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Long term infrastructural projects
Long-term projects
Long-term projects shall be launched to support the Capital of Culture project:
- Development centre of creative industries and cultural export
- Support service for event production
- Cooperation laboratory of business life and culture
- Research and service entity related to cultural well-being
Turku 2011 infrastructural projects are foreseen by constructing or restoring following projects:
- Congress and main music house
- New main library
- Cultural quarters
- Neighborhood libraries and chain of family parks
- Development of the banks of the River Aura
- Meeting of the old and the new in a number of urban areas under development, such as the Kakolanmaki hill and the Linnanfalt wooden quarters near the harbor
Architectural design
Development of Prerequisites
To face challenges coming from culture and tourism, infrastructure and economic resources have to be further developed along with attracting expertise and international activity. For this reason projects are initiated in following areas:
- Application of the 'one per cent for art' principle
- Development of ateliers and atelier entities for artist groups
- National urban park project
- Baltic Sea centre
- Centre for performing arts
- Film commission of Western Finland
- Nobel House and House of Books projects
- Permanent post of urban and community artists
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