Craft and Chill – Art with Shrink Plastic

Transport connections

Youth Pride House is located at Konepajankuja 3, 00510 Helsinki. The venue is 900 m from Sörnäinen metro station, 1.1 km from Pasila train station and 50 m from the nearest tram and bus stops.
Tram 9 and buses 500 and 510, Stops: Sturenkatu H0654, Sturenkatu H0655.

There are no parking spaces near the venue.

The escort traffic stop is located in the immediate vicinity of the accessible entrance at Konepajankuja 3. The walkways from the border of the lot to the entrance are easy to see, have a smooth surface, are hard and non-slip.
The width of the walkways is at least 2 m and there are no obstacles on the walkways.

A gentle slope of at least 2 m wide leads to the entrance from Konepajakuja, with handrails on both sides.

Entrance to the venue

The entrance is not covered. There is one step in front of the entrance and a gentle slope with a width of at least 1.2 m has been built next to it. There is no handrail on either side of the slope.

The entrance platform is at least 1.2 m wide and at least 1.5 m long.
The outer door opens from a large button located on the left side of the door at a height of about 1 m. The free width of the door is at least 85 cm and the height of the threshold is at most 2 cm.
The outer door does not open directly in front of the slope.

The air closet door also opens from a large button, which is located at a height of approx. 1 m on the left side of the door. The windward cabinet door opens into the windward cabinet, but it is spacious enough to pass with wheeled aids. Both the outer and windward doors open outwards to the right. There is a free space of at least 40 cm wide on the opening side of the doors. At a height of about 1.5 m, the glass walls of the windward cabinet have observation marks that stand out clearly from the glass.

The interior of the venue

Youth Pride House consists of a large lobby space at street floor and a separate, quieter space, as well as five workshops located on the second floor.
There is no induction loop in the facilities. All premises have good ventilation.

Traveling indoors

In the lobby, the width of the passageways is at least 1.5 m, and the passageways are not narrowed by furniture, etc. The width of the passageways is at least 1.2 m in the workshops.
The facilities also have seats with backs and armrests for resting.

The building has a standard elevator for at least 8 people. You need the help of an employee to use the elevator, as it is located in a part of the building that requires access.
From the lobby there is access to the workshops on the second floor via a spiral staircase. The stairs have a handrail on both sides. The edge of the steps is not marked with dark contrast.

The floors of the quieter space and the workshop spaces are partially carpeted. The exit routes used in an emergency are guided and illuminated.

Toilet facilities

In the lobby and in a quieter area, there are barrier-free toilets that meet the regulations of accessibility. Unobstructed access to the toilet is guided. There is no public toilet on the second floor.
In addition to the barrier-free toilet, the lobby area has two gender-neutral toilets, each with three individual toilet cubicles. There are no urinals in the toilet facilities.
The doors of all toilets have thresholds less than 2 cm.

Sensory disability

Depending on the program, there may be different sensory stimuli in the workshop spaces and lobby.
All rooms have adjustable lighting. The lighting is even and glare-free. In addition, the premises receive natural light from the windows. In the lobby, a moving image is projected onto a screen.

Strong colors have been used to decorate the premises. We instruct employees to avoid strong perfumes. Materials such as various paints may be used in the workshops, which may cause odor stimuli.

During the event, there are various sounds in the lobby space, such as music, performances and whispers. Background noise is also caused by the space’s air conditioning. In a quieter space, there are fewer sensory stimuli. For example, there is no background music or moving image in the space. In a quieter space, the sound may come from a whisper.

In all rooms, damping surfaces and materials have been used to reduce noise caused by reverberation. Youth Pride House has 4 hearing protectors that can be borrowed. If necessary, be prepared with your own hearing protection or earplugs.

Event content

The event is free of charge, and there is no advance registration for the event. It is not possible to participate in the event remotely. No written/sign language interpretation or other interpretations have been arranged for the event. A microphone is used for speeches and presentations at the event. The videos shown at the event do not have internal subtitles or descriptive interpretation. The materials and instructions for the event are available in Finnish, Swedish and English. They are not available in Braille. There is no general assistant at the event.

Employees are prepared to provide guidance if necessary.

Questions related to accessibility can be asked to an employee of the Helsinki Pride community: Luna Goc, Phone: 044 493 2099, luna@pride.fi

Employees can be identified by the t-shirts and name signs of the organizing organizations (Helsinki Pride community and Helsingin Kaupunki).

Program organizers have been instructed to communicate possible content warnings. It is possible to give feedback about Youth Pride week using an online form. You can also give feedback to employees personally.

The event follows the principles of a safer space, which are displayed in several places in the Youth Pride House. If there is discrimination or harassment at the event, please inform our harassment contact employees.

Helsinki Pride community employee Enni Happonen, Phone: 044 779 9744, enni@pride.fi and Helsinki Youth Services employee Mona Huczkowski, Phone: 040 334 7443, mona.huczkowski@hel.fi, are our harassment contact persons.

The event has order control to ensure safety. The organizer checks participants’ bags at the door.