事務所簡介
ALA 建筑師事務所專門從事高要求的公共文化建筑、獨特改造項目、車站設計和總體規劃。事務所于2005年成立,總部位于赫爾辛基,由四位合伙人共同創立:Juho Gr?nholm、Antti? Nousjoki、Janne Ter?svirta和Samuli Woolston,他們成立事務所之前曾在挪威克里斯蒂安桑的新劇院和音樂廳——“Kilden表演藝術中心”國際公開賽中獲得一等獎,該中心于2012年開放。
如今,ALA事務所由Gr?nholm、Nousjoki和Woolston運營,成員來自14個國家的40名建筑師、室內設計師、學生和工作人員。
ALA事務所近期完成的項目包括薩塔瑪活動中心、赫爾辛基機場新航站樓、赫爾辛基地鐵西延線第二段的三個車站、赫爾辛基Oodi中央圖書館(頌歌圖書館)、Saukonlaituri階梯停車設施、坦佩雷市萬豪城市酒店和新德里芬蘭大使館翻新。他們正在進行的項目包括里昂市郊外的大學圖書館、塔林市愛沙尼亞商學院的擴建、奧盧市諾基亞新設施以及羅馬市蘭特莊園的修復。
除了為芬蘭和海外機構設計大型公共建筑外,合作伙伴還受邀在哥倫比亞大學和圣路易斯華盛頓大學的赫爾辛基國際部教授建筑學。2012年,他們就獲得了著名的芬蘭國家建筑獎。
ALA事務所追求新角度、流暢的形式和耳目一新的解決方案。他們認為,美是通過直觀與解析、實用與奢侈、理性與非理性的結合來實現的。
工作方法
ALA事務所使用現代化的設計工具,如建筑信息模型、3D打印和參數化設計軟件,并結合較為傳統的建筑模型和材料研究。ALA事務所的合作伙伴直接參與設計工作的各個方面,在每個項目的關鍵階段親力親為。所有團隊成員也都為創作過程做出貢獻。事務所還依靠其高水平的國際合作者與專家網絡,促進最新知識的交流。
事務所的每個項目都基于環境約束和客戶的觀點和要求,從分析開始,深入到給定任務的核心,以理解框架。然后開始設計階段,旨在以創造性和思想開明的方式,為項目提供最佳解決方案。
近幾年獲得獎項:
2023年,歐洲鋼結構設計獎,入圍獎
2023年,深圳環球設計大獎,城市設計銅獎
2022年,凡爾賽建筑獎,機場特別獎,室內設計
2022年,芬蘭木結構建筑大獎,獲勝者
2022年,加拿大GPD設計大獎,公共設施樓宇,白金獎和國際大獎
2022年,Tekla全球BIM大獎,最佳BIM和公共項目
2021年,芬蘭土木工程師協會獎,一等獎
2021年,芬蘭年度鋼結構大獎
2021年, 加拿大GPD設計大獎,文化建筑,金獎和國際大獎
2021年,Tekla BIM大獎,芬蘭和波羅的海國家,評委獎和群眾選擇獎
2020年,Detail大獎,一等獎
2019年,赫爾辛基市殘疾人委員會無障礙設計表揚獎
2019年,項目管理協會芬蘭年度項目獎
2019年,芬蘭建筑設計獎,入圍獎
2019年,歐洲鋼結構設計獎,優秀獎和卓越獎
2019年,國際圖書館協會聯合會/年度系統性公共圖書館獎
2019年,世界建筑節大獎,竣工建筑——文化類,入圍獎
2019年,Dezeen Awards設計大獎,入圍獎
2019年,Architizer A+獎,公共設施——圖書館,入圍獎
2019年,AZ Awards大獎,1000平方米以上建筑,評委獎和群眾選擇獎
2019年,EU密斯獎,入圍獎
2018年,芬蘭土木工程師協會獎,并列二等獎
2018年,芬蘭年度鋼結構大獎
2018年,Tekla BIM大獎,芬蘭和波羅的海國家,榮譽提名獎
2018年,Architizer A+獎,交通及交通基礎設施,入圍獎
FIRM PROFILE
ALA Architects specializes in demanding public and cultural buildings, unique renovation projects, station design and master planning. The Helsinki–based firm was founded in 2005 by four partners: Juho Gr?nholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Ter?svirta and Samuli Woolston after winning the 1st prize in the open international competition for the new theater and concert hall in Kristiansand, Norway. Kilden Performing Arts Centre opened in 2012.
Today, ALA is run by Gr?nholm, Nousjoki and Woolston, and in addition to them employs 40 architects, interior designers, students and staff members, representing 14 nationalities.
ALAs most recent completed projects are Event Centre Satama, the new departures and arrivals building of Helsinki Airport, three stations along the second leg of the western extension of Helsinki Metro, the Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Saukonlaituri parking facility, Courtyard by Marriott Tampere City hotel and the renovation of the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi. Our ongoing projects include a university library just outside Lyon, the expansion of the Estonian Business School in Tallinn, Nokias new facilities in Oulu, as well as the restoration of Villa Lante in Rome.
In addition to having designed major public buildings in Finland and abroad, the partners have taught architecture in Finland, and at Columbia University and Washington University in St. Louis Helsinki International Semester. In 2012 they received the prestigious Finnish State Prize for Architecture.
ALA seeks fresh angles, flowing forms and surprising solutions. They trust in beauty achieved by combining the intuitive and the analytical, the practical and the extravagant, the rational and the irrational.
WORKING METHODS
ALA uses contemporary design tools such as building information modeling, 3D printing, and parametric design software combined with the more traditional model building and materials research. The ALA partners are directly involved with all aspects of the offices design work, and take a very hands-on approach at the critical stages of each project. All team members are also expected to contribute to the creative process. The office also relies on its network of highly competent international collaborators and specialists to stimulate the exchange of up-to-date knowledge.
Every project starts with an analysis aspiring to get to the heart of the given task, to understand the framework based on the environmental constraints and the point of view of the client. After this begins the design phase that aims to, in a creative and open-minded manner, produce the best solution to the question at hand.
SELECTED AWARDS:
European Steel Design Awards, Finalist, 2023
Shenzhen Global Design Award, Bronze Award, Urban Design, 2023
Prix Versailles, Airports, Special Prize, interior, 2022
Finnish Wood Architecture Award, winner, 2022
Grands Prix du Design, Institutional Building, Platinum Winner & International Grand Prix Winner, 2022
Tekla Global BIM Awards, Best BIM & public project, 2022
Finnish Association of Civil Engineers Award, 1st prize, 2021
Finnish Steel Structure of the Year Award, 2021
Grands Prix du Design, Cultural Building, Gold Winner & International Grand Prix Winner, 2021
Tekla BIM Awards, Finland & the Baltic states, Jury winner & people's choice winner, 2021
Detail Prize, 1st prize, 2020
Acknowledgment on accessibility, the City of Helsinki Council on Disability, 2019
Project Management Association Finland's Project of the Year Award, 2019
Finlandia Prize for Architecture, Finalist, 2019
European Steel Design Awards, Award of Merit & Award of Excellence, 2019
IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year, 2019
WAF Awards, Completed buildings - Culture, Shortlisted, 2019
Dezeen Awards, Cultural building, Shortlisted, 2019
Architizer A+ Awards, Institutional - Libraries, Finalist, 2019
AZ Awards, Buildings over 1,000 m2, Jury winner & People's choice winner, 2019
EU Mies Award, Shortlisted, 2019
Finnish Association of Civil Engineers Award, shared 2nd prize, 2018
Finnish Steel Structure of the Year Award, 2018
Tekla BIM Awards, Finland & the Baltic states, Honorable mention, 2018
Architizer A+ Awards, Transportation & Transportation Infrastructure, Finalist, 2018