Helsinki Cathedral - Finland

🇫🇮 Tervetuloa Helsinkiin!

Welcome to Finland!

This model was designed by Dany Sánchez with optimizations by Jukka Seppänen @kijaidesign .

The idea of MiniWorld3D came to creator Dany Sánchez after a Finnish friend who asked if 3D printing could be used for visually impaired people to "see" buildings and famous landmarks of their cities and countries. So, Dany designed this model, Kijai optimized the STL with their own touch, and then also did the favor of printing it and sending it to Dany's friend so the shipping could be domestic in Finland.

The Helsinki Cathedral ( Finnish: Helsingin tuomiokirkko, Suurkirkko; Swedish: Helsingfors domkyrka, Storkyrkan ) is the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran cathedral of the Diocese of Helsinki, Finland. The church was originally built from 1830-1852 as a tribute to the Grand Duke of Finland, Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.

A distinctive landmark in the Helsinki cityscape, with its tall, green dome surrounded by four smaller domes, the building is in the neoclassical style. It was designed by Carl Ludvig Engel as the climax of his Senate Square layout: it is surrounded by other, smaller buildings designed by him.

The church's plan is a Greek cross (a square centre and four equilateral arms), symmetrical in each of the four cardinal directions, with each arm's façade featuring a colonnade and pediment ( from Wikipedia ).

MiniWorld3D is happy to bring this historical model to life as a homage to the people of Finland. This model was created from scratch by hand and brain in parametric software to ensure printability, using photographs and blueprints to create a beautiful and stylized version of your favorite landmarks. Please give credit, it's all about spreading culture!

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Photo credits: @kijaidesign , Dany Sánchez & @mosaicmfg .

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Printing Tips

Suggested parameters:

No supports, no brim or raft

For better details, print slow, such as 15 or 20mm/s for outer perimeters. Fine-tune retraction to avoid stringing. Perimeters: 2 Top layers: 3 Infill: as low as 12%