Travel and Service Centre , Tampere/ Finnland

Wettbewerbsaufgabe
The aim of the contest was to generate material to be used as basis for urban design of the area and related decision-making.
The competition area is located in the southwestern part of Tampere city centre, and covers 23,3 hectares of land. The area includes constructed blocks, traffic areas, parks and sports facilities. The landmark building in the area is the Klingendahl factory property, which is no longer in industrial use.
The contestans‘ task was to prepare a high-quality residential area and services that suit the city structure and landscape, and to enable diverse recreational use of the shores while providing a natural connection to Hämeenpuisto. The overall solution must: function as part of the city centre, promote Tampere‘s image as a lakeside city, and increase the attractiveness of the city centre; develop the area into a diverse urban area that is unique, vibrant, andrespectful to historical and landscape values; locate the area‘s functions in a purposeful manner as well as guarantee pleasant housing and feasibility of the city blocks; create a pleasant and multi-functional public chore area, ensure the continuity of local green corridors, as well as create a functional and safe travelling netword; establish an urban spae that is controlled in terms of the scale and a pleasant local environment; be based on apractical street network and pedestrian and cycling network, and adapt paking areas to suit the surrounding.

Jury
Prof. Wulf Daseking, Freiburg
Prof. Yrjö Haila, Universiy of Tampere
Ranja Hautamäki, Stadt Tampere
Anna-Kaisa Ikonen, Bürgermeisterin Stadt Tampere
Sakari Leinonen, Stadt Tampere
Eija Muttonen-Mattila, stadt Tampere
Pekka Salmi, Stadt Tampere
Tero Tenhunen, Stadt Tampere
Kay Bierganns, Stadt Tampere
Minna Seppänen, Stadt Tampere

Finalist
Tovat architects & Planners, Stockholm
Team: Johannes Tovatt · Ursula Pfaffermayr
Rafel Crespo · Per Berthels · Magnus Andersson
Aron Swartz · Reza Asadi
L.Arch.:Atelier Dreiseitl GmbH, Überlingen
Team: Dieter Grau · Alexander Rohe
Sebastian Walker · Bernd Schernau
Verkehr: Ramboll Finland
Team: Mari Kinttula · Ian Sacs
Visualisierung: Anna Kunst

Fianlist
Dorte Mandrudp Arkitekter, Copenhagen
Team: Dorte Mandrup · Kristoffer Nejsum
Nina Wójcika · Aleksander Krauze
Mandaworks, Stockholm
Team: Martin Arfalk · Nicholas Bigelow
Chuhan Zhang · Danny Bridson
Hosper Sweden, Stockholm
Team: Patrick Verhoeven · Andrei Deacu
Verkehr/Nachhaltigkeit: Buro Happold, Copenhagen
Rod Manson

Fianlist
Rijnboutt, Amsterdam
Richard Koek · Desiree Eggink
Karres en Brands, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Sylvia Karres · Jorrit Noordhuizen

Finalist
ALA Architects, Helsinki
Juho Grönholm · Antti Nousjoki · Janne Teräsvirta
Samuli Woolston · Tonny Jensen · Felix Laitinen
Sean Yang · Jorge Rovira · Erica Österlund
L.Arch.: MASU Planning<
Malin Blomqvist · Sune Oslev
Sarianna Salminen · Inka Norros
Verkehr: SITO
Kaisa Lahti