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kaupunki tilassa
as i mentioned in passing yesterday, there is an exhibition on in the finnish architecture museum at the moment thats called “kaupunki tilassa” (city and space). it takes the city of helsinki as the background and five proposals for different areas of the city are highlighted (as you can see in the image above the […]
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silta
i just love stuff like this: laajasalon yhdistämiseksi helsingin kantakaupunkiin suunnitellaan nyt sillan ja tunnelin yhdistelmää. uuden suunnitelman mukaan 350 metriä pitkä läppäsilta yhdistäisi ensin katajanokan hylkysaareen. sieltä yhteys jatkuisi meren alla kilometrin pituisessa tunnelissa laajasaloon. sillalla ja tunnelissa menisivät kevyenliikenteen väylä sekä raitiovaunu. helsingin sanomat basically a proposed underwater tunnel that will be used […]
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kamppi
just after i moved to helsinki a hole in the centre of the city appeared. i dont really have any memories of what was there before. back in the summer of 2003 i showed a photo of the big hole in the ground. well the whole project is pretty much finished now – ahead of […]
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new town
following on from this a few years back, the adamstown development in dublin has just gone on sale. people started queueing yesterday to buy houses from the first phase. more information here in todays irish times.
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new bay
ive started doing some research for my thesis – lots of looking through old maps of helsinki. some amazing old drawings by the finnish architectural masters over the last century or so. more on my thesis itself over the next few months – but for the time being some other stuff. above is a design […]