Kamppi Health and Wellbeing Centre, Helsinki

We delivered the Kamppi Health and Wellbeing centre to the City of Helsinki to serve the southern parts of the city. The project was carried out as a collaborative construction management contract, and the implementation phase began at the start of 2024. The project was completed in september 2026, more than a year ahead of schedule.

In October 2024, the City of Helsinki awarded the Real Estate Award to the Kamppi health and wellbeing centre in the 2024 Roadwork Site of the Year competition. 

The new building is located in Kamppi on a street and square block bordered by Runeberginkatu, Fredrikinkatu, Kampinkuja, and Salomonkatu – more precisely, on the site of the former ticket hall building of the western entrance to Kamppi metro station, between Sähkötalo and Autotalo. The property will include two underground and eight above-ground floors. The building was designed by PES-Arkkitehdit Oy.

The project will enable easily accessible, diverse, and modern public social and health care services for approximately 122,000 users in the southern parts of Helsinki.

In addition to health services, the property will include commercial premises, metro station spaces, and connections to the metro and Kamppi Centre. The metro station entrance facilities will also be renewed, and street areas improved.

A challenging project

"The key starting points for the design were accessibility and functionality for users, lifecycle sustainability, and high architectural quality. Due to the densely built above-ground and underground environment, the complexity of both the design and construction is high. The designers have found excellent solutions to both architectural and technical challenges," said Tuomo Salonpää, Project Director at the City of Helsinki. 

"Working on a compact plot in a central location requires special expertise and good collaboration between the project's different parties. In 2023, the project's implementation planning progressed well, and preparatory works such as utility relocations were carried out on the plot. Cooperation with the various parties has gone very smoothly," said Jukka Niemelä, Head of Project at YIT. 

A total of 2,019 construction professionals worked at the site during the construction phase. In addition, a wide range of experts from various fields have been responsible for the planning.

Over a year ahead of schedule

The city's Project Director Tuomo Salonpää appreciates the high quality of the finished project:

"This project is certainly one to remember. The construction site has been one of the most sensitive and challenging places in the city – and the work was completed well ahead of schedule. This speaks volumes of the power of the selected work methods and close cooperation. The work was also sped along by the solution orientation of the participants and the swift pace and high quality at which the matters which required resolving went ahead," Salonpää said.

"Sustainability is at the core of YIT's strategy, and it requires us to act in terms of environmental, social, and governance aspects. In this project, occupational safety plays a central role, and in terms of environmental factors, I would also highlight scheduling control during construction, effective sorting of construction waste, and the use of renewable energy. Smooth execution management is a prerequisite for successfully completing a demanding project," Niemelä added. 

Health and wellbeing services under one roof 

The new building will house the services of 3–4 health stations and is designed to serve 122,000 residents. The building will mainly include social and health care services for adults: general health station services with a separate infectious diseases clinic, psychiatric and substance abuse services, social work for youth and adults, as well as physiotherapy and occupational therapy services. 

Smoother everyday living for city residents

"The new entrance to the Kamppi metro station will improve connections, particularly transferring from the bus to the metro. The new connection is opened at a good time, as the roadworks related to the West-Helsinki Light Rail on Runeberginkatu will cause exceptional arrangements to rail traffic. We hope that the improved connection to the metro will make it easier for our customers to get around,’ says Joona Packalén, Head of Communications at Helsinki Region Transport (HSL).

Work on the adjacent street areas will be completed by the end of 2026, at which time the Runeberginkatu street will also be re-opened to vehicle traffic.

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