Thomas Kong's Work in Helsinki Effect
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Thomas Kong's shortlisted entry for the Next Helsinki international architectural competition was published in the book, The Helsinki Effect: Public Alternatives to the Guggenheim Model of Culture-Driven Development. In his essay, Back to the Starting Line, Finnish Architect and Professor Juhani Pallasmaa sounded out Thomas Kong's project as an example of a "decentralized or fragmented museum, which introduces new functional and spatial concepts for the art museum of the 21st century.