Pakkahuoneenlaituri

Eteläranta

Unioninkatu

Et.Makasiinikatu

Eteläranta

Laivasillankatu

Lyypekinlaituri

Sculpture park

Keisarinluodonlaituri

KauppatoriMarket squareKolera-allas

basin

New portterminal

Pede

stria

n br

idge

Drop-off

area

To drive-in

loading docks

Widened pedestrian and bicycle route

Garden wall + port operations space

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South Harbour

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The Color Box is a new kind of museum experience. It welcomes citypeople to enjoy art at its best - displayed in an outstandingenvironment. Its external form stems from surrounding buildings.The height and orthogonal shape respect the existing architectureand simultaneously bring a fresh and exciting new layer to the citystructure.

Sculpture park in front of the museum brings tourists and residentsto delight in a new urban area.

The building itself has four stories. The ground !oor is accessible toall with a café and a museum shop. Indoor surfaces are mainlywooden. One low corner of the building has been sliced to create aninteresting public space and a clear entrance.

The building facade is covered with movable colorful panels. Theyprovide shade from excessive sunlight. Panels are painted in adi"erent color on each side, so the building gives a varying visualimpact depending from which angle it is observed. For example,from Market Square point of view (as seen above) the buildingappears blue, and from the sea it appears red.

Area plan1:1000

View from Market Square

ART ANDGENERALLOADINGDOCKS225 m2 COLLECTIONS STORAGE

AND MANAGEMENT405 m2

KITCHEN160 m2

STOCK ROOM+ OFFICE

55 m2

FLEXIBLECONFERENCE HALL

420 m2

MULTI-FUNCTION

CLASS-ROOM70 m2

VISITORSERVICES

230 m2

CAFÉ250 m2

MUSEUMSTORE270 m2

WC WC

EXHIBITIO

N PLAZA O

PEN U

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+3.1

+5.6

STORAGE(ABOVE

THE SLOPE)

GIANT STEPSFOR SITTING(ABOVE THE

SLOPE)

OUTDOORCAFÉ

MAINENTRANCE

SECTION A

SECTION A

SECTION BSECTION B

ENTRANCE PLAZAOPEN UP

OFFICES550 m2

MAINTENANCE ANDOPERATIONS

230 m2

EXHIBITIONGALLERY

475 m2

STORAGE /TECHNICAL

SPACE(ABOVE

THE SLOPE)160 m2

EXHIBITION GALLERY880 m2

MULTI-PURPOSEZONE300 m2

WC WC

EXHIBITIO

N PLAZA O

PEN U

P

+8.6

+11.0

SECTION A

SECTION A

SECTION BSECTION B

ENTRANCE PLAZAOPEN DOWN

EXHIBITIONGALLERY

420 m2VIEW GALLERY

255 m2

EXHIBITIONGALLERY

280 m2

EXHIBITIONGALLERY1 250 m2

VIEW GALLERY370 m2

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GE

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NIC

AL

SPA

CE

65

m2

CRAFTSROOMFOR VISITORS

145 m2

VIEWGALLERY

300 m2

WC WC

OPEN UP

+14.1

OPEN UP

SECTION A

SECTION A

SECTION BSECTION B

EXHIBITIO

N PLAZA O

PEN U

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EXHIBITIONGALLERY1 250 m2

STO

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GE

/TE

CH

NIC

AL

SPA

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65

m2

EXHIBITIONGALLERY

280 m2

CRAFTSROOMFOR VISITORS

145 m2

+19.6

OPEN DOWN

WC WC

WC

WC

WC

WC

WC

OPEN DOWN

VIEWGALLERY

300 m2

SECTION A

SECTION A

SECTION BSECTION B

EXHIBITIO

N PLAZA O

PEN D

OW

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KITCHEN145 m2

VIEWRESTAURANT

AND BAR295 m2N

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Ground !oor plan1:400

1st !oor plan1:400

2nd !oor plan1:400

3rd !oor plan1:400

View gallery Entrance plazaGround !oor

The main entrance penetrates the slope and brings visitors to an open, two-story highentrance plaza. After purchasing a ticket and leaving coat to visitor services, museumguests proceed to the upper !oor galleries.

Museum store and café are interconnected and open for public. Café can be enteredthrough the entrance plaza and the museum store, as well as straight from outside.

Conference hall and classroom are easily accessible from the entrance plaza. Loading dockspace in the corner of the building can be used by two trucks simultaneously and providesa straight access to art storage, to kitchen and to elevator to upper !oors.

1st !oor

Visitors arrive to a multi-purpose zone with a view to South Harbour. The space can beused for events and for exhibitions. Exhibition galleries circle the entrance plaza and themain plaza. O"ces and operations facilities are separated from the visitor area.

2nd !oor

View gallery welcomes visitors to an open space: exhibition plaza on the other side andview to South Harbour on the other. The exhibition gallery to the north is a wide space thatcan be transformed to suit almost any kind of exhibition by adding partitions.

At the north end of the building there´s a two-story high gallery with a view towardsMarket Square.

In the middle of the circulation there's a craftsroom where visitors themselves can createart and rest for a while. On the south corner of the building there's another two-storygallery with an open view towards Tähtitorninvuori Park.

3rd !oor

This !oor resembles the 2nd !oor with a few exceptions. The restaurant and bar have anexceptional outlook to South Harbour. During exhibition circulation, visitors are able tooverlook to two-story high view galleries

VIEW GALLERYEXHIBITION GALLERY

EXHIBITION GALLERY

EXHIBITION GALLERY

SITTING STEPS

ENTRANCE PLAZA

EXHIBITION PLAZA

ELEVATORSHAFT

MUSEUM STORESTOCK ROOM

+ OFFICE

PASSAGE TOLOADING DOCK

COLLECTIONSSTORAGE ANDMANAGEMENT

CRAFTSROOMFOR VISITORS

CRAFTSROOMFOR VISITORS

PASSAGE TOOFFICES

EXHIBITIONGALLERY

OFFICES

KITCHEN

+3.1

+8.6

+14.1

+19.6

+25.5+26.1INDIRECT SUNLIGHT INDIRECT SUNLIGHT

PASSAGE

PASSAGE

PASSAGE

SCULPTURE PARK

+3.1

+8.6

+14.1

+19.6

+25.5+26.1

FLEXIBLECONFERENCE HALL

MUSEUM STORE CAFÉ

ELEVATORSHAFT

MULTI-PURPOSEZONE

VIEW GALLERY

VIEW GALLERY

EXHIBITION GALLERY

EXHIBITION GALLERY

EXHIBITION GALLERY

EXHIBITION PLAZA

WC

WC

OUTDOORCAFÉ

SOUTHHARBOUR

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Section A-A1:200

Section B-B1:200

Entrance and sculpture park as seen from Market Hall View from South Harbour

Above:Approaching from the city centre, visitors walk through an opensculpture park towards the entrance. Two-story high view gallery onthe second !oor displays art and works as a "display window" for themuseum.

Below:The core of the museum building is the exhibition plaza. Galleriescirculate around it and it brings light to the whole structure.Supporting spaces are located on the south end of the building,leaving the city side to gallery and visitor functions.

Above:The new museum building is of proportionalsize and "ts its surroundings. Yet it adds acontemporary layer to the seaside with adistinctive touch.

Below:Galleries circulating the exhibition plaza.Museum store and café are easilyaccessible also for those not visiting thegalleries.

Solar panels on the rooftop providingelectricity for the building

High performance controlled ventilation

Rainwater collection systemon the rooftop providingwater for building facilities

Movable facade panels help block excessivesunlight from the south and thus lower buildingcooling demand

High performing glazing

Air-sealed construction

Wooden pillar grid at 10 metreintervals leaves the !oor plan

open to "t exact speci"cationsof every exhibition. 55 pillars

altogether

Wooden !oor andindoor surfaces

Use of sea water to cool buildingduring summer months

Heating energy from gray water

Base !oor and roof are insulatedaccording to the highestdemands

Passive house insulation standards

Geothermal heat pumps forwater heating

Energy e#cient lightingwith passive infra redsduring out-of-hours

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Floors: 4Total building area: 11.800 m2

Building volume: 60.500 m3