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Kiasma in Helsinki, Finland

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Kiasma

1998 · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

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Art museum in Helsinki, Finland

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Kiasma

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland · City-level coordinates only

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KiasmaKiasma

1998 · Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Arthur Erickson ArchitectsArthur Erickson Architects

1963 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19981963
PlaceHelsinki, Uusimaa, FinlandVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place contextHelsinki, Uusimaa, FinlandRepresentative site: Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Climate16°C · 15.1h daylight · 13 km/h wind10°C · 14.1h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Museum of Anthropology at UBC
FocusMuseum14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Steven Holl
  • Arthur Erickson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Steven Holl Architects

Notable works

  • Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  • Cedarvale station
  • Yorkdale station
  • 1 Cal Plaza
Typologies
  • museum
  • contemporary art museum
  • cultural building
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • performance venue
  • building
  • civic building
  • landscape
Materials
  • zinc
  • glass
  • concrete
  • brick
  • glass
Carbon signals

Concrete, Glass, and Zinc look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Glass
  • Zinc

Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
  • Use classification and product-level EPD research to place this material more precisely.
  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityPublicly accessible8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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