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Guggenheim museum
Type: Open call Competition
Site: Helsinki/Finland
Size: 12000 m2
Project status: Concept
Year: August 2014
Stability Engineers: Bureau Greish.
Sustainability & HVAC Engineers: VKgroup.
Rendring: MAV/ Mohamed Aouam.
The retail store is located on ground floor level at the city side while the restaurant is situated on the waterfront and will provide outdoor seating.
The Guggenheim Museum has an atypical atrium running as an infinity loop throughout the building. It will support different functions as exhibitions, performances, lectures, etc. The atrium of the vertical aisles of the building has a slope with straight walls revaluating the unique aspect of the original Guggenheim Museum. One vertical aisle will attend the exhibitions of artists while the other aisle is reserved as a center of education for research and upcoming public artists such as students. The platform that connects both aisle will work as a social interaction between the public and the artists. The upper horizontal bar is dedicated to the main exposition of the Guggenheim museum.
The façade is composed by an excellent airtight thermal building skin. It is designed by fixed wooden Nordic spruce louvers stacked in a way to create optimal light for optimal functionality of the spaces, to provide a sustainable and durable design, and to ensure a strong mass volume to its surrounding.