Alusta pavilion – Environmentally conscious architecture
A place for encounters between humans and non-human animals.
Kudos – a library for material relations
Architecture as a collaboration between humans, clay and fungi. Experience this satellite exhibition at Väre ground floor and visit Marsio to see other fascinating projects part of Designs for a Cooler Planet on 6 Sept – 3 Oct, 2024.
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Where
Väre, F Lobby, Ground Floor
Otaniementie 14, 02150 Espoo
We humans spend most of our time indoors, but we rarely pay attention to the materials around us and their effects on our well-being or vice versa.
Kudos challenges sterile and uniform interiors by advocating for spaces that are alive, changing and imperfect. Built with mycelium, clay and wood, the space is a collaborative creation between visitors and materials, offering an immersive and sensory experience that invites reflection on one’s relations with their surroundings.
It blurs the lines between buildings and living things by exploring forms of mutual care deeply rooted to our existence, but seldom understood in our current world.
Join the events at Kudos
Fungal matters – what could we learn from fungi?
Talk at the Kudos pavilion.
9 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
Material agency in architecture – participatory clay workshops
Workshop in the Väre ceramics workshop and visit to the Kudos pavilion.
16 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00 Clay renders, Max 10 participants. Sign up here.
17 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00 Clay and reed blocks, Max 10 participants. Sign up here.
How could we build in a way that gives more agency to both humans and the materials? How could we build relations in the process? Come try what building with clay and natural fibers feels like. In the first workshop we learn to do clay renders. In the second workshop we learn how to make building blocks with clay and reed. You can participate in one or both. All elements will be incorporated in Kudos – Library for Material Relations. Max. 10 people. Guiding sessions are Doctoral researcher Elina Koivisto, Aalto University, Department of Architecture and Clay builder Riikka Mäkelä, Rouhis Oy.
Designing with the more than human
Talk at the Kudos pavilion.
23 Sept 2024 at 18:00–20:00
If we are to find a balance with the more-than-human nature, we have to learn to live and design with them rather than imposing our designs on or exploiting them. How could we do this in design and architecture? Discussing this are Doctoral researcher Elina Koivisto from Aalto University, Department of Architecture and Doctoral researcher Maiju Suomi and Associate professor Julia Lohmann from Aalto University, Department of Design.
Contact
Doctoral Researcher Elina Koivisto (ARTS)
Doctoral Researcher Maiju Suomi (ARTS)
Associate professor Tomek Rygalik (ARTS)
Associate professor Julia Lohmann (ARTS)
Senior Lecturer Antti Pirinen (ARTS)
Panu Halme, senior lecturer, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Jyväskylä
Master Student Harvey Shaw (ARTS)
Bachelor Student Cisil Heltimoinen (ARTS)
Mari Hermaja, clay construction
Moritz Schineis, wood construction
Children in Annantalo summer course
Students of Aalto summer workshop
Biofilia
Space 21
ACRE
Helsieni Oy
Annantalo Arts Centre for children and young people
This project is part of Koivisto's doctoral research which she is conducting at the Department of Architecture as part of the AREA Artistic Research Doctoral School of Aalto ARTS.
Aalto University and Kone Foundation.
See also
A human-friendly, giant insect hotel emerged in the middle of the city (external link)
Alusta, built from clay and populated by plants, is a sanctuary for pollinators and a meeting place for all living things.
Designs for a Cooler Planet
A glimpse of hope for a better future. The annual Designs for a Cooler Planet festival showcases thought-provoking prototypes, experiments, and perspectives offering a glimpse of hope for a better future.
