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Helsinki Museum of Architecture and Design Competition News
16 September 2024
623 architectural designs submitted to Stage 1
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Photos: Lauri Rotko and Arvo-Kajantie
Museum of Architecture and Design Competition, Helsinki
The Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design and the Real Estate Company ADM have revealed details of the 623 designs submitted to Stage 1 of their international open design competition for a new museum building in Helsinki’s South Harbour. The design proposals are revealed in an event at Helsinki Design Week on September 12, and in an online gallery.
The open call for entries ran from 15 April to 29 August 2024 and asked for conceptual proposals for a new 10,050 sq m (GFA) museum building on a prominent and historic site on Helsinki’s South Harbour. All entries were submitted anonymously and will now be assessed by an international jury of leading architects, cultural experts and policymakers before a selection of finalists is invited to progress to Stage 2 of the competition in December 2024.
Presentations at the September 12 event will include a keynote by Paola Antonelli (MoMA, New York), and panel discussions led by Maria Budtz Sørensen (DVDL Cultural Planners) and Kieran Long (Amos Rex, Helsinki) a live stream of the event can be accessed here: https://secure.wooli.fi/i/ad-museo-helsinki-design-week
Finland’s Minister of Science and Culture Sari Multala said:
“Our new Museum of Architecture and Design is be a landmark project that celebrates Finland’s rich legacy in design and architecture. This competition is an important step in creating a space that honors our strong cultural heritage in design and architecture, which are treasured by our people and admired worldwide. The Finnish government is deeply committed to supporting this project, recognizing its significance inspiring future generations.”
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Museum of Architecture and Design Competition, Helsinki, Finland
Mayor of Helsinki, Juhana Vartiainen said:
“The architecture competition for the new Museum of Architecture and Design will introduce a new landmark to the cityscape of Helsinki in a hugely significant site on the waterfront of the city’s South Harbour. This is a project that will strengthen the appeal and ambition of the city of Helsinki as a design and architecture destination, and we are overwhelmed by the quality of the responses to the competition”
The new museum of architecture and design in Helsinki, Finland, is planned to open in 2030 and will combine the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum Helsinki. The newly-formed collection will contain over 900,000 artefacts, including objects, correspondence, models and photographs documenting the work of internationally-famed practitioners such as Aino and Alvar Aalto, Eero Aarnio, Maija Isola, Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Paavo Tynell, and design brands such as Marimekko, Nokia and Fiskars.
The central mission of the new museum will be “democratising the tools of design”, drawing on the history and present of Finnish and Nordic architecture and design to guide a programme of public activities that will look at how design thinking and skills are relevant to the challenges we face as individuals and societies in a rapidly changing world.
Kaarina Gould, CEO of the Finnish Architecture and Design Museum Foundation and member of the jury, said:
“The competition brief for Finland’s new National Museum of Architecture and Design is an ambitious vision that embraces the museum’s civic role in democratizing access to the tools of design. We seek an architecturally unique building that meets high sustainability goals while being a welcoming and inspiring space—an active hub of engagement and creativity for many, and a place of calm and reflection for others. The jury has been deeply impressed by the thoughtful and innovative interpretations from architects and creative teams on how the new museum can best serve our communities.”
Between 3 and 5 entries will be selected to progress to Stage 2, where concepts will be developed into viable proposals. The entrants selected for Stage 2 of the competition will be notified in December 2024, with Stage 2 opening in February and running until the end of May 2025. The final result of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
Each team selected for Stage 2 will receive a payment of €50,000 in two instalments: €30,000 at the beginning of Stage 2 and €20,000 on completion. At the end of the competition the Jury will award prizes of €50,000, €35,000 and €25,000 for first, second and third place, with purchase options of €20,000 for the remaining two designs.
photo © Arvo-Kajantie
Photography by Lauri Rotko and Arvo-Kajantie
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