Bob W Kamppi, secured in collaboration with actual property associate Slättö, sits in an space of Helsinki that is named the center of the Finnish music scene the place greater than half of the town’s dwell music venues are located. Kamppi is a cultural melting pot of creativity and is house to many museums, file corporations and music competition headquarters – the Urho Kekkosen Katu stretch has even been nicknamed ‘Rock and Roll Road’.In step with a rising pattern within the repurposing of economic buildings, Bob W Kamppi is a former workplace block that will likely be reworked into fashionable flats set round an internal courtyard with a rooftop sauna lounge, in a chief location. Workplace to hospitality conversions are bringing new life to cities, a motion that Bob W is a real advocate of with initiatives equivalent to Kamppi and others throughout Europe.Opening in 2025, Bob W Kamppi’s combination of studios and one-bedroom items may have an inside idea designed by native design company KOKO3, uniquely merging the constructing’s 70s uncooked structure with fashionable Finnish design. A color palette impressed by the native neighbourhood blends with assertion design items, whereas regionally sourced artworks, a signature of the Bob W model, seize Kamppi’s essence. Collaborations from famend up to date Finnish designers Vaarni & Basta function in coworking areas, within the rooftop lounge and within the sauna amenities, showcasing a mixture of nostalgia and modernity.As a climate-neutral hospitality supplier, Bob W’s intensive renovation of this workplace constructing has the setting at its core. In partnership with famend sustainability specialists Avarrus Architects, a agency that was shortlisted for Finland’s highest architectural award, the imaginative and prescient for Bob W Kamppi is to protect the constructing’s unique 1970’s essence, whereas considerably elevating its sustainability credentials and performance. Refurbishment plans embrace superior, eco-friendly HVAC methods, vitality environment friendly home windows replacements, roof repairs, a renovated parking deck and the mixing of photo voltaic vitality options, all aligning to realize LEED gold certification, the best sustainability requirements within the inexperienced constructing score system.
Bob W Kamppi
Helsinki, 00100
Finland
