Urban Boulevards
Case Käpylä
Presentation at Laituri,
Tommy Lindgren, Kaupunkisuunnittelun lehtori, ARTS
Aalto-yliopisto
ARK-E5501 - Urban Renewal, Studio, 06.09.2015-11.12.2015
Task
Designing a future for the Käpylä Station area, through a critical use of the
”Urban Boulevards” concept and by envisioning the Helsinki of 2050.
Students
15 Graduate students (8 exchange students, 7 from Aalto)
Ala-aho, Risto; Andelin, Inka; Cederström, Jaana; He, Leisi;
Imai, Shino; Kintsurashvili, Anna; Lagos, Maria; Launonen, Tuomo;
Mutanen, Saara; Palomäki, Jutta; Polanco, Fernando; Regal, Sophie;
Roca, Beatriz Galofre; Rodrigo, María Mateos; Xu, Pei.
Teachers & Visiting lecturers
Trevor Harris, Professor / Aalto
Veikko Mäkipaja, Architect / Aalto
Esa Laaksonen, Architect / Aalto
Eero Lunden, Architect / Aalto
Tommy Lindgren, Lecturer / Aalto
Visiting Lecturers
Christina Suomi, Architect / City Planning Department
Pihla Melander, Traffic engineer / City Planning Department
Course structure
Phase I
11.9.
->
6.10.
ANALYSIS & THEMATIC SCENARIOS
GROUP 1 - Flows & Connections: Ala-aho, Risto Juhani; Mutanen, Saara Maria; Lagos, Maria
GROUP 2 - Urban Nature: Palomäki, Jutta Julia; Kintsurashvili, Anna; Regal, Sophie
GROUP 3 – Lifestyles: Andelin, Inka; He, Leisi; Cederström, Jaana Hannele; Xu, Pei; Rodrigo, María Mateos
GROUP 4 - Material World: Launonen, Tuomo; Imai, Shino; Polanco, Fernando; Roca, Beatriz Galofre
Phase II
6.10.
->
11.12.
TUUSULANVÄYLÄ BOULEVARD
INDIVIDUAL / TEAMWORK
Answering the future challenges (City growth - Environmental change - Technological progress –
Service innovation) of Helsinki and the area through a detailed design for the Tuusulanväylä-area,
centered around Käpylä Station.
FLOWS AND
CONNECTIONS
LIFESTYLES
MATERIAL
WORLD
URBAN
NATURE
Phase II - Identified Challenges for Tuusulanväylä
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The required densities and flows for ”an urban environment”
of diverse functions and users to thrive.
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The linear nature of the site.
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Health and quality of life questions.
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Käpylä Station as a design problem.
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The changing nature of housing, work, services, and mobility.
Reviews on the
th
11 of December
Exhibition
at LAITURI
st
th
1 - 27 February!