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General Information

Completion: 1971
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Water tower
Material: Concrete tower

Location

Location: , ,
Coordinates: 60° 10' 52" N    24° 49' 12" E
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Technical Information

Dimensions

reservoir capacity 6 000 m³

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The Otaniemi water tower is a structure designed by the well-known Finnish architect Alvar Aalto in 1971. The water tower is located in Otaniemi area, Espoo, Finland. The total capacity of the tower is 6000 m³. It rises to a height of 45 meters. It is Otaniemi's principal landmark, and consists of two stacked elements - the water storage tank and a free-form, five-story building constructed underneath containing the technical spaces and offices.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Otaniemi water tower" and modified on 18 January 2022 according to the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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  • Structure-ID
    20064281
  • Published on:
    06/11/2012
  • Last updated on:
    14/01/2022
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