In October 2004 Tovatt Architects and Planners was asked to partake in a invited competition for the masterplaning of a major site situated directly to the north of the historic city centre of Helsinki. The site is at present used as docks that are soon to be moved further out from the city centre, thus releasing a large and valuable land area with close contact to the city centre and the natural environment surrounding the city. A complexity to the project was the integration of a major combined power and local heat plant serving Helsinki and a major road bridge combined with a new railway station linking the city to the east of Helsinki.