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Essay — 1.1.2021

Guidelines for Reconstruction

Coping with unexpected crises requires swift decision making also in regard to the built environment. ICOMOS has developed a tool for examining the effects of crises and to provide guidance in dealing with recovery and reconstruction.

Phenomena — 1.1.2021

Revolution of Public Space

Three experts reflect on the impacts of the pandemic on architecture and the use of urban space.

Phenomena — 1.6.2020

Architecture for Everyone?

In September 2020, our editorial office received a letter entitled Call for Action 2020 addressed to institutions engaged in cultural activities in Finland as a call for anti-racist action. In this article, we wish to reflect upon the letter and the questions it raises.

Phenomena — 1.6.2020

Return of the Industry

Integrating industry within the urban fabric of our cities could contribute to their long-term sustainability. In the Malminkartano district of Helsinki, many principles presently considered radical have been on trial for some 30 years.

Phenomena — 1.6.2020

The Future Lies in Africa

Africa is urbanising at a fast pace. If western architects want to be part of the development, an attitude of awareness and humbleness is needed.

Phenomena — 1.5.2020

New Colossi

Bigness is becoming a prominent feature of Helsinki’s cityscape. Antti Auvinen’s photographs examine the phenomenon.

Phenomena — 1.5.2020

Bauhaus Legacy Born on the Dunes

Tel Aviv is home to an architectural conservation site consisting of around 4,000 buildings from the 1930s. Following a multi-stage selection process, it was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2003.

Case Study — 1.5.2020

The Monumental Alliance of Finnish Government and Civilization

The Kansalaistori square, with the Parliament House on one side, paired with the Central Library on the other, has become a monumental square for the era of Finnish independence. Ilkka Törmä draws a continuum between it and Senate Square, a monument of tsarist Finland.

Phenomena — 1.5.2020

Under Fifty and Soon Gone

In central Tampere, there are plans to pull down the former National Workers' Savings Bank building to make way for a new, and much taller, development. This doesn't convince Anselmi Moisander.

Phenomena — 1.4.2020

Once upon a Spring

Throughout spring 2020, architect Aki Markkanen photographed Helsinki and its residents, documenting the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic.

Essay — 1.4.2020

Empathy – a Collection of Phenomena

Empathy has no single definition, but its many forms might help architects combat personal biases in their work, examine their relationships with clients, and analyse ways with which to encounter their surroundings, writes Henrik Ilvesmäki.

Essay — 1.4.2020

Circle of Care

In her essay, Iris Andersson examines hospitals, their history, future and the concept of healing space.

Phenomena — 1.4.2020

On Hares, Ferrymen and Empathy in Architectural Education

Fernando Nieto and Rosana Rubio, who teach architecture at Tampere University, examine the contradictory goals posed for architectural education.

Phenomena — 1.4.2020

Working in a Changing World

The will to influence took architect Emma Hannula to speaking at international UN meetings and showed that in development work an architect can contribute to much more than just the design of buildings.

Phenomena — 1.4.2020

Sharing Isolation

Architect-photographer Pyry Kantonen’s photos offer insight into the life and homes of urban communities during the pandemic.