2/2019 Education and Research

In Finland, architects have traditionally constituted a rather homogenous species and architect-identity has been a shared experience. In recent years the spectrum of duties entailed in the profession has become wider, resulting in the fact that a single architect cannot master every aspect. For example, combining architectural practice with an academic career is no longer necessarily possible.

Today in Finland over 250 new students start programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and urban studies and planning each year. The issue features up-to-date thoughts on architectural education from the three Finnish architecture schools and presents interesting recent student work.

Articles and interviews explore the relationship between research and teaching and bring into question some current unwritten practices within the field – from gendered structures underpinning the architectural profession to public image of architects – that we have a possibility to modify with conscious identity work. The projects presented in the issue are all educational buildings, ranging from daycare centres to higher education.

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