“The Stories design gives Wood City every possibility of becoming internationally renowned wooden architecture in line with the aim of the competition. The adjudication panel commended the winning design’s originality based on simplicity, reproducibility and economics over the whole life cycle, and its tailoring to the site. Wood will be a prominent feature of the cityscape, and the panel specially commended its expressive use at street level. The way the wave-like design of the wooden ceiling continues through the facade at ground level is memorable,” says Hannu Kasurinen EVP, Stora Enso Building and Living, and chairman of the adjudication panel.

Wood City will be located by the entrance to the Jätkäsaari district in Helsinki in its northeast corner. Stora Enso’s structural Urban MultiStorey concept based on massive CLT boards and elements will be used in the wooden structures following further development jointly with SRV, which is responsible for construction of the quarter.
Construction of Wood City in accordance with the plans will start in early 2014.