Events at the Alusta Pavilion in summer 2023
Location: Library
The Alusta Pavilion, designed by Suomi/Koivisto Architects, offers a refreshing space for bees, insects, and people in the shared museum courtyard of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum. The pavilion is open to the public from June 2022 to October 2023. Learn more about the Alusta Pavilion from this link.
Soil Matters
Wednesday 23 August, 2023 at 5.30 p.m.
Language: English | Participation: free entry
The pavilion is an outdoor space. We don’t mind light showers but in case of heavy rain the event will take place in Architecture museum library.
Soil is an active, living entity that sustains life. How is soil? What can we do for it? What can it do for us? How can we strengthen our connection to soil and learn to understand different meaning it embodies by the means of art and architecture?
Speakers are visual artists Nina Rantala and Visa Suonpää, Docent Kim Yrjälä, University of Helsinki and architect, doctoral researcher Elina Koivisto, Aalto University.
Degrowth and Architecture
Tuesday 29 August, 2023 at 5.30 p.m.
Language: English | Participation: free entry
The pavilion is an outdoor space. We don’t mind light showers but in case of heavy rain the event will take place in Design Museum’s Lecture Space.
Degrowth movement aims at a sustainable, healthy and democratic society that isn’t based on continuous growth. In an ecologically sustainable society care, environmental preservation and freetime are valued. What could architecture be like in this setting and how would it be made?
Speakers are activist-scholar Eeva Houtbeckers, University of Turku and architect, doctoral researcher Elina Koivisto, Aalto University.
Material cycles in construction
Wednesday 6 September, 2023 at 5.30 p.m.
Language: English | Participation: free entry
The pavilion is an outdoor space. We don’t mind light showers but in case of heavy rain the event will take place in Design Museum’s Lecture Space.
Matter and energy form endless natural cycles on earth. How could human action, including building construction, find its place as part of these cycles again? How long can materials rotate in human use and what happens after?
Speakers are researcher in environmental philosophy and politics Ville Lähde, BIOS Research Unit and architect, doctoral researcher Elina Koivisto, Aalto University.
Alusta Pavilion
Please note that this event has been rescheduled to Saturday, September 16, 2023, from 12.00 p.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Language: English | Participation: free entry
The pavilion is an outdoor space. We don’t mind light showers but in case of heavy rain the event will take place in Architecture museum library.
Alusta research pavilion was built in the spring of 2022 and will be dismantled in the fall of 2023. It explores nature-culture relations and offers a place for encounters between humans and non-human animals in urban space. Welcome to hear about the themes of the project, the future of the pavilion and to share your own experiences.
Speakers are the architects of the pavilion Elina Koivisto ja Maiju Suomi.
The event is part of the Design museum and Museum of Finnish Architecture program for Helsinki Design Week and part of Aalto University’s Designs for a Cooler Planet event.
The event series is organized with the support of the Finnish Cultural Foundation.