Archives / 2011 / August

Material Design & Digital Fabrication

Material Design & Digital Fabrication in Architecture workshop at the Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland in 26.8. – 4.9.2011. Guest lecturers and teachers include Sebastien Delagrange (OMA, AA) and Gilles Retsin (LAVA, AA) and as tutors, Emmi Keskisarja (Tampere University of Technology), Pekka Tynkkynen (Tampere University of Technology) and Toni Österlund (University of Oulu).

Workshop includes students from Tampere University of Technology, University of Oulu and Aalto University. The goal of the workshop is to produce a pavilion for the Tampere architectural week, using UPM Grada, bendable plywood.

Pudelma

The opening ceremony of Pudelma pavilion at Turku, the European capital of culture 2011 was held at 19th of August 2011. The pavilion was the result of a workshop that was a joint collaboration with the students from both Oulu and Columbia Universities. Eero Lundén and Markus Wikar were coordinating the student’s efforts in Finland.

Guest lecturers at the opening ceremony included Phillip Anzalone (Columbia University) and professor Rainer Mahlamäki (University of Oulu). For panel discussion, also Emmi Keskisarja (Tampere University of Technology) and Toni Österlund (University of Oulu) were present. The finished pavilion is at display at the City Hall park at Turku.

More info in Finnish