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Futureproof Your Office
As the ways of working keep evolving, YIT wants to reinvent today’ s offices – starting with Pasila’ s Tripla
The future of offices may well be on display in Pasila, Helsinki – in just a couple of years. The Tripla Centre which is currently being built in Pasila will also change the way we look at work, believe Tuula Klemetti and Teemu Haataja from YIT.
Y IT, the developer in the ambitious project, is of the opinion that the Tripla
Centre will reinforce Pasila’ s position as a crucial area of office construction as well as a dominant business district. As downtown Helsinki keeps expanding north – functionally speaking – Pasila is fast evolving into the de-facto centre of the new, urban Helsinki. Spearheading this urban development, Tripla will become a compact superhub of headquarters, offices and hotels.
“ We are set to launch three office buildings with a total volume of 50,000 square metres,” says Tuula Klemetti, Sales Director for YIT.
“ The first office building will be completed by the summer of 2020, with two more to follow the next year,” she lays down the timeline.
Platform Mindset
Tripla’ s office facilities are designed to stand the test of time. Ranging from world-class headquarters to small and medium sized offices, the Tripla offices will be built to
22 Nordicum meet the challenges of the hard-driving business world. In the planning effort, special attention has been given to the concept of work itself.
“ In the future, we believe that technology will form the platform for the various needs of companies, enabling a great variety of things,” says Klemetti.
As expert work is steadily increasing and the significance of time and place keeps decreasing, offices are playing a growing role as social spaces; the‘ new office’ is a place where employees meet, exchange ideas, review common goals … and, hopefully, have fun together, too.
“ By introducing multispace solutions, we can find more personalised ways of working and become more effective in the workplace,” says Teemu Haataja, Sales Director for YIT.
Diversity Wins the Day
Haataja talks about a workplace where there is a wide range of different spaces that accommodate the task at hand – and match the mood of the worker, even.
“ Using different apps, people can for example know where their co-workers are, if their favorite work station is available – and what’ s‘ today’ s special’ at the cafeteria,” he adds.
YIT is developing the offices at Tripla under the guiding principle that all space must adjust to the changing needs of the companies. This means, for instance, that floor plan changes can be made quickly
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( From left to right) Tuula Klemetti, Sales Director for YIT and Teemu Haataja, Sales Director for YIT.