Suomeksi

Guggenheim Helsinki: Concept and Development Study

10.1.2012

Report Proposes Location, Purpose, Financing and Governance of a Museum and Recommends Moving Forward with an Architectural Competition. The report proposes that a museum would be built on a City-owned site along the South Harbor waterfront, where the Kanava Terminal Building currently stands.

Concept and Development Study for a Guggenheim museum  in Helsinki (A4 format pdf)

Concept and Development Study for a Guggenheim museum  in Helsinki (A3 format pdf)

Read the study (primapaper/flash)

Guggenheim Helsinki: konsepti- ja kehitysselvitys (pdf)

 

Photo: Pertti Nisonen / City of Helsinki

Press release
English (pdf)
Finnish (pdf)
Swedish (pdf)

Presentation by Mayor Pajunen (ppt) 

Economic summary
English (pdf)
Finnish (pdf)

Watch The Presentation seminar held at The Finlandia Hall 10.1.2012.

Photo: Pertti Nisonen / City of Helsinki

Press Photos

Helsinki Concept and Development Study: Project Update

October 2011

English (Link to Guggenheim website)
Finnish (Word document)
 

May 2011

English (Link to Guggenheim website)
Finnish (Word document)
Swedish (Word document)

Helsinki commissions the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to explore the possibility of a Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki

18.1.2011

Press release

English
Finnish
Swedish

Watch The Press Conference  held at The Helsinki City Hall 18.1.2011.
 

Janne Gallen-Kallela-Sirén, Tuula Haatainen, Richard Armstrong, Jussi Pajunen, Ari Wiseman.

Lisätietoa / Supporting documents

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Basic Facts Website

Helsinki Basic Facts
Helsinki: an Overview
Helsinki Press Photos

Finland Basic Facts

Biographies

Jussi Pajunen, Mayor, City of Helsinki (bio  image)
Tuula Haatainen, Deputy Mayor, City of Helsinki (bio image)
Janne Gallen-Kallela-Sirén, Director, Helsinki Art Museum (bio image)
Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum (bio image)
Juan Ignacio Vidarte, Deputy Director and Chief Officer for Global Strategies, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (bio image)
Ari Wiseman, Deputy Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation (bio image)

Selected Helsinki Culture Links

Helsinki Art Museum www.artmuseum.fi

International programs in visual arts, theater, dance and opera www.visithelsinki.fi

World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 www.wdchelsinki2012.fi

Helsinki Design District (25 streets and 190 points-of-contact for fashion, jewelry, interior design, antiques, creative industries and cafés) www.designdistrict.fi

Helsinki Festival www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi 
Flow Festival www.flowfestival.com 
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival: www.docpoint.info