ALA partners: “The most inspiring architecture of the last century”
How did ALA end up planning the renovation of the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi? What is their relationship with the Pietiläs’ architecture?
Energetic Visionary
Each summer a new experimental pavilion is erected by the Serpentine Gallery in London. Marianna Wahlsten interviewed artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist prior to the official opening of the 2019 pavilion.
Interview with AS LL TK
In April 2019 the designer trio Antti Soini, Leo Lindroos and Tuuli Kanerva won the Housing Reform Helsinki – Housing 2020 architecture competition for a site in Jätkäsaari. What sort of ideas lie behind the winning proposal?
Studio Visit: Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen – Advocates for Good Housing
Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen are known particularly for their housing projects.
Home Futures
The exhibition by the Design Museum, London, sheds an eye on the idea of home through past visions 20th century.
Studio Visit: Jenni Poutanen – Occupation: Diversity and Variety
Architect and university teacher Jenni Poutanen studies and develops working and learning spaces and teaches architecture at Tampere University. She perceives architectural research as an activity that supports design work.
Visible Walls
In Jätkäsaari Elementary School and Daycare Centre, art is integrated into the brickwork of the facades.
Wooden Precision
Energy efficiency aspects and the existing oak trees on the site steered the planning of the daycare centre in the Vaarala district of Vantaa.
Learning from a School
The first school project in Finland utilising solid wood construction was built with elements produced in a local factory. For the designers, learning about the novel material offered also a chance for new architectural thinking.