Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki by Virkkunen and Co Architects is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha in Nhazi Ụlọ Owu, Ụlọ na Ihe Owuwu Competition Category.
ỌlaọchaỤlọ Owu· 2021
Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki
by Virkkunen and Co Architects
Client: Virkkunen & Co Architects
Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha Winner in Ụlọ Owu Category
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The Design
About Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki
Imatra GIS bụ ebe nkesa ọkụ eletriki e guzobere n'ala ọdịda anya nke mmiri ọsọ ọsọ Imatrankoski dị n'ọwụwa anyanwụ Finland. Ọrụ a gụnyere ụlọ ebe nkesa na ogidi ike ise na terminal. Ụlọ ahụ nwere etiti kọnkịt na ihu ụlọ nwere akpụkpọ abụọ. Akụkụ dị n'èzí ka e ji akị aka ogologo emere n'ụdị zig-zag ma e ji etiti ígwè na-akwado ya. E ji ígwè triangular arụkọtara ọnụ mere ihe owuwu nnyefe ahụ. Nhazi a na-adọwapụ akụkụ nke gburugburu ihe e wuru wee jikọọ ihe ndị ahụ ọzọ n'ụdị ọhụrụ e mere ka ọ dị nkịtị, n'ụzọ hà nhata na ala ọdịda anya gbara ya gburugburu.
The Recognition
About the Ihe Nrite A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha
Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha, nnabata dị oke ugwu e nyere design ndị dị n'ọkwa kachasị elu, mara mma ma na-eju anya. Ndị meriri na Ọlaọcha bụ ọrụ na-egbu maramara nke ukwuu ma dị oke nzụlite nke na-egosi ọmarịcha ihe ọmụma, talent na nghọta nke ndị designer ha. A na-atụ anya na Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki ga-abụ ọrụ dị ịtụnanya, ihe nlereanya, nke dị oke ọrụ ma dị omimi n'ihe ọhụrụ. Design a meriri A' Design Award nke Ọlaọcha bụ ihe e mepụtara dị oke ịrịba ama, nke a na-eto nke na-erite uru ma na-ebuga oke nka, sayensị, design na teknụzụ n'ihu. Imatra GIS Ọrụ Bụ Isi: Ebe Nkesa Ọkụ Eletriki bụ ihe e kere eke ọtụtụ ndị na-ekwo ekworo ya nke na-akpali ọchịchọ, na-eweta mmetụta ọma ma na-akpali ịtụnanya.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The project is composed of an electricity substation building and an array of five designer power pylons and terminals, set in the national landscape of Imatrankoski rapids in Eastern Finland. The new structures were designed to be in balance with the surrounding landscape. Their design breaks apart aspects of the built context and reassembles them in a new abstracted form. A combination of hand-made and industrial materials and structures is used to achieve this.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The substation building floor area: 965 sqm. Length x width x height of the building 44,1 m x 13,2 m x 8,1 m.
- Tags
- infrastructure, architecture, landscape, electricity substation, transmission, power line, brick, concrete, steel
- Production Technology
- The substation building has a concrete frame and double-skin facades. The outermost facade layer consists of hand-made long bricks laid in a zig-zag profile. The brick cladding is supported by a steel frame fixed to the inner concrete facades. The concrete structure consists of pre-fabricated and in-situ parts. The transmission structures are made of triangular welded steel profiles. They consist of workshop-made, coated pre-fabricated sections assembled and erected on the site without welding.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was architectural rather than technical, due to the qualities of the surrounding landscape and the history of the area. Visual and structural coherence of the distinct parts and general sensitivity to the context were methods for overcoming this challenge. We arrived at the final design through a process of elimination. Dozens of prototype 3D models were evaluated for impact in a detailed and accurate site model based on an extensive point-cloud data set of the area.
- Research
- We used site visits and literature sources for determining visual and historical factors that would most influence and serve the design. Literature about the history of the landscape, tourism, architecture, and industry in the area was used. The finding that had the most impact on the design was based on the analysis of the external architecture of the old hydropower plant: the rhythm of the facade openings, and the materials used in the buildings.
- Inspiration
- The beautiful landscape and the historical significance of the area were the primary sources of inspiration for us. The existing, impressive industrial architecture of the context was another major factor in the design. The guiding principle has been that the new structures should form a clearly defined new historical layer. They would also have to be timeless and combine harmoniously with the context. We sought to further elevate the beauty of the site.
- Project Duration
- Project completed: 2020
Location: Imatra, Finland - Operation Flow
- Imatra electricity substation and the transmission structures are not fenced off from the surroundings and they can be approached freely. The substation is an unmanned facility that is mainly remote-controlled from a central control room located off-site. It is visited regularly for inspection and maintenance purposes by trained personnel. In the main process equipment room, the users control the switchgear equipment on a workstation designed for this purpose.
- Team Members
- Tuomas Kivinen
Anna Blomqvist
Maria Karjalainen - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer Tuomas Kivinen, 2020.
Image #2: Photographer Tuomas Kivinen, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Tuomas Kivinen, 2020.
Image #4: Photographer Tuomas Kivinen, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Tuomas Kivinen, 2021.
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