Arctia Shipping Headquarters · Finnish Architecture Navigator

Architect: K2S Architects
Completion: 2013
Gross area: 1250 m²
Themes: Finnish Architecture Biennial Review 2014
Category: Office buildings
Tags: Finnish Architecture Biennial Review 2014 metal cladding shipbuilding shoreline wood

Extract from the Finnish Architecture Biennial Review 2014 jury report:

“When a piece of architecture becomes a new symbol for a business and, on top of that, is innovative and playful in its own right, this surely amounts to an achievement of great architectural merit. Arctia commissioned their floating headquarters to be located near their fleet, and K2S designed a horizontal building that rests on pontoons and relates elegantly to the icebreakers, yet is smaller in scale. The long façades are made of profiled black metal sheets, perforated with abstract ice crystal-like patterns, while the ends are glazed. The wood-covered interiors have an inviting atmosphere recalling old shipbuilding traditions.”