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New international experts appointed to the Board of Directors of the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki

Elina Anckar, CFO of Marimekko, Marianne Goebl, Managing Director of Artek, and Gitte Ørskou, Director of Moderna Museet, have been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki. The new appointments bring international leadership experience from respected organisations in the fields of design and museums and strengthen expertise in finance and business. The appointments are made by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design, which owns the museum company. Juha Ahonen, Executive Director of the Culture and Leisure Division at the City of Helsinki, has been appointed as a new member of the Foundation’s Board.

Elina Anckar, CFO of Marimekko since 2015, brings strong expertise in the strategic financial development based on her vast experience across multiple industries. She has successfully developed organisations, led major transformation projects, and been responsible for international stakeholder relations. Anckar was named CFO of the Year in 2022.

Marianne Goebl, Managing Director of Artek, has over two decades of experience developing initiatives at the intersection of culture and commerce. Since 2014, she has led the creative and commercial direction of the Finnish design company, part of the Vitra Group. Previously, she served as Director of Design Miami, the leading fair for collectible design and held senior roles at Vitra.

Nordic museum sector expertise is brought to the Board by Gitte Ørskou, Director of Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Malmö. Moderna Museet enjoys a strong reputation as a pioneer in the global museum field. Ørskou has extensive experience in museum leadership and international collaboration in the cultural sector. She has overseen major organisational transformations and significantly increased visitor numbers and funding at the museums she has led. She is currently leading a national museum merger project in Sweden.

“The new Museum of Architecture and Design is a significant initiative also internationally. As a museum, we are positioning ourselves at the highest international level, firmly rooted in a Nordic context. The design of our new building, which is scheduled to open at the end of 2030, is now at a pivotal stage. At the same time, the museum’s operations are being developed and expanded in its current premises to meet future goals. We warmly welcome Elina Anckar, Marianne Goebl and Gitte Ørskou to the Board. Their expertise and networks will be a significant boost to our ambitious work,” says Chair of the Board Kaarina Gould.

Elina Anckar and Gitte Ørskou will begin their work on the Board on 25 March 2026. Marianne Goebl will assume her role later, starting on 1 August 2026.

Kaarina Gould will continue as Chair of the Board. The members of the Board are Pauli Sivonen (Vice Chair), Elina Anckar, Marianne Goebl, Laura Aalto, Jenni Reuter, Jutta Tynkkynen and Gitte Ørskou. Petri Tervonen and Heli Lehtonen will step down from the Board. The Director of the Architecture & Design Museum is Pilvi Kalhama.

There are also changes to the Board of Directors of the museum’s owner, the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design. The City of Helsinki has appointed Juha Ahonen, Executive Director of the Culture and Leisure Division, to the Foundation’s Board for a three-year term. Ahonen brings strong expertise in leading and developing large service portfolios. He has broad experience in renewing organisational culture and guiding strategic development. Mikko Aho, who has served on the Board as City-appointed member, will continue as a member appointed by the foundation. Pauli Kariniemi, Director General of the Financial Markets Department at the Ministry of Finance, will continue as the State representative in the Foundation’s board.

Timo Laitinen will continue as Chair of the Board. The other members are Anne Korkiakoski (Vice Chair), Jannica Fagerholm, Susanna Pettersson, Anna Valtonen, and Merja Ylä-Anttila.

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About the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki

The Architecture & Design Museum is located in the Kaartinkaupunki district of Helsinki at Korkeavuorenkatu 23. The museum is currently preparing for a new phase, with a new building planned for Helsinki’s South Harbour. The new home, designed by JKMM Architects following an international competition, is expected to open in 2030. Until the new building is completed, the museum will continue to operate in its current premises.

The Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design is responsible for establishing the new museum, fundraising, and managing the national collections. The museum is operated as Finland’s national responsibility museum by AD-museo Oy. Kiinteistö Oy ADM, owned by the State of Finland and the City of Helsinki, is responsible for the development and construction of the new building.

The founders of the new Museum of Architecture and Design are the State of Finland and the City of Helsinki. The founding partners are the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Louise and Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Centennial Foundation of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, and the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

Industry Muscle Promo Video Wins Award at Voitto

The promotional video for the Industry Muscle exhibition presented in Venice has won first prize in the Music and Sound Design category at the Finnish advertising film competition Voitto.

The best advertising films of 2025 were awarded at the Voitto Gala held at the Old Student House in Helsinki on Friday, 6 March 2026. The jury praised the video in particular for its strong understanding of the dramaturgical power of sound.

The award-winning video served as the international promotional material for the Industry Muscle exhibition, highlighting its key themes through powerful audiovisual storytelling.

The Voitto competition annually honors the best creators and productions in Finnish advertising film.

The Architecture and Design Museum produced the exhibition Industry Muscle: Five Scores for Architecture for the Nordic Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia. The Biennale was open to the public from 10 May to 23 November 2025.

Created by performance artist Teo Ala-Ruona together with their working group, the exhibition examined the modern built environment from the perspective of the trans body. Combining architecture, performance art, and installation, the project proposed five exercises for the architecture of the future. The exhibition was curated by architect Kaisa Karvinen.

The video was filmed at a concrete factory in Helsinki, where the exhibition installation was built from concrete, steel, and an old sports car. The video also offered a first glimpse of the performance presented in Venice. The performers are Ala-Ruona, Kid Kokko, and Caroline Suinner.

The video was produced by Cocoa and directed by Taito Kawata, whose previous work includes the Netflix series Dance Brothers.

Video Production Team

Director – Taito Kawata
Executive Producer – Ilona Malinen
Music & Sound Design – Akseli Soini / El Camino
Music & Sound Design – Petja Virikko / El Camino
Sound Design / Original score for Industry Muscle: Tuukka Haapakorpi
Director of Photography – Tuomas Nurmi
Production Manager: Samuli Hilkamo
Production assistant: Juuli Nyberg
Production Assistant / Gaffer – Eemi Lehto
Light Technician – Tiia Hyyryläinen
1st Assistant Camera – Henrik Leppänen
Hair & Makeup – Emma Janhonen
Grip – Oskari Jokinen
Grip Assistant – Pepe Uimonen
Set Design – Teo Paaer
VFX Artist – Juho Lähdesmäki
Colorist – Joni Kuusisto

Performers
Teo Ala-Ruona
Caroline Suinner
Kid Kokko

Special Thanks
Jan Tuomisto / Studio Lupara Oy
Angel Rentals / Roope Ruuska
Bongobongo / Joonas Saine
Vihdin Betoni Oy

Production Company
Cocoa (@wearecocoa)

Foundation reaches Endowment Target with Significant Gift

The donation of two million euros from the Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation has secured the minimum goal for the endowment for the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design. The returns from the capital assets will provide long-term financial support for the operations of the Museum of Architecture and Design in its new building, set to open in the early 2030s in Helsinki’s South Harbour.

With the commitment from the Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation, the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design’s capital endowment has now reached its minimum goal of 150 million euros. The 60 million euro commitments by each of the Foundation’s founders – the Finnish state and the City of Helsinki – create the capital base. An exceptionally strong share of the funding, 30 million euros, has been raised from private sector donors.

Through the donation, the Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation will become a Founding Partner of the New Museum of Architecture and Design. Other Founding Partners include the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland, the Saastamoinen Foundation, and the Centennial Fund of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design.

The Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation, established in 1991, supports education and research, environmental protection, culture and social activities in Finland. The foundation annually awards over one million euros in long-term grants and scholarships to innovative pilot projects.

“The New Museum of Architecture and Design is an exceptionally significant initiative. We are excited to support a project that strengthens and showcases the global visibility of Finnish design and architecture, as well as highlights their significance for society, culture and economy. The future museum, located in a landmark setting, will create a new attraction for Helsinki and the whole of Finland. It is an honour for us to help enable the realization of this vision,” says Georg Ehrnrooth, Chairman of the Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation.

“The Louise and Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation’s donation is a powerful expression of confidence in the future and value of design and architecture within our society. Thanks to this this pivotal contribution, we are ready to take the next steps on the journey towards opening the New Museum of Architecture and Design. We express our warmest gratitude to the Louise & Göran Ehrnrooth Foundation,” says Kaarina Gould, CEO of the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design.

The New Museum of Architecture and Design

The New Museum of Architecture and Design is expected to open in Helsinki’s South Harbour’s Makasiiniranta district in 2030. The results of the international design competition for the museum’s new building were announced in September 2025. The Finnish architecture firm JKMM Architects, known for their museum architecture, was selected as the winner. The museum’s new home aims to provide a setting for world-class museum activities and to enable the museum’s social mission: shaping our shared future through architecture and design. The new building is being implemented by the Real Estate Company ADM, founded by the City of Helsinki and the Finnish State.

Image: JKMM Architects

Pilvi Kalhama at the European Architecture Institutions Conference

The museum director of the Architecture & Design Museum in Helsinki Pilvi Kalhama took part in a three-day gathering of European architecture institutions hosted by the Danish Architecture Center DAC in Copenhagen. The event invited participants to reflect on how architectural institutions can create cultural value and cohesion in a time marked by climate crisis, social instability, and growing divides.

Pilvi Kalhama, Director of the Architecture & Design Museum, contributed with a talk on the evolving role of cultural institutions. She highlighted how museums today navigate a rapidly shifting landscape shaped by digitalization, the demand for inclusion, and the redefinition of public space. Kalhama’s talk was tightly knitted to the new Architecture & Design Museum currently being developed in Helsinki, planned to open to the public in 2030. At the heart of her message was a call for institutions to strengthen their roles as democratic arenas and to remain self-aware of the ways they might also be part of the challenges they seek to address.

Even though the construction of the new museum building is on the horizon, Kalhama emphasized placemaking as a continuous, collaborative civic practice that centres people rather than buildings. Good places, she noted, are never finished; they develop alongside the communities that inhabit them. Extending this idea, she asked how institutions can “design” conditions for social cohesion and ensure that diverse voices feel welcome and represented.

She concluded by urging cultural institutions to remain flexible and open-ended. Even for a museum dedicated to architecture and design, the future role of the institution should not be fully designed in advance, but shaped through dialogue, participation, and shared imagination.

Main photo: Anni Koponen, Architecture and Design Museum

Saara Suojoki appointed Director of Communications and Brand at the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki

Saara Suojoki has been appointed Director of Communications and Brand at the Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki. Suojoki will take up the position on 1st March 2026.

In this new role, Saara Suojoki will be responsible for developing the museum’s societal impact, brand communications, and the overall museum experience. The position has been created to strengthen both the domestic and international recognition of the Architecture & Design Museum as it transitions towards its new building, set to open in Helsinki’s South Harbour in 2030.

“The future of the Architecture & Design Museum is a societal mission for us. Suojoki’s vision for brand communications supports our goal of becoming an internationally unique museum well before the opening of our new building. They bring with her a strong experience and expertise in engaging diverse stakeholders around a shared vision and in building the museum’s impact holistically and sustainably,” says Museum Director Pilvi Kalhama.

Saara Suojoki is transferring to the museum from her position as the Development Director at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art. Prior to this, she held senior marketing and communications positions at major museums in the Helsinki metropolitan area, including HAM Helsinki Art Museum from 2014 to 2017 and the Ateneum Art Museum from 2006 to 2014.

“I see the new Museum of Architecture and Design as a shared project of all Finns. It is inspiring to take part in creating a new kind of museum that speaks to everyone. My goal is to make the museum’s distinctiveness and uniqueness even more visible on the journey towards the new museum. By strengthening the meaningful museum experience, we will also support the museum’s growth and role in this time. Together, we will make the museum a phenomenon,” says Saara Suojoki.

The new Museum of Architecture and Design

The new Museum of Architecture and Design is expected to open in 2030 in Makasiiniranta, located in Helsinki’s South Harbour. The results of the anonymous international design competition for the museum building were announced in September 2025, with JKMM Architects, renowned for their museum architecture, selected as the winner. The new museum aims to provide a setting for world-class museum activities and to strengthen the role of architecture and design as integral parts of society.

Until the new museum is completed, the Architecture & Design Museum will continue to operate at Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki.

This autumn’s programme includes Winner! – an exhibition presenting the results of the design competition for the new museum – and Escape to Moominvalley, which explores in an unprecedented way Tove Jansson’s real-life environments in relation to the spaces of Moominvalley. Check out what’s on currently at: admuseo.fi/eng

Photo: Anni Koponen

Carson Chan named Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs

Carson Chan is named the Chief Curator and Director of Curatorial Affairs of the new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki, one of the most ambitious cultural projects in Finland’s recent history. Chan will provide a comprehensive intellectual vision for the museum and oversee the strategic planning, development, and implementation of the museum’s content-related programming, including exhibitions, collections, publications, diverse research initiatives, and audience engagement. Ahead of the museum’s opening in a new building in Helsinki’s South Harbour in 2030, Chan will begin his new roles in January 2026, as the museum continues to operate at its current premises at Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki.

“We aim to build a leading and inspiring museum for the creative industries in the Nordic context, with a cross-disciplinary and innovative approach. Carson Chan’s valuable expertise and visionary work as a bold explorer of new territories supports our museum’s ambitious goal to engage global and diverse audiences. I am truly delighted to welcome Carson to our dynamic team, bringing professionalism and insight that will help shape our journey toward the museum of the future,” describes Pilvi Kalhama, Director of the Architecture and Design Museum Helsinki, outlining the emphasis behind Chan’s appointment.

“The chance to tackle today’s social, ecological, and political challenges through architecture and design within a new institution is a once-in-a-lifetime privilege. Building on Finland’s celebrated architecture and design legacy, I see the future museum as a global leader not just in showcasing these fields, but in actively shaping their evolution. It is an honor to join Pilvi in Helsinki to create a new kind of museum program, one driven by a spirit of urgency, a commitment to innovation, and a foundation of rigorous research. I am driven to expand the narrative of architecture and design, crafting inclusive new frameworks that will fundamentally shape contemporary culture.”

Chan comes to the new Museum of Architecture and Design from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City where he has served as the inaugural Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and Natural Environment, and where he was also Curator of architecture and design since 2021. Chan was also a member of the museum’s sustainability task force, which leads an institution-wide effort to reduce energy use and carbon emissions. Through a range of curatorial programs and research initiatives at MoMA, he championed dialogue and critical thinking around the built and natural environment. Chan used a multifaceted approach—including public programs, scholarly conferences, publications, and collaborations with MoMA’s learning and engagement team—to illuminate architecture’s historical foundations in ecology and justice for diverse audiences. His widely acclaimed exhibition at MoMA, Emerging Ecologies: Architecture and the Rise of Environmentalism (2023), crucially brought to attention the US architectural responses to the environmental crises of the 20th century.

Focused on a sustained inquiry into the boundaries of architecture and design, Carson Chan’s curatorial practice began with the co-founding of PROGRAM in Berlin with Fotini Lazaridou-Hatzigoga in 2006, an experimental project space and residency that fostered cross-disciplinary dialogue. This foundational work led to large-scale curatorial projects, including co-curating the 4th Marrakech Biennale (2012) with Nadim Samman, which featured 37 new commissions, and serving as Executive Curator of the Biennial of the Americas in Denver (2013). Across these platforms, Chan prompted creators to produce site-responsive works that grounded global discourses in local contexts.

Chan is a prolific writer whose work appears in publications such as Art Papers, Frieze, Log, Texte zur Kunst, and 032c, where he previously served as Editor-at-Large. He has contributed essays to monographs on artists and architects including Monica Bonvicini, Julian Charrière, Aleksandra Domanović, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Barkow Leibinger. Chan holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University and a Masters in Design Studies from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His doctoral research at Princeton University focuses on the rise of environmentalism and the architecture of postwar public aquariums in the United States. In 2013, he co-convened the conference “Exhibiting Architecture: A Paradox?” at the Yale School of Architecture with David Andrew Tasman and Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen; the resulting papers were published by Actar in 2015.

Photo: Anni Koponen

Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design Receives Major Donation from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation

The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation has made a donation of €1 million to the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design. The gift, which is the Wihuri Foundation’s largest single contribution this year, will be allocated to the museum’s endowment fund, the proceeds of which will enable ambitious activities in the Architecture & Design Museum ‘s new building, set to open in 2030.

Building on significant donations from the City of Helsinki and the Finnish government, the Foundation’s private capital target of €30 million has now reached €28 million.

“The Wihuri Foundation’s gift marks a significant step toward opening the new Museum of Architecture and Design. An early commitment to the project is a powerful expression of trust in the future and the value that design, architecture, and cultural institutions bring to our society. Our heartfelt thanks to the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation,” says Kaarina Gould, the CEO of the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design.

A high level Advisory Group is established to advance the next fundraising milestone

The museum project’s fundraising and partnership efforts continue with the support of a new group of distinguished experts. The Fundraising Advisory Group is chaired by Kirsi Komi, and joined by Nathalie Ahlström, Tuomas Aho, Christina Dahlblom, Jussi Herlin, Sanna-Mari Jäntti, Petteri Karttunen, Laura Tarkka, and Ari Tolppanen as members.

The role of the advisory group is to identify collaboration opportunities and foster dialogue with potential partners and funders. In doing so, the group contributes to building a broad partnership ecosystem and ensures progress toward the project’s fundraising goals. The members of the advisory group have been invited by the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design.

“It’s a privilege to be part of building something this unique for Finland,” says Kirsi Komi, Chair of the Fundraising Advisory Group. “The new Museum of Architecture and Design is an investment that will create growth and value across our society. I see this project as one of the defining shared efforts of our decade – one that holds countless opportunities for collaboration for a broad range of businesses and organizations.”

The new Museum of Architecture and Design

The new Museum of Architecture and Design is expected to open in 2030 in Helsinki’s South Harbour’s Makasiininranta district. The results of the museum’s international design competition were announced in September 2025. The competition was won by the Finnish architecture practice JKMM Architects, renowned for its museum architecture, with its proposal “Kumma.”

The new home of the Architecture & Design Museum aims to provide a setting for world-class museum activities and to fulfill its social mission: to shape our shared future through architecture and design.

Both the City of Helsinki and the Government of Finland have committed €60 million each in capital donations to the Foundation for the Finnish Museum of Architecture and Design, which is responsible for establishing the new museum. The project has also received generous support from several private foundations and funds.

The museum’s founding partners are the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Svenska kulturfonden, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Centenary Foundation of the Finnish Society of Crafts and Design, and now, most recently, the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation.

Our warmest thanks to all founding partners for their donations, which make possible world-class operations in the new home of the Architecture & Design Museum.

JKMM Architects wins the open and anonymous competition launched in April 2024§

The 18 month-long process of selecting an architect to design Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki has completed, with the announcement that JKMM Architects, a Helsinki-based architecture practice, has won the international, open and anonymous design competition for the project. JKMM Architects’ design, known during the competition as Kumma, will create a landmark waterfront museum that will showcase Finland’s unique culture of architecture and design on a global stage.

The international design competition received 624 proposals from around the world. Architects from all countries that are party to the WTO’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) were eligible to participate, and most of them were represented. About a fifth of the proposals came from Finland. After Finland, the most represented countries were Italy, the USA, France and the UK.

“The jury made a unanimous decision in the anonymous competition”, says Mikko Aho, Chair of the Jury. “Kumma blends into the cityscape, protecting valuable views of the historic waterfront, while at the same time standing out as a recognizable landmark. The use of recycled brick on the facade brings sculptural, architectural warmth and the terrace surrounding the building strengthens the connection to the city. The winning proposal, which is perceived as monumental and angular, is intended to be developed in a more approachable direction. approachable direction. We and the design team share the view that climate-smart solutions are at the heart of further development.”

“I hope that the planning and realization of the new Museum of Architecture and Design can show the way for how new things can be built responsibly and with skill”, states Samuli Miettinen, founding partner and principal designer at JKMM Architects. “Architecture and design are deeply human – they are born from dreams and longing, and they gain their meaning in the places where we can experience and live together.”

JKMM Architects’ winning design was awarded €60,000 in prize money. A second prize of €35,000 was awarded to the City, Sea and Sky entry by Cossement Cardoso, an architecture office founded by Charles Cossement and Gil Cardoso, based in Portugal and Belgium. Third prize and €25,000 was awarded to Lopes Brenna, an architectural practice based in Chiasso, Switzerland, for its entry, Moby.

The jury awarded fourth prize and €20,000 to the Tyrsky design completed by a collective of Finnish architects. A purchase option of €10,000 was made to secure the TAU design by the French practice, Atelier Orda.

JKMM Architects

JKMM Architects is one of Finland’s leading architecture practices, responsible for internationally celebrated projects including the Amos Rex art museum in Helsinki, Tammela Stadium in Tampere, University of the Arts Helsinki, Dance House Helsinki and Finland’s contribution to Expo 2020 Dubai. The practice is currently working on an Annexe to the National Museum of Finland, also in Helsinki, due to open in 2027, and an annexe to the Lillehammer Art Museum in Norway. JKMM Architects was founded by Asmo Jaaksi, Teemu Kurkela, Samuli Miettinen and Juha Mäki-Jyllilä in 1998. The practice has twice been a recipient of the Finlandia Prize, the highest annual award for Architecture in Finland.

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Announcement of the Results – Design Competition for the New Museum of Architecture and Design

The international design competition for the new Museum of Architecture and Design in Helsinki will culminate in the announcement of the results.

You are warmly welcome to follow the announcement live on Helsinki channel on Thursday, 11 September, from 10:00 to 11:30. The event will be held in English, and the live stream will include Finnish subtitles.

The two-stage competition has sought a design for a new 10,000 m² museum building in Helsinki’s historic South Harbour. The building is intended to provide a world-class setting for museum activities. The finalists are the entries City, Sky and Sea; Kumma; Moby; Tau; and Tyrsky.

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Preparatory construction work commences at the site of the new Museum of Architecture and Design

Construction work at the site of Helsinki’s new Museum of Architecture and Design will commence in August with the renovation of the upcoming museum’s building spot, the Makasiini Quay.

At the beginning of August, the City of Helsinki will commence construction work at the area between the Old Market Hall and Olympia terminal which will eventually become the building spot for the new Museum of Architecture and Design. The renovation of the Makasiini Quay will mark the first phase of the Makasiinranta area’s overhaul.

The goal is to turn Makasiininranta into a cozy public space which integrates seamlessly into the city’s seaside trail between Helsinki Market Square and Kaivopuisto. Besides the new building for the Museum of Architecture and Design, the area will see the construction of the Saaret project which consists of four separate buildings with facilities for hotel operations, offices and business spaces.

The winner of the internationally noted design competition for the Museum of Architecture and Design will be revealed on 11 September. The goal is to create a museum of architecture and design that meets international standards while serving as both a travel destination and a national responsibility museum.

Currently, Makasiininranta serves as a traffic terminal area for the harbour and as a parking lot. Its development will be enabled by the decreasing harbour operations within the area. In the future, regular passenger- and ferryboat traffic will be concentrated to West Harbour and Katajanokka. Piers for visiting cruise ships will be left in place at Olympiaranta.

The goal of the renovation project is to reinforce Makasiini Quay’s seawall and stabilise the soil underneath. The Makasiini Quay renovation project will be completed by October 2026. Situated north of Makasiini Quay, the renovation of Pakkahuone Quay is estimated to begin in October 2025 and be finished by spring 2027. According to the preliminary schedule, the preliminary construction of the area and its streets should commence at the beginning of 2027. The construction of the Museum of Architecture and Design and the first phase of the Saaret project will be completed by the early 2030s.