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High Four

SRV introduces residential towers
into Keilaniemi
Photos: SRV / SARC Architects

New age is dawning for the Keilaniemi-Tapiola area as the construction
of the metro pushes west from Ruoholahti, Helsinki. The excavation
started in November and the western metroline should be up and running
by 2014. The metro line will dive under the sea to surface again in
Keilaniemi, the most high-profile corporate neighbourhood in the land.
The proud towers of such companies as Nokia, Kone and Fortum will
get more company over the coming years – and, as it turns out, not all
buildings will be jam-packed with office premises.

P

roject Director Tuomo Poutiainen from SRV Group explains that the company is looking to introduce residential living into the mix.
“Keilaniemi Towers will
add a strong residential element
into Keilaniemi. The residential
development plan is an excellent
fit for the new metro line and we
are looking to open the first tower at the same as the Keilaniemi
station starts operations.”
The Keilaniemi Towers is
to feature four housing towers.
The plan includes four 27–35

storey buildings which will be
realised by SRV
.
According to initial plans,
the area includes almost 80,000
square metres of residential
building volume, and the total
number of apartments will be
around 1,000.

Full Circle
The buildings will focus very
much on the aesthetic experience: the towers will be round,
which in turn makes the buildings “presentable” from any di-

rection. The round shape also
enables space to be used very
creatively.
And what about the size of
the apartments then? The plan is
to offer something for everyone:
there are smaller apartments in
the lower part of the towers and
bigger apartments the higher you
go. Furthermore, SRV wanted to
let everybody in on the seaside
magic and placed the saunas and
the club house at the very top.
“This way, everyone gets
to enjoy the view no matter
where they live.”

The towers will be more
than 100 metres high, so the
view to the neighbouring Tapiola and Otaniemi should be
something to see – but the real
deal, of course, is the sea.
“We will be able to provide seaside views which are
unprecedented in this country,”
says Poutiainen. The Keilaniemi towers will be higher than
Vuosaari-based Cirrus which
is currently the highest residential building in Finland at 86
metres.
“Some of the apartments
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