A Study on the Process of Formation of Intimate Spatial Relations between City and Universities in Helsinki

Abstract

This paper aims to clarify how the intimate spatial relations have been formed between the city and universities in Helsinki in their process of growth. This is done through the analysis of the historical process of universities locations in connection with city growth.
In this paper, we focus on three points; 1) how and why the city center campus was situated and could stay in the heart of the city, 2) how and why the intimate spatial relations between suburban campuses and their surrounding areas has realized, 3) how and why some of the campuses were relocated within the inner city or returned to inner city.