Fictions of Architecture and Film – Examining Space Through the Lens of Cinema

Please join us to watch films, discuss architecture in film, and explore pedagogical opportunities of fiction films in architectural education. Keynote lecture will be held by architect, Professor Juhani Pallasmaa. Invited panelists to debate the interrelatedness of architecture and film include Karin Krokfors (Associate Professor in Urban Design, Aalto University, Department of Architecture), Arturo Delgado Pereira  (Assistant Professor, Aalto University, Department of Film, Television and Scenography), Satu Kyösola (Senior University Lecturer in Film History, Theory and Research, Aalto University, Department of Film, Television and Scenography), and Dr. Aleksi Lohtaja (social advocacy expert, Archinfo).

The seminar is a part of the third iteration of the Architecture & Film studio. The event is free of charge and the event language is English.

Program

13.00  Welcome words by Jenni Reuter, Head of the Department of Architecture, Associate Professor, Architectural Principles and Theory

Keynote by Professor Juhani Pallasmaa

14.15 Film Screening: Mies vailla menneisyyttä / The Man Without a Past by Aki Kaurismäki, 2002

Intermission

16.30 Introduction: How to Approach Architectural Studies through Cinema
by Helmi Kajaste and Jere Pääkkönen, Architects, Educators, Doctoral Students

Film Screenings: Short films by architecture students of the Architecture and Film Studio Course

17:00–18.00 Panel Discussion

Questions and Comments

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