ºÚÁÏÍø

News

Exit School of Architecture publication, 2017 — Nordic noir and melancholy

The Exit School of Architecture exhibition at the 13th Tallinn Design Festival presents Finnish architecture projects exploring local identity, participatory design, and shared Nordic aesthetic values. It features 14 recent projects and 6 diploma works highlighting meaningful, individualized approaches to contemporary urban and landscape design.
Modern chapel with curved wooden walls, wooden benches, and an altar under a round, bright ceiling.

Exit School of Architecture Exhibition at the 13th Tallinn Design Festival

The Exit School of Architecture exhibition was presented at the 13th Tallinn Design Festival from September 10–16, 2018, at the Balti Jaam pavilion (Toompuiestee 37) in Tallinn, Estonia.

The project explores shared local identities and meanings in contemporary Finnish architecture, examining participatory design methods to reveal how aspects of local culture and aesthetics are embedded in both the design process and the final works. The exhibition highlighted 14 recently completed projects and 6 diploma works that move beyond standardized building approaches, offering meaningful, individualized solutions to design challenges in urban and landscape contexts while retaining aesthetic values of solitude, simplicity, and closeness to nature in materials and spatial expression.

Picture: Kamppi Chapel of Silence in Helsinki (2012) by K2S Architects

  • Updated:
  • Published:
Share
URL copied!

Read more news

Small winding stream with rocks and tall grass in a sunny green park, trees and lawn in the background
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art Published:

The potential of urban greenery as a climate solution is not being fully utilized – a new handbook offers means to address this

The Handbook for carbon-smart urban green provides concrete tools for leveraging urban green spaces more effectively in climate and nature conservation efforts.
Angular teal building under grey sky with text: Aalto University Centre for radical creativity
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art, University Published:

Aalto University establishes Centre for Radical Creativity – aiming to support societal and corporate transformation

The centre responds to the interest and need for transformation among businesses and organizations and calls partners to join.
Timo Vuori warns that new technology can be met with emotional reactions that block innovation.
Press releases Published:

Growing pains: Structural strategies that neglect emotions block corporate innovation, says study

Emotional impulses can have broad-reaching consequences. Amid unpredictable global conditions, leaders who work to overcome emotional tensions will pave a clearer path to innovation and growth.
Saija Simola
Press releases, Research & Art Published:

1 in 4 mental health patients hurt by wording in electronic health records, finds study

Errors, disrespectful language and information perceived as unnecessary in electronic health records can feel offensive to patients