The Artek - Vitra Education Center
Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland - Spring 2014. Study Abroad Semester, Comprehensive Studio.
Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts + Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Helsinki has a proud architectural heritage. In my project I hope to embody and engage this heritage. My building becomes the abstraction of the site’s surrounding facades. The structure finds its proportion from its neighboring buildings, which provides a connection between the traditional and the modern. The lower floors are public but as you ascend the higher floors become more private.
The Idea is to minimally impact the site, like a jewel box, where the language of the existing traditional architecture is blurred into the new structure providing a physical space that denotes the rich history and fitting future of the Artek business in Helsinki.
