Article source: ALA

Kokkola wanted their currently car-inhabited center area to become obviously pedestrian (with as little effort as possible). We decided to start by placing a tree in the middle of the street. With time, while more trees are planted, the street (sufficient width dimension courtesy of Finnish traffic engineering standard) would turn more into a park, or a square.

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• ARCHITECT: ALA
• NAME OF PROJECT: Kokkola pedestrian centre
• LOCATION: Kokkola, Finland
• TYPE: Commission 2006
• STATUS: Under construction
• PROGRAM: Outdoor Areas
• CLIENT: City of Kokkola
• TEAM: Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta, Samuli Woolston with Aleksi Niemeläinen
• COLLABORATORS: JOLD/Julle Oksanen, Oliver Walther (lighting design), Aivo oy/Mikko Hynninen (sound design), Tensotech/Matti Orpana (tensile sturctures)

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