Nordicum - Real Estate Annual Finland 2010 | Page 36

REAL ESTATE SPECIAL REPORT

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The
Otaniemi
station will be
located southwest of the
main building of the present
Helsinki University of Technology, in the
middle of the architecturally significant campus
area. The main entrance will be located on the west
side of Otaniementie, opposite the main building
of the Helsinki University of Technology, while the
western entrance will be south of Tietotie.

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art of the area is conserved, but there is still
space left for development,”
Olavi Louko analyses the neighbourhood.
The main ticket hall will
be located at the eastern end
of the station, one floor below
street level. The platform will
be excavated in rock, approximately 20 metres below ground
level.
Otaniemi is known for the
Helsinki University of Technology and its engineering students.
The metro will bind Otaniemi as
part of the new Aalto University by connecting Otaniemi and
the campuses in the centre of
Helsinki with an eleven-minute
metro ride. A large number of

students also live in the area;
the station will be developed in
cooperation with the university
and the students.
Aalto University – heralded as the “innovation university”
– will no doubt make a strong
impression in the area, Louko
remarks.
“After all, 75 percent of
the Aalto students will study in
Otaniemi.”
There are already plans to
put the building for the Arts Department right on top of the metro station. Another intriguing
possibility is a shopping centre:
“We could realise it underground, on the level with
the ticket hall,” Matti Kokkinen says. b