Groups and Institutions
City
- City of Helsinki
- Development Division of City of Helsinki Economic and Planning Centre
- City Planning Office
- City of Helsinki Urban Facts
- City Real Estate Department
- Public Works Department
- Helsinki Energy
- Saunalahti - http://saunalahti.fi
Places
- Europe
- Baltic Sea Area
- Helsiki
- Helsiki City Centre
- East Helsinki
- Toukola region
- Kyliisaari first idea area for sewage treatment plant
- Vantaanjoki river mouth
- Vanhankaupunginlahti scenic waterfront area right next to a nature reserve
- Kumpula valley
- Arabianranta (area)
- Vanhakaupunki in north, Hermanni in south and Toukola and Kumpula in west
- Hämeentie street
- Arabia factoy
- Kumpula Campus
Times
- 1550 Helsinki founded by King Gustav I of Sweden as Helsingfors
- 1874 Arabia factories started to make porcelain products and the industrialization of Helsinki begun
- 1987 the University of Art and Design moved into the old production buildings of the Arabia factory
- 1988 city had decided to build a centralised sewage treatment plant at Viikki or somewhere else... the decision fell on Arabianranta; the housing development project is initiated
- 12 December 1988 was established the Hermanni-Toukoia Area Development Project, later renamed the Arabia-Hermanni Area Development Project
- early '90 planning, preparatory work for construction, planning of the public service infrastructure and earthworks
- 1992 the Master plan is completed
- 1993 built mock-up building corners on the site in order to give an idea of how the buildings would relate to the landscape
- 1993 The Media Lab was established in the University of Art and Design
- 1995 Pop & Jazz Conservatory moved in Arabianranta
- 9 August 1995 preliminary agreement for establishing a centre for Art and Design at Arabianranta was signed; City of Helsinki, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Arabianranta private landowners and University of Art and Design Helsinki made an agreement to develop Arabianranta as a “leading hot-spot of desing in the Baltic Sea Area”
- mid-1990s ambitious goals were set for Arabianranta; the idea of a public-private partnership had emerged
- 1996 free competition was allowed when the monopoly of the Helsinki Telephone Company was terminated; Helsinki Polytechnic Stadia moved in Arabianranta
- 27 November 1996 the Helsinki City Council approved the local plan
- 1997 Developing company Art and Design City Helsinki Ltd. was established by the City of Helsinki, State, University of Art and Desing Helsinki, Pop&Jazz Conservatory and Hackmann Ltd.
- 2 June 1997 the City Board granted Helsinki Energy permission to go ahead with the plan of networking
- 28 January 1998 the Ministry of the Environment ratified the local plan
- 1998-2000 was to study the impacts of the information society on urban evolution
- 2000 Helsinki celebrated its 450th anniversary and was designated one of the European Capitals
- spring 2000 begun the new construction phase
- summer 2001 the first residents moved to Arabianranta
- 2002 was founded the Real Estate Service Company of Arabianranta & Arabia Services Ltd. (Arabian Palvelu) to built all the common facilities, like common ground, parking places, areal broadbandet and club facilities.
- summer 2002 the network became operational; http://www.helsinkivirtualvillage.fi was launched
- May 2006 50 per cent of the permitted floor area was built, the total number of apartments completed or currently under construction at Arabianranta was 1,600 (approx. 137,000 m2 gross)
- 2007 has started Helsinki Living Lab-project
- 2010 is going to be a leading hot-spot of creative industries in Northern Europe
- 2012 Arabianranta building term
Others
- Art works
- Broadband Communication Network (10/10 Mbps data connection)
- arabianranta.fi Web portal
- HITAS system
FACTS AND FIGURES
Start
- 85 ha measurement of the developing area
2008
- 4000 new residents
- 6000 students
- 4000 workers
- 300.000 m² of flats building site
- 200.000 m² of new university, office and commercial space building site
- 120.000 m² already converted factory buildings
- 300 companies situated in Arabianranta (2/3 of them sme´s)
- 70 pieces of art in public places, houses, parks and roads
- 7 bus lines, 2 tram lins
- 11€/m2 maximum social rental costs (free marked rents are up to 22€/m2)
END of works
- 8000 new residents
- 6500 students
- 5000 workers
- 110 ha total area
- 80% of land owned by the municipality
- 100 years rent out plots
- 59 new buildings
- 134 total numer of buildings in the area
- 0.7 areal density ratio
- 0,2 - 2,0 (average 0,5) building density
- 2300 new dwellings
- 67 m² average gross floor area of the flats
- 82 m² average in a normal residential building
- 41 m² average floor area per person
- types of flat: from studio flats of less than 20 m² for students to family dwellings of eight rooms and a kitchen with a floor area of 195 m²
- 15% 1 room residences; 15% 2 rooms; 20% 3 rooms; 40% 4 rooms; 10% 5 or more rooms
- housing by form of tenure: owner-occupied flats 50%, rental apartments 50%
- rental apartments by type of lessor: private 10%, social (student, municipality, etc.) 90%
- 7 +1 schools - universities
- 1 university; 2000 students 250 teachers,
- 2 finnish colleges of applied sciences; 1400 students 200 teachers
- 1 swedish cellege of applied scienses; 1800 students 400 teachers
- 1 pop and jazz conservatory; 500 students 79 teachers
- 1 swedish vocational school; 800 students 40 teachers
- 1 primary school; 700 students 24 teachers
- In the vicinity of the area (200 metre); 1 university departement of sciences 7000 students and 500 teachers
- 20,4 Km total road network (motor vehicles 6,2; bicycles 4,6; pedestrians 2,4; other use 7,2)
- 2900 total number of parking places (parking places: 2600 private (1800 on ground, 700 underground); 300 public)
- 100% number of broadband connections
- 1000 pieces of art alltogether; made by 200 artist
- 10 public monitor broadcast local information from schools, business and city; advertisement
- 3 nurseries; 3 social service premises (house for mentally disable youngsters, house MS-deseas patience, house for communication disable children); 1 private seniorhome; 2 grocery stores; 2 museums; 1 concert halls; 1 shopping centre 12 000m2; 25 stores; 3 restaurants; 3 lunch places; 4 cafes; 2 museums; 2 galleries; 2 libraries; 1 sportsgruond football, atletics, tennis, icehockey;
- population by sex
- population by age (number)
- 361 0-6 years
- 184 7-15 years
- 47 16-17 years
- 655 18-29 years
- 699 30-44 years
- 175 45-64 years
- 45 65-74 years
- 30 over 75 years
- population by citizenship (number)
- 2156 European
- 20 African
- 15 North American
- 5 Latin American or Caribbean
Maps
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