Oulu Travel Centre in Finland by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki + Architects m3

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The design area is located by the railway, at the junction of City of Oulu’s urban fabric, where the low and small-scale district of Puu-Raksila meets with the more high-rising city centre. The design joins together these two different scales and construction methods, which, at the same time, creates an areal entity with a distinctive and attractive identity.

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• Architects: Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki + Architects m3
• Project: Oulu Travel Centre
• Location: Oulu, Finland
• Rendering: Brick Visual
• Team: Ilmari Lahdelma,Rainer Mahlamäki, Janne Pihlajaniemi, Kari Nykänen, Jukka Savolainen, Petri Saarelainen, Teemu Seppälä, Laura Iivarinen, Heidi Siitonen, Taavi Henttonen, Joona Hulmi, Julius Seniunas, Cristian Stoian, Hanna Kosunen, Ville Rautiainen.
• Landscape architecture:  Maisema-arkkitehtitoimisto Näkymä Oy
• Traffic Planner: Plaana Oy
• Cost Consultant and Real Estate: Rakennusinsinööritoimisto Rimako Oy
• Gross floor areas:
  • Residential blocks: 65 000 m2
  • Office buildings: 10 000 m2
  • Travel Services Centre: 32 800 m2
• Results: January 2017

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The heart of the area is the Travel Services Centre and its two public open urban spaces. The curvilinear shapes of the Travel Services Centre and the multi-arena belonging to it radiate the impact of their urban image far beyond both sides of the railway. The Travel Services Centre also forms a natural hub of public transport, where it is made easy to change from one transport mode to another.

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The residential blocks combine the scale of nearby apartment blocks and the architecture of small-scale residential buildings. The residential blocks are formed of varying-scaled buildings with up to eight floors, which bound intimate, wind-protected residential block courtyards.

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Tags: Finland, Oulu

Categories: Apartments, City, City Center, Housing Development, Mixed use, Residential, Urban Design

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