Alusta Pavilion: Care, Architecture & Materiality

in English / free entry

What would happen if we were to cease treating construction materials as something separate from us that is there for us to utilize and discard as we wish? Speakers are Matti Kuittinen, Architect, Adjunct Professor, Resource-efficient construction and environmental impacts, Aalto University and Elina Koivisto, Architect, University Teacher in Building Technology, Aalto University.

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Architecture Walking Tour Series / Ullanlinna Tour on Fridays

Participation 10/5/0 €

Participation fee is paid on site at the Customer Service Point of the Museum of Finnish Architecture upon arrival. The walk is approximate 3–4 km.

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Discover how town planning created two of Helsinki’s most beautiful neighborhoods, distinctive for their parks and colorful residential buildings.The tour embarks from the museum towards the cozy Ullanlinna quarters by the seaside and then proceeds to briefly explore the Eira neighborhood.

Architecture walking tours series is written and hosted by Gayle McKeen. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago and has taught at universities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Architecture Walking Tour Series / Lauttasaari

The tour starts:
Lauttasaari Metro Station (Otavantie entrance)
00200 Helsinki

The tour ends:
Lauttasaari Metro Station (Otavantie entrance)
00200 Helsinki

Participation 10/5/0 €
Participation fee is paid on site upon arrival.
The walk is approximate 4 km.

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Good living for all. From the 1940s, Lauttasaari was developed as a desirable place for Helsinki residents to live. On this tour you will see some of the many contributions of women architects to Lauttasaari’s built environment and learn about the new building techqniques and principles of standardization that informed postwar residential building in Finland. The tour focuses on buildings from the 1940s through the 1960s.

Architecture walking tours series is written and hosted by Gayle McKeen. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago and has taught at universities in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Alusta Pavilion: Architecture & Empathy

in English / free entry

Minimizing the negative impacts of construction is not enough – how can architecture contribute to the wellbeing of the community, both human and nonhuman? Introduction to Alusta pavilion & Talk followed by discussion. Guest speakers: Sofie Pelsmakers, University of Tampere and Maiju Suomi, Aalto University.

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Alusta Pavilion: Making in the More Than Human World

in English / free entry

How does moving beyond the anthropocentric attitude change a designer’s perspective? Speakers are Maarit Mäkelä, Associate Professor, Practice Led Design Research, Aalto University, Maiju Suomi, Architect & Doctoral Researcher, Aalto University and Aarni Tujula, Bachelor of Arts, Aalto University.

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Themed Guided Tour:
Wivi Lönn’s Ebeneser – Art Nouveau Castle on Children’s Terms

The themed guided tour starts and ends:
The Kindergarten Museum & the Ebeneser Foundation
Helsinginkatu 3–5, Helsinki

Participation: €10/5/0  
incl. Entrance ticket to the Kindergarten Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture

Pre-registration required. Register here

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On this themed guided tour, we get to know the Ebeneser House, one of the most significant works of the most active creative period of architect Wivi Lönn. Inside the building, we get to see how the perspective of the users was always the starting point guiding Lönn’s design and the ways in which she created a comfortable and home-like environment for the children in the kindergarten. Lönn’s interpretation of the most popular architectural trend of the early 20th century, the Art Nouveau, is also noteworthy in Ebeneser.

The themed guided tour is a collaboration between the Museum of Finnish Architecture, the Kindergarten Museum and the Ebeneser Foundation.

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