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Project Review — 1.2.2022

Attuned

The former factory block in Helsinki’s Arabianranta district has over the course of a couple of decades been transformed into a cultural campus. The latest addition to the block, the new Soiva building, offers music education facilities for both a university and a conservatory.

Project Review — 1.2.2022

Timber Forms the Next Generation

In Finland, CLT structures have recently proven especially popular in buildings for education. For Philip Tidwell, the award-winning Hopealaakso Daycare Centre by AFKS architects carries traces of issues that designers have to solve when new material is integrated into conventional systems of design and construction.

Project Review — 1.2.2022

Discreet Charm

The Isabella residential block in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, designed by Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, is tailored for different inhabitants from economics students to Swedish-speaking teachers.

Project Review — 1.2.2022

At a Second Glance

lushness, something that has also been given its place inside the apartments. Tarja Nurmi visits the housing block designed by Heikkinen-Komonen Architects.

Column — 1.2.2022

Sanatoria in the Shadow of Paimio

During the twentieth century, Finland had 80–85 institutions of care specialised in the treatment of tuberculosis. Paimio’s iconic figure has shadowed the rest of Finnish sanatorium architecture, argue Heini Hakosalo and Emilia Rönkkö.

Essay — 1.2.2022

Essay: In Search of a Hero – Stories of Aino Aalto

Ulla Engman examines the stories told of Aino Aalto.

Essay — 1.2.2022

Deep, Deeper, Deepest Empathy

When architects design a building, they usually think about the future users and inhabitants, perhaps even collaborate with them in the design process. Empathy can build bridges between actors. In her research, Helena Sandman found three types of empathy.

Phenomena — 1.2.2022

The Rare, the Outstanding and the Everyday Grey

Uniqueness or rarity most often determines what kind of buildings are highlighted in architecture and what is, in the end, protected. What will happen to those commonplace environments that do not fulfil either of the criteria?

Phenomena — 1.2.2022

When Minorities Talk about Architecture, Does Anyone Listen?

Arvind Ramachandran interviewed members of different minorities on their experiences on the discussion around Finnish architecture and how it could be made more inclusive.

Opinion Piece — 1.2.2022

Architecture’s Forgotten

Who will we remember, and who will we allow to slip into oblivion?

Visions — 1.1.2022

Alternative: Yes in my backyard

ow to densify a post-war neighborhood to have a wider range of dwelling types and to encourage walking and cycling instead of car traffic?

Book — 1.1.2022

Feminist City – A Place for All?

In her recent book Feminist City, Leslie Kern unpacks intersectional perspectives to urban planning and elucidates the need to re-examine the planning profession.

Book — 1.1.2022

Urban Encyclopaedia

A stylish book more reminiscent of a hip magazine than a work produced at a university department traces the history of urban design in the 20th century.

Phenomena — 1.1.2022

New Districts – How are Finnish cities being densified and infilled right now?

How are Finnish cities being densified and infilled right now? What kind of values are the plans based on? In this article, we will present an infill development plan of an inner city district, a sustainable smart city district and a district with mixed-use perimeter blocks.

Editorial — 1.1.2022

Editorial 1/2022: Casino Chips

The opening move in the tower block game in Finland was made by architect Sigurd Frosterus one hundred years ago. Tower blocks are still emerging in plans and visions – but what kind of urbanity do they create?