Nokia Arena

The Nokia Arena & Crown Central Deck project is an ambitious urban renewal project, situated at a pivotal location within Tampere (Finland). It stitches the urban fabric back together across an existing railway and connects East to West, creating a new vibrant hub of high-quality living, working, leisure and culture for the city and Finland.

The mixed-use program consists of a multi-purpose ice hockey arena with a hotel, five adjacent towers with a podium and includes residences, retail and offices.

The Arena, which occupies one fifth of the complex, will have the capacity to accommodate 11,000 visitors. With its shopping arcade, bars and restaurant at deck level, the arena redefines its pivotal function as a hub for diverse urban activities The area also includes a hotel and five adjacent towers for office, residential and retail use.

For the execution of this large-scale project, the best materials and with the best performances were necessary, so for that reason on the 3,000m² of laminated glass were used with the following configuration: 10mm glass + Visual 0.76 + AB-AR 1mm + Visual 0.76 + 10mm glass, all them were manufactured and installed by the local transformer company RITALASI OY

AB-AR is the post-breakage structural interlayer developed and designed by Evalam to be used on applications that require extra security in public spaces or with high linear load. Provides passive post-break security when tempered glass is used. AB-AR is a technical solution that offers 50% less weight than glass-only compositions, obtaining the same resistance that offers a security plus, making it the ideal solution for structures of all kinds in glazed facades, structural windbreaks, stairs, ceilings or railings, as well as in anti-vandalism security situations.

Architect: Studio Libeskind

Structural Engineer: Ramboll Finland

Laminadores: Ritalasi Oy

Solution: AB-AR 1mm Interlayer + Evalam Visual

Pictures: Tomorrow AB