Lahti (FI)

New ground level photos have been added to the Complete Site Folder > 0-New_Docs_after_Launch. 

There're also recording on the Kick.-off Event presentation of the Site now available on europan.fi & europan-europe.com. 

No, they do not need to be, but it can provide mutual benefits from the point of view of auxiliary amenities like cafes and the like, or shared locker rooms or storage.

Lots 15 & 16: Privately owned, listed buildings

Lot 2: Owned by the City of Lahti, leased to Spatium Ltd, which is a municipal company. Leased for the time being.

Lots 3, 1004 & 18: Owned by Salpaus Further Education, public real estate.

Lots  20, 21 & 22: Owned by the municipal housing company. Buildings are new and still under construction. 

Update / addition: With regards to the plots between Satamaradanpolku and Svinhufvudinkatu, competitors are encouraged to ideate new uses which would integrate the plots to the sports centre both spatially and functionally in the long term.

Competitors are not asked to study & design any building plans –  but as a background information, drawings of floor plans, sections and facades of ISKU Arena and Sports and Expo Hall havebeen now added to the Complete Site Folder > 0-New_Docs_after_Launch. *Answer edited on the 24th of April.

The area shown in the Media Area Option 1 is enough.

The new bridge is already under planning, so the competitors don't need to study the solution further...

The power plant is currently indispensable; however, in the long term it might be relocated as the plot has a really good location within the urban structure, facing the lake side. So even if there're no plans or decisions regarding its relocation, new ideas for the future use of are welcome.

Recordings of the Site Visit and four approachment directions (from the Railway Station, Sibelius Hall & Harbour, Fellmanninpuisto_Park and Mytäjärvi Pond are added to the Complete Site Folder > New Docs After Launch.

There is a network of 35 km of walking trails in the Salpausselkä ridge recreational area, open for walking and snow-shoeing in winter. The paths are also suitable for mountain biking. These trails are separate from skiing trails, where walking and other sports are not allowed. In addition to the maintained network of trails, there is a copious network of forest paths. https://www.lahti.fi/vapaa-aika/luonto-ja-aktiviteetit/maastoliikuntapolut/   https://www.lahti.fi/en/leisure-and-sports/sports-services/trails-for-walking-biking-and-skiing/

Vehicle access from the south of Teivaankatu is not necessary as a general thoroughfare street, but is indispensable as a rescue route / emergency access. Therefore, the access road must remain available for at least maintenance, rescue, and drop-off traffic; additionally, the need for access to Teivaankatu from both directions for the distribution of parking traffic depends on the future parking solution for the area.

Residential development is not excluded as such; however, competitors should be aware that Lahti already has approximately 100,000 square metres of planned but unbuilt residential development in several good locations. Furthermore, major events may conflict with residential use, as they generate noise, traffic, and other disturbances. Suitable residential development in this context could include short-term accommodation, such as a hotel or sports hostel, possibly including student housing—provided that residential functions and building typologies are otherwise essential to the competitors’ proposal. We’d like to remind competitors that commercial services should not compete with those in the city centre,

The project planning for the water sports center is underway, and its currently projected location is the gravel surfaced field next to the current Isku Arena on Salpausselänkatu (see updated project site map). The gross floor area of the Water Sports Centre is 9 000 square metres including a 50 m pool. The height of the street facade is approximately 15 metres. The entrance to the WSC should be located to the east of the Games Gate on Salpausselänkatu, so that the swimming pool can be accessed even during major events in the Sports Centre. Therefurbishment and extension plans of Isku Arena  have also advanced. It is possible to locate a multi-purpose arena on the current site of Isku Arena; its approximate dimensions are 130 m by 90 m and the height 25 m. The proposals must enable the WSC and the multi-purpose arena to be two distinct projects to allow flexibility in construction time-scales. The task of competitors in Europan 18 is primarily to study the spatial and urban landscape impacts which these large-scale buildings have on the whole of the Sports Centre, not detailed architectural design of facades.

Parking requirements have changed slightly, with the estimated total requirement of parking being 300 - even 400 spaces, which is sufficient for daily use. During events parking is spread in various parts of the city centre. The parking solution has not been specified. It can be either on-surface or structural and need not be in a single facility, nor on the same plot with the WSC or multi-function arena. Competitors are welcome to propose out-of-the-box solutions for parking.

Some slight contradictions and ambiguities have been identified between the E18 Competition Rules (section 4.4 "Items to Submit") and the Site Brief for Lahti. Please follow all instructions provided in the Competition Rules, which the Site Brief refers to and which take precedence over the Briefs in case of contradiction.

– According to the Competition Rules, competitors are required to submit 3 images in PDF format for communication purposes, not 2 images in JPG format as stated in the Site Briefs.  (Note: these images for communication don't need to show any new content, they’re some of the drawings and images made for the A1 panels.)

– The illustrated text presenting the project ideas should be a maximum of 4 pages, instead of 6. The text for communication purposes should be about 800 characters long (spaces included, to be typed in during submission). 

Please also note:

– The Team Form and the Declaration of Authorship, Partnership, and Acceptance of the Competition Rules are available online in each team’s personal area and must be filled out and signed. Also pictures of the ID’s of the team associates and contributors showing that you’re under 40 years old are required. 

– As the competition is anonymous no names shall be revealed on the panels or other competition material.

– We recommend adhering to the maximum panel file size of 20 MB as stated in the Rules.  You can upload your documents in parts as they become ready if needed you can always update them until the submission closes.