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Little Finlandia

Little Finlandia is a unique event venue, temporary facility, and new architectural treasure in Helsinki. It is a modern, versatile wooden building with pillars made from actual tree trunks used as supporting structures both on the terrace and inside the building.

And application is made to be smooth, seamless and compatible with your current process. For those looking to build on the beauty of wood, the choice is clear.

The pavilion-like Little Finlandia is located in Helsinki city center next to Töölönlahti Bay. Operations of Finlandia Hall will be temporarily relocated to Little Finlandia until the completion of the refurbishment in Finlandia Hall in 2024. After this, the building will be transported to another location and may be used as a school or day-care center.

Basic information
  • Type of Building:
    Pavilion Building
  • Fire protection class:
    B-s1,d0
  • Fire protected:
    CLT & Glulam surfaces
  • Location:
    Helsinki, Finland
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A unique temporary meeting space based on plans by architectural students

Designed by architectural students from Aalto University, Little Finlandia was built for the City of Helsinki. The detailed plans were produced by architectural students Jaakko Torvinen, Elli Wendelin, and Havu Järvelä working together with Professor Pekka Heikkinen and Arkkitehdit NRT.

The result is a stylish, convertible, and portable temporary facility. As a temporary building, Little Finlandia provides a great solution for the space requirements of Finlandia Hall during the renovation. At the same time, Little Finlandia is also an attraction that brings people to Helsinki city center.

A modern national romantic event venue

A total of 95 pine trees with branches are used as pillars both inside the building and on the terrace. The whole tree trunks are prone to cracking as they dry, but this will not affect the structural strength of the pillars. Architect SAFA Jaakko Torvinen says that for him, the word Finlandia conjures a national romantic image of a forest of pine trees. As the area of Töölönlahti Bay also used to have more trees, he wanted to use Little Finlandia to bring trees back to the bay.

The large picture windows of the building offer a great view of Töölönlahti Bay. The view can also be enjoyed from the 127-meter terrace. Little Finlandia offers live experiences as both a building and through its versatile cultural offerings.

“It is great to see that people enjoy Little Finlandia in many different ways. Not only do they admire the building from the outside, but they also want to experience the forest-like atmosphere inside. Both the residents of the metropolitan area and tourists have claimed Little Finlandia as their own.”
- Architect SAFA Jaakko Torvinen

 

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