Published in 2/2020 - Rules

Offices

European Chemicals Agency ECHA

L Architects

Architects Robert Trapp, Mari Ille, Timo Virtanen
Location Telakkakatu 6, Helsinki
Gross Area 23 000 m2
Completion 2020
Old Buildings Theodor Höijer 1898, Sune Macon 1916
Reference Plan (Detail Planning Phase) Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter

European Chemicals Agency operates in a building complex where a corten-steel-clad office tower completes the protected, now renovated dockyard workshops. Architect Robert Trapp talked about the design process with Mika Savela. → “The Faces of the Dockyard“

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo

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