terminal

The 3 Art Terminal buildings can also be connected via glass-enclosed bridges at the +10,60 meter level
forming an ARTWALK through all the Art Galleries at this level.
All 3 Art Terminal buildings could be designed as one architectural entity or each site could be allocated
to 3 different architects.

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PERSPECTIVE FROM NORTHEAST ART TERMINAL 1,2&3

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PERSPECTIVE FROM SOUTHWEST ART TERMINAL 1,2&3

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ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT

The city of Helsinki needs a new museum of modern art. Helsinki of course needs great architecture, which it
already has in multitude. Helsinki does not need starchitecture (e.g. titanium-clad sculptures resembling
spaceships or starship cruisers) in order to house art galleries for modern art. The museum building itself
does not need to be a sculptural artifact or a standalone art piece into which modern art pieces should be
crammed. This way of misinterpreting the museum building’s function is unfortunately common practice in
recent museum projects.

The ARTSITE 123-proposal is not a high key nor a low-key architectural design but more of a moderate,
efficient, eco-friendly, sustainable, low cost but beautiful Finnish massive timber solution. The
construction elements of the building consist as far as possible of solid wood. The solid wood elements are
comprised of glulam-beams, glulam-columns and super-plywood. All interior wall finishes are solid wood. The
building’s structure is actually the finished building. The interior surfaces need only one coat of oil,
varnish or paint. No gypsum boards are needed. The exterior cladding is horizontal glulam timber or
horizontal planking of Cedar alternatively Larchwood. Insulation in exterior walls is eco-fiber. Roof
cladding is a Sedum greenroof.

The solid wood concept can of course be substituted for a building constructed of steel and concrete and
clad with white marble from Carrara, Italy, which would not be CO2-neutral. Transport of heavy building
materials and the curing of wet concrete requires significant energy losses, which equals CO2-spillage into
the atmosphere.

The solid wood solution is the clear winner and low cost is a bonus.

All art galleries have a simple rectangular shape in order to enhance the perception of the presented art.
One or 2 walls in each art gallery are slightly acoustically angled in order to enhance musical perception
if the art has an acoustical ingredient. Windows in the art galleries can be closed with interior shutters.

The ceiling height on the ground floor and first floor art galleries is 6,0 meters except in the mezzanine
area which has an office and restroom height of 2,7 meters.

The construction grid or planning grid is 9,6 x 9,6 meters giving a building grid dimension of 76,8 x 76,8
meters = 5960 m2 of gross building area including exterior walls.

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ARCHITECTURAL CONCEPT

The ground floor concrete slab is finished with black marble or mosaic cement. Both these alternative
finishes shall be grooved in certain areas for non-slip function.

The first floor slab is solid wood type super-plywood and is actually the finished floor.

Regarding architectural detail, please refer to the attached drawings.

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OUTDOOR CAFÉ 120 SEATS

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DINING 179 SEATS
+3,05 m

KITCHEN STORAGE ETC.

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KITCHEN MAINTENANCE
MECHANICAL

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STAGE
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ESCALATOR DOWN
CONFERENCE HALL 276 SEATS

ART ELEVATOR
ART STORAGE &
MULTI-PURPOSE MANAGEMENT
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ATRIUM

TOTAL FLOOR AREA

5 207,04 m!
STAFF PROJ. STORAGE
D LOADING DOCK
CLASSROOM / LABORATORY MAIN ENTRANCE +3,1 m

WOMEN
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GROUND FLOOR 5207,04 m2 TOTAL MUSEUM AREA 12022,47 m2
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MEN
OFFICE STORAGE
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OPEN OFFICE AREA
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B ADMINISTRATION

OFFICES & CONFERENCE

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MEZZANINE 1347,84 m2
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GALLERY 3 GALLERY 4 GALLERY 8 GALLERY 9
144,00 m! 144,00 m! 144,00 m! 144,00 m!

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GALLERY 5 GALLERY 6
345,60 m! 345,60 m!
GALLERY 2 GALLERY 1 GALLERY 7 GALLERY 10
144,00 m! 144,00 m! 144,00 m! 144,00 m!

LOBBY
470,77 m2
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345,60 m! 334,08 m!

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GALLERY 12
334,08 m!

GALLERY 17
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RESTROOMS

GALLERY 16 GALLERY 15 GALLERY 14 GALLERY 13

576,00 m! 322,56 m! 319,68 m! 576,00 m!
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FIRST FLOOR 5608,69 m2 TOTAL ART GALLERY AREA 4996,80 m2
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SEDUM GREENROOF

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ROOF LEVEL 5898,24 m2
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+18,10
ROOF LEVEL

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PERSPECTIVE OF MULTI-PURPOSE ATRIUM ART TERMINAL 2

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PERSPECTIVE OF MULTI-PURPOSE ATRIUM ART TERMINAL 2

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BUILDING FLOOR AREAS PER ART TERMINAL
ART TERMINAL 1
GROUND FLOOR: 4631 m2
FUNCTIONS: Main entrance
Visitor screening
Coat check
Restrooms
Design store 630 m2
Multi-purpose atrium 770 m2
Conference hall 276 seats 576 m2
Café 144 seats
Outdoor café 120 seats
Dining 179 seats
Kitchen
Maintenance
Art Storage & Management
Loading dock
Lockers for personnel
MEZZANINE: 1060 m2
FUNCTIONS: Offices & administration
Storage
FIRST FLOOR: 4892 m2
FUNCTIONS: Lobby 470 m2
Restrooms
Art Galleries 4421 m2 (500 m2 additional area compared to Guggenheim Helsinki
Design Competition requirements)
TOTAL BUILDING FLOOR AREA: 10582 m2

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BUILDING FLOOR AREAS PER ART TERMINAL
ART TERMINAL 2
GROUND FLOOR: 5207 m2
FUNCTIONS: Main entrance
Visitor screening
Coat check
Restrooms
Design store 630 m2
Multi-purpose atrium 770 m2
Conference hall 276 seats 576 m2
Café 144 seats
Outdoor café 120 seats
Dining 179 seats
Kitchen
Maintenance
Art Storage & Management
Loading dock
Lockers for personnel
MEZZANINE: 1348 m2
FUNCTIONS: Offices & administration
Storage
FIRST FLOOR: 5609 m2
FUNCTIONS: Lobby 470 m2
Restrooms
Art Galleries 4997 m2 (1000 m2 additional area compared to Guggenheim Helsinki
Design Competition requirements)
TOTAL BUILDING FLOOR AREA: 12022 m2

ART TERMINAL 3 same as ART TERMINAL 2

TOTAL BUILDING FLOOR AREA: 12022 m2

ART TERMINAL 1,2&3

GRAND TOTAL BUILDING FLOOR AREA: 34626 m2

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