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European Architects Alliance visited GI’s office

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The European Architects’ Alliance is a consortium of architectural and design firms with more than twenty offices across Europe such as Denmark, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey, Germany, Poland and Italy. The Alliance’s operation is based on cooperation between architectural and design offices in Europe. Cooperation benefits all parties and enables to provide architectural and design services for clients whose requirements transcend national boundaries. As a part of our cooperation, we had a pleasure to host a group of members visiting our office in our semiannual meeting that was organized week ago.

During their visit, our guests also got to know the beautiful Archipelago of Helsinki as we took them sailing.

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Efficient office spaces, more satisfied employees, says Jari Inkinen in Operation Ilmala, Hartela publication 05/2017

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Gullsten-Inkinen has been involved from the start in the real estate development and interior design of Ilmala that is located with good mortorway access and good transport links.

For successful Gullsten-Inkinen workplace projects, have a look at for instance Nordea HQ, or Sanoma Media HQ. Please also, read full article on Operaatio Ilmala publication.

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UMA Esplanadi is expanding

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UMA Esplanadi has expended with more than two hundred square meters. UMA Esplanadi also celebrated its one year anniversary in April.

The coworking space is designed for more than 100 professionals and includes meeting rooms, innovation/wellness rooms and workrooms. It also offers a Wi-Fi-connection, host-service and a community where knowledge and ideas flow freely.

For more information, check out our project UMA Esplanadi and visit UMA Esplanadi Technopolis.

 

Mobile gadgets, creative workspaces and co-learning – Jari Inkinen spoke at an education conference in Moscow

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Last week, “EdCrunch: International Conference for New Educational Technologies” became the first ever major event in Russia to bring together educators, education entrepreneurs, practitioners and researchers from around the world. Gullstén-Inkinen Design & Architecture CEO Jari Inkinen gave a lecture on new learning environments as a part of the event program.

Held in Moscow on 13-15 September, the conference was a joint effort between the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS”, the center of technological entrepreneurship Digital October and the online magazine and social platform Edutainme.ru with support from the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation.


New approaches to an old industry

The conference addressed the changing nature of learning and the need for education reform on all levels of education from elementary to higher education and professional training. The increasing role of mobile technology and interpersonal skills in professional life has uprooted education from its conventional contexts: the classroom and the school desk. This has made it necessary to rethink our teaching methods and environments.

Jari Inkinen’s lecture “New type of learning environment” discussed the possibility of reform in architecture and interior design. Designing properties for such educational institutions as the University of Helsinki, University of Tampere, Aalto University and multiple libraries in Finland has led Jari to believe that modern learning environments must support creativity, mobility and new technology. The growing demand for collaborative workspaces and small tutoring spaces should serve as a challenge to designers everywhere.


Where do we go from here?

To help the design community with the task, Jari presented his own checklist for modern learning environments:

  • Adapts to different types of learning situations from solo to group work to one-on-one tutoring
  • Enables and encourages movement of students and teachers
  • Supports modern technology from mobile appliances to video conferencing
  • Inspires with its colors, shapes and textures
  • Promotes a healthy mind and body with its furniture, lighting and acoustical solutions
  • Offers protection from noise and other stress factors

The other lectures, panel discussions and workshops at EdCrunch delved into various aspects of education development: designing new school buildings, modernizing old ones, finding balance between innovation and safety factors, fostering collaboration between teachers and designers, and so on.

See pictures from Jari’s lecture and the event venue below, published with kind permission of copyright holder Martela.

Work continues at over a dozen of sites in Finland and Europe in the summer months

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A spa resort in Belarus, several office and conference centers in Finland, new restaurants to cater to every taste and preference… Summer may be in full bloom, but work at Gullstén-Inkinen Design & Architecture shows no signs of slowing down. As June turns to July, we merrily continue to labor at over a dozen of different sites in Finland and Europe.

One of the major design projects of the summer is a spa resort extending over an area of 200 hectares in Belarus. Meanwhile in Sweden, work on the office and meeting facilities of paper and pulp manufacturer Stora Enso’s Stockholm biorefinery continues throughout July and August.

On Finnish soil, multi-storey office and conference buildings for information technology company Nokia, financial services company Nordea and retailing cooperative organization S Group are in the process of being renovated. Individual office spaces for financial institution Nordic Investment Bank and machining manufacturer Konecranes are also in the works.

Restaurant selection in the Greater Helsinki area is about to improve with the addition of multiple new restaurants. Casual dining restaurant Bistrot opened at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport in the beginning of July. Auratalo – a historic Helsinki office building set to become a modern hotel complex – will receive a new restaurant hall, bistro and Burger King restaurant from Gullstén-Inkinen. The restaurant and conference facilities of Antell Vallilan Akseli are being renovated for the upcoming fall.

In Porvoo, a picturesque cultural city just outside of Helsinki, the sixth Marks & Spencer store in Finland will open in autumn 2015. Gullstén-Inkinen also designed the previous five Marks & Spencer stores in Helsinki, Tampere, Hämeenlinna, Jyväskylä and Lappeenranta. Back in Helsinki, a group of 1950s semi-detached houses owned by the University of the Helsinki and located on the Viikki Campus are being renovated as modern dwelling units. And finally, spaces in downtown Helsinki’s Vuorikatu 20 are being renovated for future commercial or administrative use.

More information about these and other ongoing projects will be released throughout the rest of the year. In the meanwhile, Gullstén-Inkinen wishes its clients, partners and friends a happy and sunny summer!

GI attended Finnish Business conference in Moscow

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On the 30th October 2014 Gullsten-Inkinen Design & Architecture participated in the forum “Finnish Business in Moscow” arranged by The Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC). 60 Finnish enterprises and over 200 Russian participants, representing universities, high-tech companies, construction and manufacturing industries, logistics and consultancy enterprises.

During the seminar various lectures about Finnish-Russian trade relations were given by the Chairman of FRCC Esko Aho, Under-Secretary of State Matti Anttonen, Chairman of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) Ilpo Kokkila, Chairman of The Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Aleksander Shokhin and M&A Director at Renova Group Maxim Mayorets, who also represented the Russian science and technology centre Skolkovo.

The event was organized by Tarmo Suomalainen, who is the Regional Director at The Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce – FRCC, St.Petersburg.

The conclusion of the forum was that trade cooperation and investments between our countries will continue.

Jari Inkinen speaks in Moscow next week

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ISKU Russia and GI Design & Architecture are organizing a seminar “Office – A Place to be Creative, Social and Effective” on October, 23 at 10 a.m. in ISKU’s showroom in Moscow, Bolshoy Sergiyevskiy pereulok. Speakers in the seminars are Jari Inkinen on the subject of Office – ‘A Place to be Creative, Social and Effective’ and Ville Siekkinen, General Director ISKU Russia, ‘Shocking figures about economics of office furniture’.

Jari Inkinen to speak at Office Next Talks conference in Moscow

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Jari Inkinen is giving a presentation on the topic of “Office and work organization in a changing world” in Moscow 14th of May in the Office Next Talks conference. Mr. inkinen is also participating in a panel discussion later that day.

Gullstén-Inkinen Design & Architecture is participating in the Office Next design competition for the third time.

For more information please visit:

http://www.officenext-moscow.com/awards.php

GI chosen as the first member of the European Architects’ Alliance in the North

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GI Design & Architecture is the first Nordic interior design company that has been invited to join the European Architects’ Alliance. EAA has a network of over 20 architect and design companies over Europe and it operates globally.

The Alliance’s operation is based on cooperation that benefits all parties. With over 650 professionals the alliance has extensive expertise in multiple design fields. Client base include companies such as Disney, Discovery Channel, JP Morgan and Vodafone. Membership is only by recommendation of a member. GI’s referee was the London office of an American consulting company IA with who GI has worked with internationally. The membership helps GI export Finnish know-how to the international markets and gives GI considerable competitive advantage.

One of GI’s strengths is its networks and successful work history in Russia and the Baltics. GI has been ranked first for two consecutive years in the Best Office Awards competition in the “Comfort and Ergonomics” category. The competition is organized by Russian design and architecture magazine Project Next. The award gala is held annually in Moscow.

GI’s participation in Finland’s first LEED certified building project was also a key factor in the membership selection. From the very beginning of its operating days GI has been promoting environmental awareness in design. GI was the first design company in the world to be accepted in WWF’s Green Office network.

GI is also a member of both the Finnish-Russian as well as the Finnish-British Chamber of Commerce.