Museum of Finnish Architecture
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EXHIBITIONS DURING WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL HELSINKI 2012
The Museum of Finnish Architecture’s entire offering is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme. The main themes of the museum’s repertoire are the environments we live in and sustainable development.
Archilab forum
Pavilion, MFA courtyard, May-September 2012
Archilab is a series of workshops, panel discussions and open forums for exchange of ideas on topical themes related to sustainability and architecture. The events are designed to introduce these topics to the general public in an easily approachable form, while also providing professional practitioners with a round table for exchanging views and opinions.
Finnish Architecture 2010–2011
Large Exhibition Hall, 6 June–30 September 2012
This year’s biennial review of Finnish architecture is new in its approach. In addition to highlighting the featured projects, it looks at various role interfaces. When visitors examine architecture from the multiple viewpoints of the architect, the developer, the contractor and the user, it yields new tools and insights for forming a deeper, multi-faceted understanding of architecture. The MFA has showcased the pick of contemporary Finnish architecture in its international touring exhibitions and accompanying catalogues every two years since 2002. The chosen sites provide a wide-ranging sample of various genres of architecture ranging in scale from single-family homes to comprehensive town plans. The sites are selected by an appointed jury. A related programme of events will be organized in the Pavilion.
Smart living: Sustainability in Finnish Small-scale Residential Building
Small Exhibition Hall, 6 June–30 September 2012
Building an ecologically sustainable home is one of the most important good deeds that any family can do for our planet. This summer the Finnish government is introducing stricter energy efficiency regulations aimed at significantly reducing the emissions and energy consumption of new buildings. How, then, can we build and modernize our homes to make them sustainable both for ourselves and the planet? The homes of the future will generate their own energy – what will they look like?
Snøhetta: architecture – landscape – interior
Large and Small Exhibition Hall, 10 October–25 November 2012
Renowned for its innovative, eco-conscious work, the award-winning Oslo- and New York-based architectural firm Snøhetta is featured in a multi-faceted exhibition that offers insights into the design and construction of the firm’s most important works, including the celebrated Bibliotheca Alexandrina built in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2002. The iceberg-like marble-surfaced Norwegian National Opera and Ballet built in Oslo, Norway, in 2008 has already become an iconic emblem of the city. Work is currently in progress on the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York. The exhibition includes films, photographs, drawings, models and interactive learning devices.
Unbuilt Helsinki
Small Exhibition Hall 4 December 2012–24 February 2013
Unbuilt Helsinki is a research studio and model workshop based at the Museum of Finnish Architecture curated by Åbäke and Nene Tsuboi. Drawn from the museum’s archive and beyond, unrealised projects in Helsinki are studied by a team of researchers who generate new relationships with local resources in order to translate the projets into architectural models. Their findings and the narratives behind the buildings are displayed in an exhibition at the museum. Chosen projects include famous landmarks such as Stockmann, unrealised projects such as the planned motorway by Smith-Polvinen, and also projects completely unknown to the wider audience. Unbuilt Helsinki is not a critique to Helsinki. Rather, it displays an alternative vision; another reality and future, an alternative city where ambitious and utopistic visions may come true.
Glenn Murcutt. Architecture for Place
6 March–26 May 2013
Events
Associated with these and other 2012 exhibitions is an extensive and varied programme of workshops, discussion panels, site tours and lectures by Finnish and international experts. These events will be held in the main museum, at its offsite Kaivopuisto venue (Puistokatu 4), in the WDC Pavilion and on location at the featured sites.
The Museum of Finnish Architecture’s entire offering is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme. The main themes of the museum’s repertoire are the environments we live in and sustainable development.
Archilab forum
Pavilion, MFA courtyard, May-September 2012
Archilab is a series of workshops, panel discussions and open forums for exchange of ideas on topical themes related to sustainability and architecture. The events are designed to introduce these topics to the general public in an easily approachable form, while also providing professional practitioners with a round table for exchanging views and opinions.
Finnish Architecture 2010–2011
Large Exhibition Hall, 6 June–30 September 2012
This year’s biennial review of Finnish architecture is new in its approach. In addition to highlighting the featured projects, it looks at various role interfaces. When visitors examine architecture from the multiple viewpoints of the architect, the developer, the contractor and the user, it yields new tools and insights for forming a deeper, multi-faceted understanding of architecture. The MFA has showcased the pick of contemporary Finnish architecture in its international touring exhibitions and accompanying catalogues every two years since 2002. The chosen sites provide a wide-ranging sample of various genres of architecture ranging in scale from single-family homes to comprehensive town plans. The sites are selected by an appointed jury. A related programme of events will be organized in the Pavilion.
Smart living: Sustainability in Finnish Small-scale Residential Building
Small Exhibition Hall, 6 June–30 September 2012
Building an ecologically sustainable home is one of the most important good deeds that any family can do for our planet. This summer the Finnish government is introducing stricter energy efficiency regulations aimed at significantly reducing the emissions and energy consumption of new buildings. How, then, can we build and modernize our homes to make them sustainable both for ourselves and the planet? The homes of the future will generate their own energy – what will they look like?
Snøhetta: architecture – landscape – interior
Large and Small Exhibition Hall, 10 October–25 November 2012
Renowned for its innovative, eco-conscious work, the award-winning Oslo- and New York-based architectural firm Snøhetta is featured in a multi-faceted exhibition that offers insights into the design and construction of the firm’s most important works, including the celebrated Bibliotheca Alexandrina built in Alexandria, Egypt, in 2002. The iceberg-like marble-surfaced Norwegian National Opera and Ballet built in Oslo, Norway, in 2008 has already become an iconic emblem of the city. Work is currently in progress on the National September 11 Memorial Museum Pavilion in New York. The exhibition includes films, photographs, drawings, models and interactive learning devices.
Unbuilt Helsinki
Small Exhibition Hall 4 December 2012–24 February 2013
Unbuilt Helsinki is a research studio and model workshop based at the Museum of Finnish Architecture curated by Åbäke and Nene Tsuboi. Drawn from the museum’s archive and beyond, unrealised projects in Helsinki are studied by a team of researchers who generate new relationships with local resources in order to translate the projets into architectural models. Their findings and the narratives behind the buildings are displayed in an exhibition at the museum. Chosen projects include famous landmarks such as Stockmann, unrealised projects such as the planned motorway by Smith-Polvinen, and also projects completely unknown to the wider audience. Unbuilt Helsinki is not a critique to Helsinki. Rather, it displays an alternative vision; another reality and future, an alternative city where ambitious and utopistic visions may come true.
Glenn Murcutt. Architecture for Place
6 March–26 May 2013
Events
Associated with these and other 2012 exhibitions is an extensive and varied programme of workshops, discussion panels, site tours and lectures by Finnish and international experts. These events will be held in the main museum, at its offsite Kaivopuisto venue (Puistokatu 4), in the WDC Pavilion and on location at the featured sites.
