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Planning for the renovation of the Virta Cultural Center will begin in the spring.
Planning for the renovation of the Virta Cultural Center will begin during the spring.
The first step is to carry out a needs assessment, which is scheduled to be completed this year. Project planning for the renovation will begin after the needs assessment is completed.
The decision to start the renovation will be made after the project planning is completed.
–If the renovation is decided to be carried out as planned, practical steps will not be taken until autumn 2026 at the earliest, facilities management manager Petri Nuutinen says.
The renovation affects the entire property, i.e. the main library, city museum, art museum, corridor gallery, Virta-opisto premises, Karelia hall, café, and the building's office and meeting rooms.
The functions of the Virta Cultural Center will be relocated to the current City Hall premises during the renovation. The City Hall's operations will be moving to Koskenlinkki in Imatrankoski in late autumn 2025.
User views are mapped using a survey
As part of the needs assessment, users' experiences of the functionality of the Cultural Centre will be surveyed. In addition, the survey asks for answers about what kind of functions would be good to have in the building after the renovation. The survey is open to everyone. You can respond from this link.
–The survey is open until Sunday evening, April 13.4. We hope to receive as many responses as possible from everyone who uses the building. Two tickets to the Svengaavaa Wappua concert will be raffled among those who respond, Nuutinen suggests.
For more information:
property management manager Petri Nuutinen, petri.nutinen
imatra.fi (petri[dot]nuutinen[at]imatra[dot]fi), tel. 020 617 1200
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Tell us about your experience at the Culture House!
What works in the current premises, what doesn't? What would you like the renovated Culture House to include? Tell us your wishes! Two tickets to the Svengaavaa Wappua concert will be raffled among all those who respond. The concert will be held on Wednesday, April 30.4th at 19.00:XNUMX PM in the Karelia Hall of the Culture House in Virta.
The survey closes on Sunday, April 13.4th at 23.59:XNUMX p.m.
The Karelia hall should…
The Karelia hall should be rebuilt acoustically. It hardly serves any purpose where the volume of the instruments is any louder than the sound of speech. Electric instruments become dull due to reflections and the sound field is evenly mixed around the hall. However, bass can hardly ever be made to work in a concrete frame structure. And there is little that can be done about the sound reproduction, because the problems arise when the sound starts to move around the space.
Kaleva Hall hosts small-scale acoustic performances, but even there, big-band instruments are challenging.
In terms of functions, no…
Nothing to comment on regarding the functions. I am concerned about the tightness of the building's flat roof, the edges of which have been raised at least in part of the building, and this has created a swimming pool effect. I hope that thorough work will be done to ensure the tightness of the roof and that the removal of meltwater through the built structures will be absolutely ensured.
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