Supercell Headquarters lighting Helsinki

The new eight-story headquarters of the global mobile gaming company Supercell is located in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, and is part of the Woodcity block. The starting point for all the design has been the everyday life and ideology of Supercell’s practice. The success of all solutions is reflected in job satisfaction. The atmosphere of the facilities is moderate and soothing. The game is the core, the rest has to support it.

In office spaces, light introduces the surfaces indirectly. The light is tuned small and dimmed; quiet. In the morning it is cooler and more intense. As the evening darkens, the mood changes; the light is warm and the pilasters on the exterior walls illuminated throughout may resemble a campfire, creating a warm atmosphere. In contrast, the adjoining windows open onto the city of Helsinki in the evening.

The lobby represents a unique wooden architecture that is spectacularly highlighted. During the day, the general light is brighter, when it gets dark outside the general light dims and the wooden architecture also emerges as part of the street scene. Highlighted game characters communicate about the company. The warm wooden architecture and cool concrete frame create a sensual combination.

The Atrium opens from the café floor, with a staircase leading to the offices and the top restaurant and auditorium floor. The fictional expression of light in the Atrium is like the heart and soul of Supercell. Abstractionally changing tones and slow motion give way to imagination and illustration. Unnoticed, light changes with the seasons and the day, always looking different.

Hexagon lighting on the top floor represents the basic ideology of the company’s operations; cells. The moving and living light of the Hexagon reflects the birth, reunion, and separation, beginning, and end of cells. It changes according to daylight and algorithmically indicates the amount and direction of the wind. It can be programmed for events and for use with the AV-entirety. Basic lighting solution is moderate spot lighting.

In the cityscape, Hexagon communicates dynamism and communicates the existence of a gaming company without the need to advertise. The façade of the building is also lightly lit, but in the main part of the street view, a moving and transforming Hexagon can be seen from the windows on the top floor.

The flexible basic lighting solution is based on the same technology in all floors. Magnetic dazzle-protected LED spotlights are easy to move and feature zoom optics. Traditional general lighting is only available in conference rooms and team and other office spaces. Other illuminated facilities include a gym, kindergarten, sauna, spa, roof park, roof terrace and garage. When you reach the rooms, the lights come on and can be easily adjusted with the wall button. The color temperature can be changed manually from the basic setting; cool in daylight and warm in the dark. When you leave the rooms, you will be left in the blue waiting light in the conference rooms.

Supercell headquarters is an example of boldly questioning the traditions and trends of lighting architecture. Light is part of the architecture and before that it is part of the values ​​and lives of the users of the spaces. The lighting solution provides elements that the end-user can endlessly modify and develop.

Constructor: Supercell

Architect: Anttinen Oiva Arkkitehdit

Interior designers: Firm 151, Futudesign, Fyra, Pinata, AOA

Lighting design: Valoa design

Design- and customlighting: Tunto lighting

Light and AV system design and implementation: Audico Systems

Main contractor: SRV Rakennus

Electrical engineer: Sweco Talotekniikka

Presentation tech consultant: Akukon

Photos: Kuvio, Aatu Heikkonen/Inspiroiva Creative, Valoa design