The new Kamppi Health and Wellbeing Centre building is completed in downtown Helsinki. 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.
Challenging construction project completed more than a year ahead of schedule
The Kamppi Health and Wellbeing Centre building is exceptional with regard to both its location and its implementation. With eight floors and two basement floors, the building is situated in the middle of a busy downtown area of Helsinki, next to valuable buildings and over an active metro station and public transport tunnel. The building was commissioned by the City of Helsinki. 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.
The building was designed by PES-Arkkitehdit Oy. The starting point of the planning was to create an easily accessible health and wellbeing centre in the heart of Helsinki that would meet the operational requirements, improve the quality of the local urban environment and be usable for decades.
Access to the Metro and the Kamppi shopping centre to open in October
The main contractor for the project was the YIT construction company. 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.
"I am delighted that we can now hand over this significant project to the City of Helsinki. Helsinki residents will be able to use the west entrance to the metro, the ticket hall and the underground access to Kamppi shopping centre already this autumn. The project is located in a central place, which is part of its challenge. It has required a high level of versatile construction competence, as well as seamless cooperation with all parties,’ said YIT's Project Director Jukka Niemelä.
"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).
Health and Wellbeing Centre to open in spring 2027
The completion of the building does not mean that the services at the new Kamppi Health and Wellbeing Centre will be available yet. The commissioning phase for the building will begin in October. Staff and clients will be able to start using the new facilities in spring 2027, at which time the building will provide services for approximately 122,000 Helsinki residents.
Services that will be available at the new Kamppi Health and Wellbeing Centre include:
- a health station
- social services for youth and adults
- physical and occupational therapy services
- basic mental health and substance abuse services
- podiatry services
- a wound care clinic, and
- advisory services for older people.
