Approved parameters and guidelines: Helsinki City Planning Committee The regeneration of Eteläsatama The City of Helsinki is in the process of planning development measures for the Eteläsatama area to link it more closely to the city center. The aim is to link the port area to the city center and its public spaces, to improve pedestrian and cycling routes along the waterfront, and also to undertake complementary construction, all without eliminating passenger shipping from the heart of the city. The City of Helsinki organized an international ideas competition for the area in 2011–2012. The best entries in this competition outlined possibilities for the placement of public buildings in relation to the port, Tähtitornin vuori hill, the row of city blocks along Eteläranta street, the Old Market Hall and the square on its south side, and the present competition area. The best entries also highlighted how a pedestrian promenade and public spaces would be shaped along Laivasillankatu and how they would extend into a public space on top of the deck structure to be built adjacent to Olympia Terminal. The immediate vicinity The principal direction of approach from the city center to the museum will be past the Old Market Hall, and the forecourt will naturally be located there. While it has been traditionally the case in Helsinki that streets terminating at the waterfront have a view of the sea, the new building may extend further north than the present Makasiini Port Terminal, but it should not be placed as far north as the Vironallas basin or in front of Hotel Palace building. The City Planning Department considers it an important goal that the museum forecourt and the museum site adjoin the sea. This will mean reducing the quayside area for visiting vessels and reducing the size of the Tallinn terminal. It would not be possible to reshape the waterfront at the competition area, and there is no need for additional basins.
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