Smart City District Kalasatama in Helsinki won the first prize in the international KNX Award
The smart neighbourhood of Kalasatama in Helsinki won the first prize in the international KNX Award contest. Kalasatama’s smart real estate and housing automation and energy solutions participated in the finals along 40 other propositions. “The award is a great acknowledgement to the City of Helsinki in the field of smart city development. It shows how important roles the cities play as enablers of new markets. Requiring open standards and innovative terms for the conveyance of plots have worked in Kalasatama. In this way, the City can offer big enough test platforms for the testing and spreading of new sustainable>>>
Opening up underused spaces for residents
What would be the best way to make underused spaces available for use for the residents? Do we need new trials or competitions to find new ideas, or would increasing cooperation between residents, service providers and property developers help solve the issue? Architects, city planners and property developers together with service providers sought answers to these questions in a workshop held in September. As part of the Flexi Spaces project (Joustotilat in Finnish), a new model for flexible and transparent usage of spaces is being developed and trialled. Forum Virium Helsinki invited property developers, city planners and architects to a>>>
