This area is defined by urban city functions through which a 100% walk-friendly pedestrian lane called The Strip will run through. The Aviapolis Core area will run alongside the Helsinki international Airport. Inventing 100% walk-friendly pedestrian lane The key tools for doing this are: enhancing the meetings between nature, connectivity, community and culture, defining the different future user groups for the programming of the future Core area, and turning every clash into a valuable future asset, Danyal Taylan explains.
The team’s vision was to merge the most natural and already existing elements of nature, city and airport into “a walk-friendly airport city in nature”. From early on, our team understood that the most urgent need for a successful development of this masterplan, was the definition of a clear and unifying vision for the whole Core area, says Danyal Taylan, Architect and Studio Manager at C.F. The starting point is that the area will be home for 1,000-2,000 inhabitants and 10,000 jobs. An area with urban ambience, high quality and with a strong image and identity. The Core area is located next to a railway station and the city’s ambition is for it to become the most dense, mixed and accessible area in Aviapolis. Møller Architects now unveil a masterplan for the Aviapolis Core Area.
Together with Helsinki, Espoo and Kaunianen, Vantaa is a part of the greater Helsinki metropolitan area, and Vantaa is the fourth most populated city in Finland.Ĭ.F. It is a part of the municipality and the city of Vantaa. Aviapolis in Finland is a large urban district flanking the Helsinki International Airport (Airport City Aviapolis).