Published in 2/2019 - Education and Research

Interview

Schools – Interviewing the directors of architecture schools

Arkkitehtikurssin opiskelijat 1947
Architecture students of class 1947 in Helsinki.
Aalto University Commons.

When did you last hung out at the university? Today over 250 new students start programmes in architecture, landscape architecture, interior design as well as urban studies and planning at Finnish architecture schools each year. The three universities differ from each other in terms of resources and organizations, as well as disciplinary contexts. We asked current directors of the three Finnish architecture schools to share their thoughts on architectural education and their own focus areas.

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