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Per Olav Berg
Photo: Trond Joelson
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Te copper covering o the spires was renewed in 1972-73. Te
100-year-old roo covering had cracks and was leaking, and needed
to be replaced together with parts o the timber construction.
Already a couple o years later, cracks in the new copper sheeting
were discovered, particularly in the swinging part o the spire.
Since then, mechanical and thermal conditions have aected the
copper sheeting and in several places destroyed attachments on the
underside o the roo.
Tere are many theories about what went wrong with the covering
o the two main spires. Could it be a aulty seaming technique?
Or has poor ventilation caused the air to stay inside the roo, thuspressing the copper sheeting outwards? oday, all damaged wood
in the spires have been replaced and a new roo covering, using
approximately 10 tons o 0.75 mm sot, untreated copper, has been
done using new methods that will ensure a long lie.
Te roo above the crossing is no longer impregnated. Te
enormous beams are made o Douglas r. Tey are so big that they
cannot be lited by a crane when connected, but will have to be
test-assembled on the ground, then separated and lited up piece by
piece, to be assembled nally on the roo. One o the pieces, the
central beam, measures 320 x 320 mm, is 15.20 metres long and
weighs approximately 1,100 kg.
Douglas r, which resembles larch, contains a lot o resin and tan
substance, which make it resistant to decay and ungus. Oak is used
or brick-wall support and base beams at the roo rame. Some o
the wood is Fleet oak, rom oak trees planted ater the deeat o
the Danish feet in 1807. Te carpentry contractor responsible or
the woodwork has in addition engaged three Swiss and German
carpenters with the greatest expertise wearing in black costumes
with shiny buttons and big hats and with special experience in
renovating old timber constructions in European churches usingsophisticated tools.
When all carpentry has been completed, the roo will be covered
with about 20 tons o 0.75-mm sot copper sheeting. Once again
people will be able to enjoy the tall silhouette o the Cathedral rom
a distance or the next 100 years to come as there is nothing now
that eats the copper rom the inside.
It took a ew years, at a cost o 100 million crowns. But so what,
when you think about what we otherwise spend millions on!
Phot
o:PeterGjevertPetersen
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Architects Hvidt & Mlgaard A/S
Timber Jnsson A/S
Copper John A. Hansen (The two towers)Bravidan Danmark A/S (The crossing)
Photo: Flemming Pl
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5 BotanicheskayaStreet, hotel,Moscow
The building was completed in 2007. The clad-ding material is Nordic Green, o which two di-
erent surace types have been intentionally used
on the aade. The aade has been realised with
the Aluwall aade system. The aade o the
12-storey hotel is mainly o copper and glass
construction, with a vertical sun moti on part o
the aade.
Architects Popov & Partners. Main designer architect Dmitriy Viktorovich.
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4/7 VozdvizhenkaStreet, seven-
storey oceblock, Moscow
The administrative oce o the President
is located in this building designed by Archi-
tects Popov & Co, with architect Vershinsky
Dmitriy Viktorovich as the main designer. The
building was completed in 2008.
The aade material is Nordic Green copper
with surace type Traditional. The aade has
been realised with the Aluwall aade system
The metal aade o the building with copper
surace sheets plays the role o a small-scale
modernistic eature in the townscape.
Architects Popov & Partners. Main designer architect Dmitriy Viktorovich.
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Project de Jonas
ROC Hengelo, The Netherlands
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COPPER DECONSTRUCTIONA major sports building in Budapest, Hungary mutates its straightorward rectangular
plan into a complex aceted copper rooscape.
The building in Csrsz Street is a simple one as ar as
its foor plan is concerned. It is made up o two squares
o identical area, one o them housing the gym hall withgrandstand seating, the other containing a swimming-pool
with auxiliary acilities wrapped around in an L-shape. The
circulation system linking both unctions is clearly presented:
the two blocks are both separated and connected by open
and enclosed public circulation spaces on two levels. This
arrangement also separates bareoot pedestrians rom
those in ootwear.
But it is at roo level that the designers T2.a Architects
reveal the true orm o this extraordinary building. Here a
series o apparently random, aceted planes all clad in
copper deconstruct the regular cube orms below. Viewed
rom Csrsz Street or rom the longitudinal aade to theadjacent gardens, the building suggests ragmented pieces
o a broken shell. Some o the copper planes interlink to
orm a continuous roo surace, while others generate
areas o vertical glazing between them to provide generous
natural lighting into the spaces below. These copper planes
carry over to vertical suraces dropping down rom the roo
area to meet the rendered walls below.
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Client: Budapest-Hegyvidk, District 12, Local Authority
Architect: Gbor Turnyi, BenceTurnyi (T2.a Architects Ltd.) Fellow-architects: Zsolt Frikker, Andrs Gde, Orsolya Gnczi,
Lszl Fldes, Barnabs Lris, Pter Mrk,Eszter Mszros, Levente Skultti,Zoltn Stein, Mikls Vannay
Working drawing: Maczelka Lszl (Materv Ltd.) Fellow-architect: Barnabs Balai Interior design: Szabolcs Nagy-Miticzky (TrAlkot Ltd.) Fellow-architects: Bence Srkny, dm Vesztergom Structure: Zoltn V. Nagy, Zsolt Inokai, Dr. Jzse Almsi Plumbing & HVAC: Attila Braun, Istvn Tth Electrical Planning: Gbor Br, Mikls Tornallyay Public utilities: Attila BrSwimming-pool technology: Zoltn Sallai Photo: Zsolt Batr
Further inormation
A critical article exploring the dephilosophy o the building was wby Jen Kapy and published in 91issue o Alaprajz magazine in Huor more ino visit www.archiweb
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ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
By Chris Hodson
In this 8-page eature, architect Chris Hodson looks at dierent as-
pects o a particularly infuential British housing project. Following
this project overview is a closer building study o one house design,
then a discussion about the architectural role o copper and nally
detailed design o a particular copper-clad building element.
A NEW PARADIGM FOR URBAN HOUSING
Te site, ormerly occupied by low-rise gov-
ernment oces built in the 1940s, lies to
one side o Brooklands Avenue, close to the
Botanic Gardens and the railway stationin south Cambridge. Te locality is char-
acterised by large terraced and individual
19th century villas. Accordia is a strategi-
cally important new residential quarter or
Cambridge and the last major undeveloped
browneld site close to the city centre, in
a key position between the city and open
elds. As a result, the municipal plan-
ning authority insisted that the developer
Countryside Properties employed good
designers to maximise the unique opportu-
nities presented by the site.
Accordia is thereore the result o an unu-
sual collaboration between three o the
UKs most highly regarded architects led
by master-planners Feilden Clegg Bradley
Studios (FCBS) with associate architects
Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor
Lavington working closely with land-
scape architects Grant Associates and other
consultants. Building work started on site
in September 2003 and still continues to-
day. Te development comprises 212 houses
and 166 apartments on a 9.5 hectare site at
a density o 40 dwellings per hectare over-
all including landscape spaces. In addition
to master-planning, Feilden Clegg Bradley
Studios designed 230 o the dwellings and
subcontracted 30% to Maccreanor Laving-
ton and 10% to Alison Brooks Architects to
design the rest.
Photo: Chris Hodson
Photo: Chris Hodson Photo: Peter Cook, View Pictures
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ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
Photo: Chris Hodson Photo: Chris Hodso
Photo: Tim Crocke
Photo: Countryside Properties
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ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
Copper has an essential role in the limited palette o materials throughout Accordi aincluding vertical acades, distinctive bay windows (seen on the let and discussed onpage 31) and dramatic curved roos (seen on the right and dis cussed on page 28-29).
COMMENTS FROM THE STIRLING PRIZE AWARD JURY ON ACCORDIA
highdensityhousingatitsverybest,demonstratingthatvolumehouse-builders can deliver high quality architecture.
anewmodelforoutside-insidelifewithinteriorrooftopspaces,internal courtyards and large semi-public community gardensthere is common land where children saely play.
thelandscapearchitectdeservesjointcreditalongwiththethreefrms o architects. Together they have created a place that is bothsingular and cohesive so much so in act that it is hard to tell whereone architects designs stop and those o another start; wherelandscaping ends and architecture begins.
thisisarchitecturethattreatsadultsasgrown-upsandchildrenaspeople with dierent needs.
anexhilaratingprojectwhichadheredtothetenetsofmodernism,one that reinstates values that were lost rom housing in the latterpart o the 20th centurydelivering light and resh air at high density.
aparadigmshiftinBritishhousing,sendingamessagetoanindustrythat has or too long been anti-design and to politicians who haveregarded houses as targets to be achieved.
thevaluesofAccordiaarethoseBritishcitiesneedmoreof:asubtlycontrolling master-plan, a collaborative approach and an eye or both
the detail and the big picture in the landscape and the architecture.
Te master-plan was designed or pedestrian and cycle de-
mands, with landscaped pedestrian streets, mews areas
with shared suraces, discreet car parking and integrated
cycle parking or all dwellings. Each dwelling is accessed
rom an urban street side but opens out onto, and enjoys
views o a shared landscape which includes amenities or
passive and active recreation. Te orm o the buildings
is not only determined by the relationship and scale othe open space and urban rontages but also by the solar
orientation. Te larger scale apartment buildings and ter-
races are associated with the bigger open spaces and are
typically on an east/west orientation to minimise over-
shadowing o adjacent homes. Te lower terraces and
courts are arranged around the more intimate landscape
spaces with south acing terraced gardens.
Te project received strong support rom the municipal
planning authority, local residents o the area and CABE
- the governments advisor on architecture, urban design
and public space. It has also won a range o important
Awards, including the UKs top architectural award the
Royal Institute o British Architects (RIBA) Stirling Prize
in 2008, the rst housing project to do so.
Photo: Peter Cook, View Pictures
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ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
C
ompleted early on in the Accordia
project, in March 2006, these our
400m2 semi-detached houses ormpart o a row o substantial properties that
ront onto Brooklands Avenue and showcase
Accordia. Inspired by the array o unusual old
villas along Brooklands Avenue, the house de-
sign provides a fexible open plan layout with
internal spaces varying in height and orienta-
tion within the envelope dened by FCBS
high density, sustainable masterplan.
Split down the middle to create a top-lit, triple
height atrium and stair hall, the two halves
are oset to create a split level so that the liv-
ing room becomes a 4.5 metre high space. Te
ground foor was conceived as an open plan
landscape with a sunken living room, re-
place and dining areas having large glazed
areas opening onto outdoor patios and ter-
races. A single curved pre-patinated copper
roo sweeps over the top foor o each house
creating a huge open plan amily room, with
a replace, roofights and a wall o glass open
to the sky.
Te buildings are primarily clad in yellow
stock brick in line with the masterplan withopenings reely placed in the elevations. Te
ront and back acades have projecting porti-
coes to provide shading or the large areas o
south acing glazing and to create blinkers to
reduce overlooking and increase privacy.
Alison Brooks, comments: Tis house is
about spatial drama, openness and natural
light. Te split level, open planning has al-
lowed us to create a house with no corridors
and double height living spaces. Te central
atrium lls the centre o the house with light
and creates a visual connection between all
levels o the house. Te top foor amily room
is an ideal fexible space- an ideal party room,
games room, or it could even be another bed-
room suite. Tis house restores some o the
glamour o living in a substantial urban villa,
but has the fexibility needed by the modern
amily.
BUILDING FOCUS Four Houses by Alison Brooks Architects LL
SECTION
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Floor Plans o the pair o houses.
this house is about spatial drama,openness and natural light
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A limited palette o high quality external
materials was developed by FCBS at the
master-planning stage, which the other
architects embraced and adapted to suit
their particular architecture. FCBS Partner
Mike Keys explains: We dened the type
o architecture with the local planners rom
the start combining a modern approach
to housing and design with high quality
traditional materials with a local heritage.
Walls or the houses are generally yellow
brick, close to traditional Cambridge stock
bricks, and there is extensive use o timber
and dark coloured windows. Copper roos,
distinct areas o cladding and elements such
as the prominent bay windows harmonise
well with the brick. Ten, or the larger
apartment buildings copper becomes the
predominant acade material again sitting
comortably alongside timber elements, the
dark windows and stone gabion plinth. It
was interesting to us that copper could de-liver crisp detailing or eatures such as the
bay windows and also a soter, living sur-
ace in larger areas on apartment acades.
FCBS are no strangers to designing with
copper and regularly use the material on a
wide range o building types. In act, the
practice has been commended on a number
o occasions in the European Copper in
Architecture Awards (reported in previous
issues o Copper Forum). Mike Keys adds:
We are very comortable with the envi-
ronmental credentials o copper as a ully
sustainable material with an exceptionally
long liespan and a history o recycling. We
did commission a report on the rainwater
runo rom the copper at Accordia, as wa-
ter drains via a sustainable drainage system
(SUDS) into an historic watercourse - origi-
nally the drinking water supply to the Col-
leges. Tis revealed that runo was not an
issue. Copper gutters and downpipes both
external and hidden were used widely in
the design or visual continuity and ease o
maintenance, which we ound to be sur-
prisingly cost-eective.
Te other two architects o Accordia also
made extensive use o copper but in theirown unique way. Project architect Dominic
McKenzie explains Alison Brooks Archi-
tects particular approach: We were very
All those involved with Accordia have a longstanding commitment to sustainable design.
The buildings and landscape have been designed with sustainability principles in mind,
including the environmental perormance o each dwelling type, water usage, the meth-
ods used or construction and the materials.
COPPER AT ACCORDIA
Photo: Chris HodsonPhoto: Peter Cook, View Pictures
FCBS are no strangers to designing with copper and regularly use the materialon a wide range o building types. In act, the practice has been commended on anumber o occasions in the European Copper in Architecture Awards (reported inprevious issues o Copper Forum).
comortable with the central role o copper
as one o the FCBS master-plans external
materials. Copper roong orms an impor-
tant part o Cambridges historic skyline -
probably more so than most other British
cities and that tradition continues with
contemporary buildings. Tis aesthetic is
typied by the distinctive green patina o
the material ater long exposure to the ele-
ments and we chose pre-patinated copper to
give this vibrancy straightaway on the rst
our houses we designed. In contrast, ournext design or Accordia a 10 unit apart-
ment building takes a cut and olded
orm with brass cladding.
ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
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More Information Feilden Clegg Bradley, The Environmental Handbook Right Angle Publishing, 2007.www.cabe.org.uk, Accordia Cambridge, Housing Case Studies Commission or Architecture and the Built Environment.
www.architecture.com, RIBA Stirling Prize 2008 Royal Institute o British Architecture.
Copper-clad, square bay windows are
used requently at ground and upper levels
throughout the FCBS buildings at Accor-
dia, dening an important and recogniz-
able theme. Generous glazing allows day-
light deep into the buildings and rames
the occupants views o the landscaped
surroundings. But the bay windows also
incorporate discreet side-opening copper-
clad vents to allow air in. Careul detail-
ing proved central to the success o theseelements.
FCBS partner Mike Keys says: Straight-
orward detailing with care particularly
where diferent materials meet is a hall-
mark o Accordias architecture. Te interac-
tion o the window system we selected with
the copper cladding and vents had to be
careully worked out. We were particularly
concerned to detail neat copper fashings
into the brickwork and avoid the large, un-
tidy upstands and drips too oten seen with
housing details in the UK. Te standardo copper cratsmanship was consistently
high at Accordia so that our details were
executed just as we intended.
COPPER DETAIL Bay Windows by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio
ACCORDIA CAMBRIDGE UK
Photo: Chris Hodson
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This building is a signifcant piece
o architecture situated on the
hilltop o Lelekovice near Brno in
South Moravia, Czech Republic At
fst sight you encounter the seg-
mentation o material and col-
ours, which mutually harmonise
and create a pointed aesthetic
contrast as well a layering o
materials and shades o colours.
The design determinants came rom the
regional planning o Lelekovice and rom
the investors priorities to create harmony
o between nature, the house and living in
the house.
The house was set on a sloping terrain
with the aim o creating an architecturally
interesting building or a man and nature
living together, particularly with respect
to the choice o materials. A simple pal-
ette o three materials copper, stone and
wood determines the natural eel o the
building.
The house was set in greenery and partly
embedded into the ground in to the north.
A hall with a swimming pool on this north
side is covered with earth and one can
walk on the roo. Stairs leading rom the
hall to the rear o the plot run around an
inclining copper strip-laid roo.
The architect extends the exterior into the
interior with a continuous use o materials.
The colour scheme o the whole interior is
in subtle shades so that the wooden acing
and stone walls can create a harmony with
other elements.
Family House in Lelekovice
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Since the beginning o the year copper has traded in a broad
range o USD 3,000/t and USD 3,600/t and is currently trading
around mid-range levels o USD 3,300/t. Prices strengthened
in January due to the commodity index rebalancing, and later
in early February prices traded at range highs as rumours o
strategic buying by Chinese SRB hit the market. However, the
price outlook remains weak with the real economy in recession,
credit issues prevailing and the US housing market in its
worst state in decades. We believe that copper prices have held
surprisingly well despite the weak demand picture, heavy selling
rom nancials and the lower growth outlook or the economy
and that any major rally in copper is unsustainable in the short
term given the weakness in undamentals.
Tere has been no improvement in the demand outlook. We
would rather argue that the situation seems to be getting even
worse. Key consuming sectors, automotive and construction, are
in a bad state and the demand outlook or these areas is not likely
to brighten in the medium term. For instance, US automakers
are going to cut production in relation to the US government
nancing package, and US housing starts, reported this week,
plummeted to record lows (-16.8%, 466k units, annual rate)
and were down even more than expected. Meanwhile, stimulus
packages and inrastructure spending will lend some support
to copper wire and cable demand in the medium term as will
potential buying by the SRB or the Chinese strategic reserves.
Chinese import demand has been relatively strong with Q4
2008 net rened imports up 70% y/y.
Copper Recent tradingwithin clear price range,
but still risk or new declinesBy Ukko Massinen and Thina M. Saltvedt, Nordea Commodities
We have experienced price jumps on index reweighing and strategic buying.
Weak uture outlook
Financial actors in deep short positions
Small production cuts compared to other metals
Producers have continued to curtail output in the low price
environment. A urther 100ktpy o capacity has been announced
to be taken o line. However, production cuts in copper have
been marginal compared to other metals. Tis is because a large
number o operations are cash positive even in the current price
environment. Prices will need to correct below USD 3,000/t or
the supply side to tighten signicantly. Tat said, the longer-
term supply pipeline looks thin and will result in a tighter copper
market once the economy picks up.
Copper inventories have continued to build and currently total
a mere 530k tonnes. Given the weak demand environment we
expect the levels to increase also going orward. Inventories
should be closely monitored as any change in the trend will act
as a good sign o a pick-up in physical demand.
Te Reuters semi-annual poll o metals analysts published in
January shows that copper prices in 2009 and 2010 will average
USD 3,471/t and USD 4,329/t, respectively. Tis implies that
on average prices are not expected to drit signicantly rom
current levels this year, but are likely to correct higher in the
longer run. We agree with the consensus that prices are unlikely
to move signicantly higher rom current levels in the medium
term, but we believe that prices could all below USD 3,000/t in
the coming months given weak undamentals.
February 2009
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HISTORYTe Leppsuo estate is the only City campus estate in Helsinki
with a history dat ing back to the 1940s, when the Student Union o
the University o Helsinki initiated the building o student houses.
At the turn o the millennium, the constant increase in the number
o students at the University resulted in a lack o activity and as-
sembly acilities, in particular. In addition to the Student Union,the Helsinki School o Economics, which is located near the cam-
pus and is part o the uture Aalto University, was also looking or
acilities in the area or the needs o HSE Executive Education.
Te Student Union o the University o Helsinki and the Helsinki
School o Economics joined orces in 1999 and started the design
project o the Tird Student Union Building in the only available
plot in the area, in the corner o Mechelininkatu Street and Lep-
psuonkatu Street.
Domus GaudiumThird Student Union Building
Te Old Student Union Building and the New Student Union
Building on Mannerheimintie Road had been built in 1870 and
1910, respectively. Te Tird Student Union Building was com-
pleted in Leppsuo in November 2008 and in the inauguration cer-
emony was christened Domus Gaudium, the House o Joy.
TOWNSCAPE, ARCHITECTURETe 8-storey residential buildings in Domus Academica orm anopen block structure, which is rather atypical o a downtown area,
but then they were originally located in the outskirts o the town.
As a 2-storey corner building, Domus Gaudium will integrate the
block structure and serve as a pedestal or the vertical rhythm o
the point blocks. It has adopted its scale rom the low-rise build-
ings on Mechelininkatu Street, such as the adjacent Domus library
designed by Architects Arkkitehtitoimisto Einari ersvita, which
is now known as the Helecon Inormation Centre.
Student House Domus Gaudium is an interesting project in many ways. It is the most recent ad
dition among student houses in Finland. The tradition o student unions building their ow
houses was reinorced toward the end o the 19th century. Signicant student houses in
clude e.g. the old Poli, i.e. the House o the Student Union o the Helsinki Universit
o Technology designed by architects Karl Lindahl and Walter Thom and bui
in 1903 as well as the new Dipoli student union house designed by archi
tects Reima and Raili Pietil and built in the 1960s in Espoo, whe
the University o Technology moved into Otaniemi in Espoo
Domus Gaudeum represents a building designe
to support the activities o student unions in
downtown campus o a small metropoli
tan area, Helsinki. The contempora
ry architecture o the buildin
is resh and excellentl
adapted to th
townscape
Photo: Jussi Tiainen
Esko Miettinen, architect SAFA
Pekka Ojalammi, architect SAFA
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In addition to its complementary role in the block structure, the
aim has been to render Domus Gaudium the expression o a sym-
bolic building that it deserves on the basis o its unctions. Despite
the small size o the building, it boasts two impressive entrances;
the more public entrance is on Mechelininkatu Street and the other
on the Domus Square. Not only does this acilitate the activities
carried out in the building, it also refects the two end-user groups.
Te undersides and the wall suraces o the loty entrance shelters
made o steel structures are covered with copper sheets, which are
illuminated at night. Te ground-level, cast-in-situ concrete sur-
aces have been adorned by sculptor Pertti Kukkonen with fakes o
copper and he also pre-patinated the concrete giving it a greenish
colour. Te original idea was to create a copper recess pre-patinated
in green, but this could not be realised due to the economic down-
turn, so we will have to wait or the copper to become naturally
patinated.
Te longest unbroken acade o the building on Leppsuonkatu
Street was realised as a double acade o steel and glass construc-
tion. It shines like a lantern at night in the main approach direc-
tions refecting the swit pace o student activities and educational
unctions that oten continue till late at night.
Te oce acilities o Executive Education are located in the An-
nex on the side o Mechelininkatu Street and open up to the Street
through generous, large window suraces. Solid wall suraces are
connected to adjacent buildings with discreet, warm plaster sur-
aces in light colours.
Te third foor o the building is virtually invisible. A pavilion-type
sauna department in the centre o the roo area is called Civilisa-
tion. An almost 100 m2 roo terrace completes this civilised sauna
foor.
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INTERIOR A partly 3-storey lobby extending rom the entrance on Meche-
lininkatu Street to the entrance on Domus square acts as the unc-
tional and spatial axis o the interior acilities. Te most dominat-
ing element o the lobby in terms o space is a body with rounded
edges foating on the level o the second foor, seemingly separated
rom everything else. Te orm o this body, which contains two
lecture rooms, has been achieved with gypsum boards bent round
the curved steel rame. Te steel arches o the rame are xed with60 cm spacing to the concrete slabs o the roo and the intermediate
foor. Te auditorium wall which separates the body rom the team-
work rooms is hollow and carries building services. Most o the
load-bearing columns are spiral welded steel composite columns
lled with concrete. Beams are Delta steel beams.
Te typical character o the central lobby is also enhanced by two
walkways o steel construction, which run along the ull length o
the lobby connecting the various foor levels in terms o both access
and visual expression. Te tall lobby brings light into the under-
ground basement foor, which contains acilities also included in
the foor area o the building. Te lobby connects these acilities di-
rectly with the acilities located under the Domus Square courtyard
and in the basement o the D building. Tese acilities were also
renovated and converted simultaneously with the building project
o Domus Gaudium.
Te ormer Alibi Restaurant, or example, was completely reno-
vated and reurbished in this connection. Natural lighting in the
restaurant was essentially improved by a new glass pyramid o steel
construction, which opens up to the Domus Square. Te new gala
room o the Student Union was built in the lower basement under
the restaurant and or this reason the basement had to be loweredca. 1.5 m. Many other acoustically challenging acilities were also
realised in the basement, such as band rehearsal rooms and a small
music hall. All the ceiling, foor and wall suraces o these acilities
were separated rom the concrete rame o the building by multiple
layers o gypsum boards mounted on steel structures.
Te underground acilities o the buildings also provide parking
space or ca. 100 cars.
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Site plan
PPP
10m (MK1:250)
PPP
A1
10m (MK 1:500)
1 st foor
Ground foor
DOMUS GAUDIUM, THIRD STUDENT HOUSE
ADDRESS: Leppsuonkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki, Finland
SCOPE: Total areaNew building 6 130 m2 renovated building part 5 950 m2
Volume, new building 26 700 m 3 renovated building part 23 680 m3
COSTS: New building 14.5 mill ion Renovated building part ca. 11 million
CLIENT: Kiinteist OY Lepptalo/Student Union o the University o HelsinkiConstruction Project Manager Jukka Leinonen
Helsinki School o Economics, Facilities AdministrationArchitect Juha Kurki
PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONSULTAT / PROJECT MANAGEMENT CONTRACTOR
SWECO CMU Oy
Aku Kallio, Jouni Pessala
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN:
Architects Arkkitehtitoimisto Brunow & Maunula OyArchitect Juhani Maunula, head designer 1999-2006Architect Pekka Ojalammi, head designer 2006-2008Architect Susan Niemel, head designer o renovated building part
Mechelin
inkatu
Leppsuonkatu
10m (MK1:500)
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