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Kumpula Campus

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Client: City of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Senate Properties
Program: Mixed-use development (Housing, Office, Retail, Education, Urban space)
Size: 85.000 m2
Year: 2019-
Status: 1st prize, invited competition in 2019, on-going
Collaborators: MASU Planning (Landscape), Schauman Arkkitehdit, WSP Finland (Traffic)
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Kristian Kontula, Lasse Vejlgård Kristensen, Emanuele Biscaro, Paulina Schroeder, Erik Huhtamies, Francesca Bellú

The “Kumpula Campus” vision is based on developing a diverse, urban campus structure for the 21st century – a neighbourhood where the boundaries between learning, research, living and working disappears. Currently an area characterized by large fields of parking, the immediate context of the large science institutions will be developed towards an intimate urban space where residents, students, employees and children reside on equal terms.

The intricate structure of streets, alleys and green public spaces encourage the users to informally interact and socialize with each other – aiming at establishing a stronger synergy between the different users. The existing forest landscape of the hill plays an essential role in the identity of the place, and one of the goals of the plan is to preserve as much as possible the forest that faces recreational Vallila valley in the south.

The majority of the new urban structure is proposed as housing. The aim is to increase liveliness in the area also after the students and researchers have stopped their daily work. The ground floors of the buildings contain extrovert functions such as co-working spaces, offices, start-up garages, cafés and shops. These spaces can be rented out for new start-up firms and single-person firms who want to take the leap from university life to entrepreneurship.

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Raisio – An accessible innovation city in the nature

Location: Raisio, Finland
Client: The City of Raisio
Program: Urban Planning
Size: 4.5 ha
Year: 2018
Status: Commission, vision plan presented 2018
Collaborators: Jouni Lehtomaa (Ramboll), Terhi Leino
Team: Jonas Nordgren, Ted Schauman, Justyna Krokowska, Jaap van den Hoogen, David Monteiro, Ayoub Chkairi

Raisio is a city synonymous with infrastructure. It’s a well-connected city built in an intersection offering great car mobility and connectivity but is also challenged with traffic congestion. The vision for Raisio City Centre builds on these preconditions and will connect the city centre from within as well as to its attractive natural surroundings. With the new tram connection to Turku and the bus connection to Naantali, Raisio will be a node in the region that promotes innovative businesses- living- and outdoor activities.

Future living in Raisio will mean having access and proximity; to nature, to outdoor sports, to sustainable habitats as well as great living conditions for a broad age group. Raisio will be a city where you grow up, stay and also a city where you will want to return to build a family. By submerging the E18 road a unique potential is revealed for the urban development. The city will be stitched together with a lush green corridor, a Central Park comprised and a winter garden, offering the citizens of Raisio all year public spaces to meet and reside

Raisio has always offered diverse forms of living, from villas to small apartments. “Raisio Network City” will offer the similar qualities but enhance it and interconnect them to offer a coherent and safe pedestrian environment. Green mobility and living will be a lead motif for the structure of the new city. The urban landscape in Raisio offers large open public parks to smaller private small gardens and generous green house like balconies.

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Turku Railyard – Engel’s Blocks of Experience

Location: Turku, Finland
Client: City of Turku, Turun Ratapihan Kehitys Oy, VR
Program: Mixed use masterplan (Culture, Event, Office, Housing, Urban space)
Size: 200.000 m2
Year: 2018
Status: Invited competition
Collaborators: Schauman Arkkitehdit
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Lasse Vejlgård Kristensen, Kristian Kontula, Jaap van den Hoogen, Ella Kaira, Erik Huhtamies

The Turku Railyard proposal is based on introducing a unique neighbourhood that is characterized by an urban city structure, multi-facetted public spaces and a diverse set of experiences. The backbone of the vision is to continue strict city grid of Turku into the new neighbourhood that is built on the former railyard area. Thus, the aim is to make the railyard a natural continuation of the existing urban fabric of the city centre.

The area is divided into three clear block structures, each one with its own identity. The arena with it’s sports functions stand in the centre as the core of the area. The block on the western side connects to neighbouring housing area while the eastern side contains the planned event and experience functions. These introduce a natural connection to existing event centre Logomo.

Extending the city grid of Turku into the former railyard area introduces a natural, urban extension of the city centre of Turku that can developed in phases over time. The Engine Hall Plaza, which is located in the middle surrounded by the arena, its sports functions, the Music hall as well as the History museum, becomes an attractive all year destination for citizens and visitors alike.

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Kangas – City of Gardens

Location: Jyväskylä, Finland
Client: City of Jyväskylä, Skanska construction Ltd, YIT construction Ltd, Jyväs Parkki Oy
Program: Mixed use, Urban Plan, Landscape, Housing, Office and Education
Size: 110.000 m2
Year: 2017 –
Status: Open Competition, 1st prize, on-going
Collaborators: Jouni Lehtomaa (traffic planning) Schauman Arkkitehdit
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Kristian Kontula, David Monteiro, Diogo Paixao, Sara Zapotoczna, Ludvig Holtenäs

The former industrial area of Kangas is located about 1,5 km north-east of the city centre of Jyväskylä and is characterized by the historically and culturally significant paper factory located in the heart of the area. The factory complex has been transformed into a creative campus used by the educational institutions of the city. The “City of Gardens” introduces a vision that takes its starting point in the existing industrial heritage of the site.

The linear, early 20th century, architecture of the old red brick factory building will function as a characterizing element throughout the new area. The industrial character is re-interpreted and reflected in the treatment of the new buildings, public spaces and the shared courtyards. The urban structure proposes a series of inter-connected courtyards – a diverse set of gardens that establish the backbone of the masterplan.

Each one of these gardens have their own identity, function and character. The City of Gardens introduces a high-quality mixed-use urban neighbourhood for living, working and learning. Its location close to the city centre of Jyväskylä, in a beautiful post-industrial context and in direct proximity to nature, creates a one-of-a-kind starting point for a sustainable life-style, which emphasizes local qualities, sense of belonging and interaction.

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Pargas Maritime Limestone Landscape

Location: Pargas, Finland
Client: City of Pargas
Program: Urban Planning, Guest harbour, hotel, housing, sports & play
Size: 17.000 m2
Year: 2017 –
Status: Competition 1st prize 2017, local detail plan design on-going
Collaborators: Schauman Arkkitehdit
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, David Monteiro, Sara Zapotoczna, Ludvig Holtenäs

Pargas Maritime Limestone Landscape takes its starting point in a thorough analysis of the the city, its history, structure, character, potentials and challenges.The plan introduces an urban loop that connects the public spaces of the harbour front to the surrounding public spaces and the pedestrian street, which today ends by the harbour area. The loop, a beach boulevard, invites and directs the flaneurs of the city to enjoy a series of attractive public spaces along it. The idea is to strategically position the new functions

along the promenade and thereby making the harbour a “string of pearls” destination for inhabitants and visitors alike. The harbour becomes a natural, recreational, extension to the city centre. In addition to introducing a strategic plan for the area, the project also introduces a compositional design principle that is rooted in the city’s historic and cultural context. The nearby limestone quarry and its large layered open landscape functions as inspiration for this principle.The activity landscapes, consisting

of sports and playgrounds, a beach, piers and the promenade, refer back to the landscape of the quarry. With its layers of limestone formations, it creates a specific design identity that is rooted in the surrounding man made landscapes. Pargas Maritime Limestone Landscape” makes the waterfront accessible and introduces a new attraction by the beautiful bay of Snäckviken. It will be the place in Pargas where you want enjoy ice cream on the pier, the beautiful view, play tennis or take a dip in the sea after enjoying the heat of the sauna.

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Hiedanranta Innovation Bay

Location: Tampere, Finland
Client: City of Tampere
Program: Strategic Planning
Size: 1.500.000 m2
Year: 2017 –
Status: Competition 1st prize, on-going
Collaborators: Mandaworks, Ramboll Finland
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Kristian Kontula, Ella Kaira, Jaap van den Hoogen, Ulrik Montnemery, Anna-Sofia Lavanti, Sara Zapotoczna

The city district of Hiedanranta is situated on the north-west of the city of Tampere. Over the next 20 years the Innovation Bay will house over 25,000 new residents and 10,000 new jobs, as well as the transformation of the former industrial district into an innovation hub for the development of a circular economy and a sustainable future. Embracing the circular economy

and creative potential of Tampere, the masterplan catalyzes innovation, embraces the future of smart manufacturing and creates a robust platform for public life. Hiedanranta Innovation Bay embraces the site’s industrial character and builds upon its foundation to create an urban district that supports new technologies, emerging business trends and local energy production.

The vision for Hiedanranta Innovation Bay is achieved through a set of urban development strategies that will transform the bay into the western hub of Tampere. The strategies connect Hiedanranta to its surrounding context, outline methods to achieve a carbon neutral development, and create an integrated public space and transportation network.

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From Nesbyen to Nesfjella – Bring the Mountain to the Village

Location: Nesbyen, Hallingdal, Norway
Client: City of Nesbyen
Program: Mixed use, Urban Plan, Landscape, Housing, Office
Size: 45.800m2
Year: 2017 –
Status: Invited parallel assignment, on-going
Collaborators: DRMA, Everyday, Masu Planning, Papirbredden Innovasjon
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Ludvig Holtenäs, Sonya Rokmaniko, Radu Teodor Petrica

Nes village and Nesfjella is situated in the middle of Hallingdal in Norway. The area is known for its all year round outdoor leisure and recreational sports and events. With the initiatives from the local community, Nes is in a unique position to shape tomorrow’s mountain-, leisure and outdoor activities. Contemporary tendencies and future prognoses indicate that our working-life and lifestyle reveals fewer limitations, more flexibility and greater freedom to seek work-life alignment between leisure and everyday life.

Today people seek lifestyle-oriented leisure and lifestyle-oriented workplaces. Nesfjella and Nes Village Centre have the opportunity to set a new Norwegian standard for the alignment of work and leisure.
The lively centre in Nesbyen constitutes a natural place to meet for local residents, cabin owners, visitors and tourists. The scale of the village and its urban spaces; square, paths and meeting places are attractive and well-proportioned for human activity.

The vision for Nes is based on identifying, prioritizing, connecting, refining and supplementing existing qualities. With a few clear planning principles, Nesbyen’s many existing qualities will be revealed, enhanced and connected into a coherent community and a network of all year round attractions. The investment in the centre re-establishes Nesbyen the natural service and experience centre in Hallingdal.

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Kunskapsberget – An interconnected knowledge environment

Location: Linköping, Sweden
Client: Lejonfastigheter
Program: Urban Planning, School, Sport, Office
Size: Main Building 8050m2 (School block 29.500 m2)
Year: 2017
Status: Open competition 2017
Collaborators: Tredje Natur
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Diogo Paixão, Sara Zapotoczna, Ludvig Holtenäs, Radu Petrica

Knowledge and innovation are developed through sharing and dialogue. This has been a guiding principle when both the neighborhood and the main building were designed. To introduce interfaces for interaction and innovation between teachers, students and the public has been a guiding principle for the design; not only for the building but also for the neighborhood. “Kunskapsberget” constitutes an open, safe and flexible educational environment of knowledge sharing, located in a social and urban environment with lush nature. The neighborhood forms a flexible platform that can adapt to forms of education as well as use.

The main building of “Kunskapsberget” constitutes a social melting pot in Linköping. Students in the region gather here to develop their creativity as well as to meet a wide audience. It is a contemporary educational environment with attractive landscapes where you can create but also experience the knowledge and culture being generated in the school.The main building opens up with an inviting atrium towards Drottningtorget and Linköping center and stands as a beacon for education and creativity. The atrium in the main building presents the profiled cultural programs in the school and utilizes a platform for interdisciplinary collaboration.

The educational format is in constant change, but the need for dialogue, interaction and reflection are important for meeting individual needs. These pre-conditions structure the building and create a framework for what is flexible, robust or fixed. As an example of this principle, the main spaces for circulation function as spaces where you experience the activities in the building. This building and urban block of knowledge will supply a robust education platform for a democratic and creative educational environment.

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Kaxjäla Archipelago Village

Location: Lövö, Kimitoön, Finland
Client: Private
Program: Archipelago Village Masterplan
Size: 100 ha
Year: 2016
Status: Commission, on-going
Collaborators: Schauman Arkkitehdit Oy
Team: Jonas Nordgren, Ted Schauman

The project, called, Kaxjäla Archipalgo Village introduces a welcoming and inviting, small scale environment that is based on the context and its surroundings. A village with a variety of identities, each one with a strong relationship to the existing landscape and the history of the site. A symbiotic relationship to nature and the sea are the starting points for developing Kaxjäla as a sustainable and contemporary 21st century archipelago village.

Kaxjäla Archipelago Village has not only the potential to become a physical gateway to the archipelago, but also a manifestation of the values and qualities that the archipelago represents. A strong building tradition and a respect of nature, are elements that characterize the success of the villages in the archipelago. These are also the key values that characterize Kaxjäla.

When you arrive in Lövö over the bridge from the north you are greeted by the historical setting in Gösta Serlachius archipelago farm on the right hand side. The project proposes to open up the historical setting to the public and make it accessible for everyone who is looking for a summer retreat in the archipelago, where fishing, gardening and local food are key values.

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Kauppatori Market Square

Location: Turku, Finland
Client: Private
Program: Urban space
Size: 3 ha
Year: 2014
Status: Commission
Collaborators: Schauman Arkkitehdit
Team: Ted Schauman, Jonas Nordgren, Ludvig Holtenäs

The vision for Kauppatori, “A strong heart – A strong city center” is to connect the square in street level and underground to the surrounding urban spaces and shopping facilities as well as enhance the infrastructural connections to the neighborhoods of Turku. This project proposes four comprehensive strategies to procure a strong public domain in the heart of Turku. The strategies unfold diverse experiences and an attractive urban setting for the citizens and visitors of the city.

Old or young, wealthy or poor, the new heart of Turku will be met as a tangible coherent experience with great urban spaces, both outdoor as well as indoor. By proposing a new underground bus terminal, new and upgraded functions, as well as better pedestrian connections, the citizens will once again have the possibility to regain Kauppatori Market Square as their urban living room. The current well functioning daily market will be framed by street -and city life instead of heavy bus traffic.

Fluent connections to the adjacent city blocks (Forum, Sokos/Wiklund, Kultatalo, Hansakortteli), both underground and at street level, will secure the potential for a successful revitalization of the urban heart of Turku. Kauppatori market square will, with these four strategies, regain the glory of its past and take a big leap towards a successful 21st century Turku.

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The Urban Slingshot

Location: Kouvola City Centre, Finland
Client: Kouvola City & Kiinteistö Oy Torinreuna
Program: Urban Planning
Size: 25.600 m2
Year: 2015
Status: Competition proposal, Honourable Mention
Collaborators: –
Team: Jonas Nordgren, Ted Schauman, Ludvig Holtenäs

In order to unite the Kouvola Centre-neighbourhoods and cityscape, its various scales, urban spaces and characters we have developed an over all vision that’s based on three different principles. These three principles are founded on the intention to supplement, enhance, and interconnect existing values and characters in the area. We propose to introduce a unifying element as an urban loop,

connecting a multifaceted coherent city experience with a sequence of urban spaces in various scales and characters that stretches between the shopping centre Manski in the Northeast, and the market hall in the southwest. To supplement the loop we propose a recreational green spine that stretches from City Hall to the Pohjola neighbourhood thus flanking the urban loop. The last of the three principles identifies and connects the internal trade functions and squares from the shopping

centre Manski to the Market Hall connecting the area like a string of pearls of attractive urban experiences, both indoor and outdoor. Together, these three principles constitute a robust foundation for the further development of the urban activity, connectivity and commerce in the Kouvola Centre. Thereby transforming the area into a lucid urban experience that supplements the adjacent Manski pedestrian street.

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Køge Industrial Harbour

Location: Køge, Denmark
Program: Mixed Use
Client: –
Size: 25.600 m2
Year: 2011
Status: Vision proposal
Collaborators: –
Team: Jonas Nordgren, Ted Schauman

In order to create a healthy social development in a growing postindustrial suburb, diversity in both skills and in job opportunities is indispensable. The industrial harbor areas of Køge ought to be developed responsibly and in harmony with the city and the modernization of Køge through the “Køge Kyst” strategic development plan. The North Industrial harbor will play an important role in Køge’s development from a primary industry based economy to knowledge-based economy with creativity as a cornerstone. Currently the Northern Harbour appears as a traditional industrial area, cut off and blocked from the rest of Køge, where the border between leisure and work is strong.

The vision for the Northern Harbor is to create a new urban structure where “positive” and sustainable industries are intertwined with the urban life. The vision is to enhance recreation and culture that can create a sound interaction between private and professional life. The existing industries should not be moved to new areas. Rather, we propose to introduce unexpected synergies between industrial and urban life. Similar to the ones that can be found in particular areas of the Meatpacking district in Copenhagen – and area that remains active and alive throughout the day.

The “Nyhavn” waterfront will be extended and made available to the east along the quay. The Northern Industrial Harbor will be developed in conjunction with the Køge Kyst project and thus complement it with diverse workplaces for the community. From being a cut-off part of Køge’s public life, the Northern Harbor will become an area of diversity, adaptability and flexibility, and it promotes industrial quality over quantity, creative industries and innovation as well as recreative qualities for the public.