CREATING THE FUTURE -INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN EDUCATION
PROGRAM ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3RD 2009: SPACE AND SENSES
09.00 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE
09.30 OPENING
Welcome, Pihla Meskanen, architect, director of Arkki School of Architecture
The national curricula as view point, Mikko Hartikainen, councellor for education,
Finnish National Board of Education
10.00 LECTURES
Listen to the Walls, Juha Ilonen, architect
Ice-cream Shop at a Volcano Slope - Architecture and Sensing, Guja Dögg Hauksdottir, architect, head of architecture department at the Reykjavik Art Museum
11.30 BREAK
11.45 VIEWPOINTS
Learning Architecture through Play, Pihla Meskanen, architect, director of Arkki School of Architecture
Pedagogics and Architecture - Norwegian Examples, Eivind Hanch-Hansen, architect, Norway
City in Youthful Eyes, Madelene Beckman, museum pedagogue, Swedish Museum of Architecture
First-hand Experiences in Architecture with Pre-school Children, Niina Hummelin, architect, leading pedagogue of Arkki
Youth Designing their Own Environment, Angela Uttke, Dr, urban planner, JAS e.V. Berlin-Brandenburg
13.00 LUNCH
14.30 - 17.00 PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS
Sensing Architecture, Guja Dögg Hauksdottir, architect,
Viewpoints to the City, Niina Hummelin, architect
Images behind Alvar Aalto's Work, Teija Isohauta, art historian MA
Making Space through Movement, Jaakko Simola, dancer and choreographer
Worlds of Possibilities, Pihla Meskanen, architect
Hut Building, Krista Meskanen, architect student
18.00 EVENING PROGRAM
Visit to Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth
Introduction of the Architecture Toolkit at Alvar Aalto's Atelier
Dinner and conversation
PROGRAM ON FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4TH 2009: CREATIVITY AND PLANNING
09.00 PEDAGOGICAL WORKSHOPS
Architecture Upside Down - Discovering Spaces, Madelene Beckman, museum pedagogue
Brainstorming through the Decades, Jaana Räsänen, architect
Sweet Architecture, Sini Meskanen, architect
The Art of Building Traditions, Janne Inkeroinen, environmental artist
Oswald and the Objects, Hanna Kapanen, artist, workshop leader
Recycled Design, Aki Kotkas, designer
11.30 LUNCH
13.00 OPENING
Welcome, Jaana Räsänen, architect, regional artist of architecture education, Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region
LECTURES 13.10
Creativity and Play - means of learning through chaos, Matti Bergström, emeritus professor of neurophysiology, University of Helsinki
The Creative Process of a Designer and an Architect, Vesa Honkonen, architect, designer
14.40 BREAK
14.50 VIEWPOINTS
Architecture Breakfast and Design Dinner, Jaana Räsänen, architect, regional artist of architecture education
Learning through the School Design Process, Rosie Parnell, architect, senior lecturer, Sheffield University
Reading Buildings, Teija Isohauta, art historian MA
Design Adventures with Children, Aki Kotkas, designer
Furniture Designer at Children Professorship, Bang Jeon Lee, furniture designer, Korea
16.00 - 16.30 WORKSHOP SUMMARY AND CLOSING OF THE SEMINAR
17.00 EVENING PROGRAM
Visiting the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum
A toast to creativity at architecture and design tent
Changes in program and schedules are possible.
