Ode to a Work in Progress
Instead of clearly defined development projects, urban design should entail more continuous processes without predetermined end results. Ecosystem thinking offers guidelines for changing the focus.
A Child-Friendly City is Slower, More Permissive and Better for Everyone
In a child-friendly city, play spreads beyond parks, and car users have to be flexible, envision landscape architect Mari Ariluoma and researcher Veera Moll. Through discussion, they found eight principles for planning a child-friendly city.
Where Did the Landscape Go?
Urban nature is more than healthy and hygienic green space steered by science and technology, argues landscape architect Meri Mannerla-Magnusson.
Natura conclusa
What would cities look like if they were sometimes designed for species others than humans?
Art in the Forest – Two Artist-Architects in Conversation
What values and meanings does the contemporary public art in Finland convey?
The Metabolic City
A nature-inspired concept from the 1960s helps to outline flexibility on a city scale.
Sites of Resistance
The rise of protest, activism and alternative memorials challenge urban planners to adopt more flexible approaches to the urban landscape.
Cold and Warm
New premises have been built for a university of applied sciences adjacent to an events centre, in the Port of Kantasatama in Kotka.
Bridge of Changing Values
The bridge designed by landscape architecture office Maanlumo creates a new urban space through the synergy of change and preservation.