The future of Turku Science Park
The development of the Turku campus and Turku Science Park is one of the city's key projects set by the Turku City Council. The expansion of Turku Science Park towards the Itäharju industrial area creates an even more significant urban hub for expertise, innovation, mobility, and living in the area.
The Kupittaa Kärki partnership project envisions a vibrant city
The Kupittaa Kärki partnership project, launched for the Science Park area, creates a future vision for the Kupittaa and Itäharju districts.
With the deck connecting Kupittaa and Itäharju, a vibrant hub of housing, services, education, and the business world is being built around the Kupittaa station. Through the Kupittaa Kärki partnership project, an urban city hub and Turku’s second city center are being formed in Turku Science Park.
The vision of the Kupittaa Kärki partnership project is to implement an area acting as a continuation of the Science Park using a deck crossing Helsingintie, which seamlessly connects the Science Park to the eastern districts and serves as a focal point for the area. A mixed service and urban structure creates diverse functions for the area and combines working life, education, and leisure into a unified whole.
The vision for the Science Park sets the guidelines for development
The City of Turku’s future vision for the Science Park (Turku Science Park Masterplan 2050, published Dec 4, 2017) sets the guidelines for development in the coming decades. In the future vision, the 90-hectare Itäharju area is seen as a significant platform for growth, and the entire area is expected to be renewed by the middle of the century.
In addition to Turun Teknologiakiinteistöt, the City of Turku, local universities and universities of applied sciences, Turku Science Park Oy, Suomen Yliopistokiinteistöt, the Hospital District of Southwest Finland, and the Turku Student Village Foundation have participated in the collaboration.
A developing Science Park
EduCity was completed in the Turku Science Park area in 2020, bringing the operations of the University of Applied Sciences under one roof. LinkCity, planned next to EduCity, is estimated to be completed in 2025.
InfraCity was completed on the Itäharju side in 2022, serving as the headquarters for Turku Energia.
Source: City of Turku
Photos: Lundén Architecture Company