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Architectural intersections: Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Esa Laaksonen
Esa Laaksonen
Affiliation:
Friman-Laaksonen-Nieminen Architects, Laivanvarustajankatu 2D, 00140 HelsinkiFinland
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Abstract

Steven Hollwon an international competition for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland, based on the concept of intertwining or ‘chiasma’. That idea stems from the museum's site, which stands at the point where the city and Töölö Bay, the commercial core and the Parliament building come together. Intertwining also characterizes the form of the building, in which a gallery wing twists over and around a rectangular block, separated by a tall, curving entry hall dominated by a broad ramp. The museum has a few functional lapses, but is generally successful.

Type
Design
Information
arq: Architectural Research Quarterly , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , March 1999 , pp. 15 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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References

Arkkitehtuurikilpailuja, (1993). The Open Nordic/Baltic Design Competition for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki. Jury Report: Ist Prize p.15. Merged with Arkkitehti: The Finnish Architectural Review 6/93.Google Scholar
Arkkitehtiuutiset, (1994). Letters pages 4 June 1994 and subsequent issues.Google Scholar
Holl, S. (1993). ‘Chiasma – Notes on Design’ in Arkkitehti: The Finnish Architectural Review, 4/5 1993, pp. 24–31. (‘Close-up on Steven Holl’, an interview with Pirkko-Liisa Louhenjoki appears on pp.16–23 of the same issue.)Google Scholar