The proposal carefully responds to the unique site and program, making a bold statement by creating a contextual destination that attracts visitors and welcomes locals. Flipping the traditional museum model, it places the public at the center, in an open space that invites, connects, and embodies openness and inclusivity.

Inspired by the quintessential “Pasaasi” typology of Helsinki, the proposal reimagines the concept within the museum’s context, turning the museum’s core space into a sheltering public realm. This urban Meripasaasi serves as a holistic axis that invites everyone: locals, tourists, professionals, and museum staff to interact on multiple floors, creating a dynamic 3-dimensional experience. As a centre for the visitors who are drawn in to explore and wonder, it stimulates an entertaining circulation with visual and physical connections between the levels, offers a glimpse of the ticketed exhibitions and the installations from different perspectives… perceiving the museum as a living entity.

The museum aspires to be memorable, yet sensitive to its context.

From an overall perspective, the museum is iconic. Once closer, the design of its details connects to a human scale. It wants to be remembered, but without screaming.