{"id":14343,"date":"2020-05-07T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T13:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/?p=14343"},"modified":"2022-12-05T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:35:38","slug":"tripla-has-received-the-glass-structure-of-the-year-2020-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/news\/tripla-has-received-the-glass-structure-of-the-year-2020-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Tripla has received the Glass Structure of the year 2020 award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tripla has received the Glass Structure of the year 2020 award<\/h1>\n

The Finnish association of Flat Glass presented Tripla with the Glass Structure of the Year award on 6 May 2020. Sweco\u2019s architects and structural engineering experts were involved in the design of Tripla\u2019s glass structures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The district of Pasila in Helsinki gained a new, bold centrepiece at the end of last year, as the Pasila station area was reformed with the Tripla shopping centre, a new railway station, apartments, offices and a hotel. The development of Pasila\u2019s cityscape with Tripla has already been celebrated for many reasons. As the latest achievement, the Finnish Association of Flat Glass honoured Tripla with the Glass Structure of the Year 2020 award. The biennial award highlights interesting, challenging and impressive glass structures in Finland.\u201cI believe that the glass structures of the Tripla complex are one of the reasons why the Pasila area has received praise as a result of this project. In Pasila, Tripla represents a trend of contemporary architecture where glass construction is more important than before. Tripla\u2019s glass structures are one of the key architectural areas that bring the entire district to the new millennium,\u201d reflects Sweco architect\u00a0Simo Anttilainen<\/strong>. \u201cWe at the Sweco team are really pleased that the impressive glass structures have been honoured with this award.\u201dAccording to the jury, Tripla\u2019s design has skilfully taken into account the massive structure of the surrounding Pasila area by creating lightness in the whole with multidimensional glass structures. Tripla represents a new kind of urban glass construction with warmth.\u201cGlass construction played a major role as early as the competition phase of the project. The City of Helsinki had a significant vision for developing the look of the area and promoted high-quality construction in the land use planning and building control of the Pasila area. Thanks are also definitely due to YIT who boldly took up the challenge of glass construction at Tripla,\u201d Anttilainen continues.<\/p>\n

Three main features stand out among Tripla\u2019s glass structures: the multidimensional full-wall balcony glass facade, the box windows and the folding glass facade of the station. The structural engineering of the glass structures also required a pioneering approach.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a structural engineering point of view, the most interesting and, at the same time, the most challenging part was to design the constructions of the folding glass walls. Our structural design team did a great job with this. Overall, Tripla has exceptionally interesting structures, the successful implementation of which we can be really proud of. Monitoring the testing of the box windows was also an interesting step. We have been developing these window structures for several years,\u201d says\u00a0Jukka Sammi<\/strong>, department manager of facade engineering at Sweco.<\/p>\n

Sweco started cooperating with Arkkitehdit Soini & Horto Oy on the project after the Dutch Office for Metropolitan Architecture (O.M.A) stood aside. Sweco\u2019s architects were responsible for the architectural design of the station block. Sweco was also responsible for the structural design of the station block and for supervising the construction and electrical work of the station, shopping centre and car park. Sweco played a special role in the project as the representative of the investors\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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