The city of Helsinki has launched a competition to create a new waterfront cultural and leisure district on the South Harbour, which will include a design and architecture museum complex.
The Makasiiniranta area is the last remaining section of old harbour cut off from public use and is currently home to terminals and parking.
Top: the design will be built on an 83,000-square-metre site. Above: it will be located on the right bank of the port
The City of Helsinki is looking for proposals from construction and real estate industry operators to turn the area into a "cultural heart" for Helsinki that activates the seafront while creating new public realms, amenities and architectural layers.
The proposals must also include a design and architecture museum complex that will bring together the existing Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum Helsinki. Proposal to fit into carbon-neutral vision
Makasiiniranta was formerly the proposed site for the Guggenheim Helsinki, a project that was abandoned in 2016 after the city council chose not to allocate public money to it.
The new architecture and design museum, first announced last year, replaces those plans. Other suggested uses in the area include a hotel, retail space, restaurants and walkable public spaces.

The proposals for Makasiiniranta will also need to integrate the area with the surrounding urban fabric and fit with the City of Helsinki's overall vision, which includes a commitment to becoming carbon...