Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to narrate the Chappe Artwork Home to surrounding timber constructions within the coastal city of Tammisaari, Finland.
Situated within the outdated city of Tammisaari, which is understood for its historic picket buildings, the timber artwork museum was knowledgeable by conventional halls and can be used for exhibitions and as a neighborhood house.
“Chappe is a spot for encounters and encountering artwork,” JKMM Architects founding associate Asmo Jaaksi instructed Dezeen.
“In Finnish structure there’s a lengthy custom of individuals’s homes or halls which were vital public assembly locations notably for village communities. Chappe is a twenty first century continuation of this custom.”

The 1,210-square-metre constructing was constructed for the Albert de la Chapelle Artwork Basis, whose founding donator gave the constructing its title, as an addition to the regional Raseborg Museum.
It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber construction and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the close by timber buildings.

“The formal start line for Chappe is the realm’s vernacular pitched roof townhouse structure that we have now interpreted in a up to date manner,” stated Jaaksi.
“Chappe provides a brand new layer to the encompassing outdated city, repairing its streetscape and invigorating it with a brand new public constructing.”
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“It’s each humble and courageous,” he continued.
“The skylights provide rigorously framed views that join guests inside the brand new galleries to Tammisaari’s historic centre.”

The bottom ground comprises the Chappe Artwork Home’s entrance lobby and multipurpose room that can be utilized for occasions, with the 2 predominant galleries on the higher ground. Each areas are illuminated by a distinguished skylight and have uncovered timber roofs.
“Within the outdated city of Tammisaari’s centre, there are a lot of picket buildings which directed us to go for timber,” defined Jaaksi.
“The ecological advantages of working with timber have been additionally an vital issue, as was the inviting high quality of wooden with each its inherent heat that’s interesting to the human contact.”

A 3rd gallery house, additionally illuminated by a skylight – however this time at floor stage – was positioned within the basement alongside the bogs.
This underground gallery house additionally connects the brand new constructing to the prevailing museum.

The constructing is the most recent cultural centre designed by JKMM Architects, which additionally designed the Amos Rex artwork gallery in Helsinki. Different latest initiatives by the studio embrace a metal-clad dance centre and an extension to a Nineteen Eighties library.
The images is by Tuomas Uusheimo.
Mission credit:
Consumer: Albert de la Chapelle FoundationContractor: Okay. Jousmaa OyArchitecture: JKMM ArchitectsInteriors / artwork integration: JKMM ArchitectsStructural engineer: WSP Finland OyGeotechincal engineering: WSP Finland OyConstruction administration: WSP Finland OyAcoustics: WSP Finland OyLandscape: WSP Finland OyM&E engineer: Granlund OyFire security: Jensen Hughes OySignage: Werklig Oy