Katrineberg open ideas competition
The City of Vantaa is organising an open ideas competition on the planning of the Katrineberg area. The competition is organised in cooperation with the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA). The aim is to plan a 2030s sustainable low-rise housing area fitting the valuable cultural landscape as well as complement the existing historical built envinronment.
News and updates
The results of Katrineberg open ideas competition will be published on November 8th at Vantaa Architecture Seminar, which will be held in Heureka Science Center in Tikkurila. The event will be streamed online.
All the competition proposals can be found at: https://katrineberg.gallery
Online commenting of the proposals has been disabled on September 1st.
Katrineberg area
Katrineberg is a scenically and historically valuable area located in the Seutula district of the major region of Kivistö. The layers of its built environment include the 300-year-old Katrineberg Manor and the Katriina Hospital complex dating from the late 1950s. The competition area is located next to the Vantaa River Valley and is part of the nationally valuable landscape area.
The aim of the competition
The aim of the competition is to design a sustainable Katrineberg village, which has diverse functions and consists of innovatively utilised existing building stock and infill development weighted in favour of low-rise housing. The goal is a green and varied village-like environment that is pleasant for pedestrians. The starting points of the competition are consideration of the established built heritage and landscape values, as well as strengthening the biodiversity of the area. The competition seeks solutions that implement the City of Vantaa’s carbon-neutrality target for 2030.
Gathering feedback and decision-making
The entries to the architectural competition will be made available for viewing online to collect feedback from residents and showcased at a public event at the end of the summer.
The winning entries of the competition form a basis for the detailed plan of the area. The detailed planning process for Katriinan kylä will be initiated in late 2024 and the residents and property owners will be kept informed of the process. As part of the of the detailed plan process, there will be events for the public as well as several possibilities for giving feedback on the plans.
Timetable
2 April 2024 Competition starts
11 April 2024 Competition seminar at the Mosaiikki Library + site visit to Katrineberg
3 May 2024 Submission of questions
17 May 2024 Panel of judges provides answers to the questions
28 June 2024 Submission deadline for competition entries, 12.00
August 2024 Entries available for viewing and comments by residents on the competition website
October 2024 Competition results announced
Competition submissions
Competition submissions form has been closed.
Competition documents for download (PDF):
Katrineberg open ideas competition, list of pseudonyms admitted for evaluation(pdf, 42.5 KB) Competition programme(pdf, 5.98 MB) Building cards(pdf, 1.93 MB) Summary of the results of Communal Age-Friendly Villages project(pdf, 3.03 MB) Base map of the competition area(pdf, 22.2 MB) Orthophotograph(pdf, 43.73 MB) Layout for creating an oblique aerial photograph(pdf, 43.61 MB) Question / Answer(pdf, 839.42 KB)
Competition documents for download (DWG):
Base map of the competition area
Competition documents for download (JPG):
Layout for creating an oblique aerial photograph
Photographs of the competition area and its surroundings (ZIP)
