Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis ab Virkkunen and Co Architects

Opus Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis a designatore Virkkunen and Co Architects est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2021 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Certaminis Architectura.

ArgentumArchitectura· 2021

Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis

a Virkkunen and Co Architects

Cliens: Virkkunen & Co Architects

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Architectura

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Designum

De Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis

Imatra GIS est statio electrica transformationis in prospectu cataractarum Imatrankoski in Finnia Orientali sita. Opus complectitur aedificium stationis et quinque columnas terminaliaque electrica. Aedificium compagem concretam habet et frontes duplici cute instructas. Stratum exterius ex lateribus longis manu factis in figura zic-zac dispositis constat et compage ferrea sustinetur. Structurae transmissionis ex profilis ferreis triangularibus conflatis fiunt. Consilium partes contextus exstructi dissolvit et elementa in nova forma abstracta recomponit, in aequilibrio cum prospectu circumiacente.

Agnitio

De Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Imatra GIS Statio Electrica Transformationis creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Post Designum

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Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: 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.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: 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.
Notulae: infrastructure, architecture, landscape, electricity substation, transmission, power line, brick, concrete, steel
Technologia Productionis: 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.
Provocatio Designandi: 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.
Investigatio: 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.
Inspiratio: 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.
Duratio Operis: Project completed: 2020
Location: Imatra, Finland
Cursus Operationis: 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.
Membra Turmae: Tuomas Kivinen
Anna Blomqvist
Maria Karjalainen
Agnitiones Imaginum: 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.