Romance and Cosmic Connections
For Mika Savela, the design competition for the Annex to the National Museum of Finland concluded in late 2019 highlights questions regarding the relationship between architecture and the story of a nation.
Flipside of an Activity-Based Office
An activity-based office increases interaction and creates innovations – or perhaps not. Virve Peteri, Academy Research Fellow, has studied workspaces of the 2010s. What kind of effects does an activity-based office have on working?
Manifestos on Sharing in Housing Design
How could the ethos of sharing be reflected in housing design? Katja Maununaho examines integrated housing projects in Central Europe, where the creation of communality and sharing is already evident.
A Townhouse in the Chain of Generations
The new building completing the frontage of the market square in Kotka forms the latest phase in the history of a plot whose ownership has been passed down from mother to daughter for already three generations.
The Late-Capitalist City
As the murky ethical and societal implications of late-capitalism become ever clearer, is the compromise of our urban places a price worth paying for maintaining the current economic hegemony? Lee Marable examines the effects of late-capitalism on Kalasatama district in Helsinki.
Chapel Demolition
View to the main hall, 1970s. Photo Eero Suikki / Archive of the Museum of Finnish Architecture.
The Curious OOO
Mark Foster Cage Architects, Guggenheim Helsinki competition proposal, 2014. The proposal was never submitted to the competition.
The Poetic Potential in Structures
Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2019 tackled the multifaceted relationship of poetry and rationality in architecture. Marianna Wahlsten visited the Triennale opening.