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One is hard-pressed to find an iota of information about barracks from general architectural histographies. To fill this gap, Professor Robert Jan van Pelt of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture has written a history on the underrated, prefabricated building type.
Mikko Summanen visits the Jätkäsaari Comprehensive School, which is one of the first school buildings in which also spatial solutions support the new pedagogical objectives of the newest Finnish national curriculum. It is also AOR Architects’ first public building to be realised.
Besides the grey concrete carbuncles at housing estates across the length and breadth of Finland, the 1970s are also responsible for producing some far-sighted innovations within the construction sector.
The collection of Riitta Nikula’s texts offers a glimpse into both the career of the professor emerita and the changing concepts of art history from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
ALA Architects Vantaa 2021
