PARKING PARK - Helsinki south harbour regeneration plan

Concept:

Central terminal + central parking place + central recreation garden = maximum public space + waterfront urban life + high efficient handing harbour

 

Central terminal: integrate the cargo ferry, passenger terminal, boarding cars, bus station, headquarter of dockland into a multi-functional compactificational complex.

Central parking place: centralize the parking space from Market square to Olympia terminal into a parking infrastructure.

Central recreation garden: to create a tropic water paradise for cold Finnish weather. make sexy beyond stratification.

 

Statement:

Parking park = central terminal + central parking place + central recreation garden.

compactification of ferry terminal break the fence of harbour logistics and open waterfront space for publics. This plan make south harbour come back pedestrians and city daily life. it is the opportunity for Helsinki to have a sustainable future. Parking park is a socio-spatial strategy for south harbour redevelopment. Parking park is a paradise for citizen, is a engine for habour area economy, is a new mental place dialogue with historical Helsinki cathedral, is a central ferry terminal for south harbour circulation.