Viikki Church

Viikki Church
Finnish: Viikin kirkko
Swedish: Viks kyrka
60°14′00″N 025°02′01″E / 60.23333°N 25.03361°E / 60.23333; 25.03361Coordinates: 60°14′00″N 025°02′01″E / 60.23333°N 25.03361°E / 60.23333; 25.03361
Location Viikki, Helsinki
Country Finland
Denomination Lutheran
Architecture
Architect(s) Samuli Miettinen
Completed 2005 (2005)
Specifications
Capacity 200[1]
Administration
Parish Malmi

Viikki Church (Finnish: Viikin kirkko, Swedish: Viks kyrka) is an Evangelical Lutheran church in the Viikki district of Helsinki, Finland. Completed in 2005, it is the newest of the city's church buildings. The church was designed by architect Samuli Miettinen of JKMM Architects. The church is part of Malmi parish.[1]

The church is mostly wooden: the floors, ceiling, walls and pillars are made of spruce and the outer cladding and double shingling are aspen. Furnishings are made of oak and aspen.[1]

The church seats 200 people; when combined with the parish meeting hall the capacity is 400.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Viikki church". Helsinki parishes. Retrieved 24 January 2015.


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