Project Collections: Guggenheim Helsinki

Type: Design CompetitionYear: 2014Size: 140,000 SFThis entry envisions the Guggenheim Helsinki as a premier destination for avant-garde art and Finnish design, drawing visitors from around the world, while playing a vital role in everyday life for residents through its expanded civic... full entry

Feather – sense of lightness, gentleness, grace. It characterizes with slightly bend silhouette, symmetry and its structure that thins-away at the periphery, finishing in a virtually invisible line on a semi-transparent border. It separates the inside from the outside (subjective from... full entry

Blurring the boundaries of institutional and public programming in a welcoming and civic-minded gesture, our proposal for the Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition is an iconic landmark at the water’s edge that provides the city with a large public covered space, a rooftop promenade, and a... full entry

"The Loop" is a dramatic yet efficient response to the conditions created by the Guggenheim and its placement on the Helsinki waterfront. Situated on a beautiful site where the sea meets the city, the project bridges both nature and culture, seamlessly articulated into a singular presence.The... full entry

the ideaThe port. The contact line between the city and the water. How do you combine culture (the museum) with nature (the sea)? We looked for the answer in the local landscape. In Finland there is a multitude of typical stone islands with traditional wooden houses, often on poles... full entry

The design of the new Guggenheim for Helsinki is a study in counterpoints: between the more traditional values of Finland and the more progressive values of Helsinki, between materials and between technologies. Contrast is also explored through the three distinct architectural components that make... full entry

Helsinki is slowly undergoing a transition from an economical center of Finland to an expressive art & cultural hub under the influence of art and technology. In response, the proposed design possesses a strong identity where the architecture itself is undergoing a transition under different... full entry

Visit Our Website for more details about this project.In this project, the design intention is to lift the building as high as possible and to create high quality public space on street level for public use. The created space between galleries on upper floors and street levels under the... full entry

CITYSCAPE    Perception of form is not an event totally devoid of any influence of the environment. That is why the form of the new Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki is not involved exclusively in the presentation of itself or defining a new spatial language detached from place. Through... full entry

Standing at the very intersection of East and West… A knot is formed in the grain of an international community. Progressive and steadfast, the concept of a new global icon in Helsinki becomes juxtaposed between traditions explored and innovations uncharted; civic opportunity and ecological... full entry

A new identity to the cultural quarter of Helsinki is formulated with the architecture of the Guggenheim simultaneously defining and connecting space. The museum acts as the portal and threshold to this cultural domain, linking in with the old and new amenities in the area as well as the other... full entry

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The design of the new Guggenheim Museum is simple and strong to work as a Landmark to the city. Its shape arise from the “Genius Loci”.  The bi-directional axis of the urban grid defines the twisted movement of the volume. To mark the breathtaking panoramic views of the side, the... full entry

Concept DescriptionA clear set of priorities were established early in the design process for the new Guggenheim.  There are countless museum prototypes, most of which tend toward form giving.  What is it about this site, this program and this client that will make this building unique... full entry

In Helsinki, together with Arup, we developed a gathering of eight soft volumes of varying sizes and undulating heights that reflect the surroundings while creating a porous urban condition. The pavilions lightly intersect with one another leading to a central plaza and a... full entry