Alvar Aalto’s Finland: Rediscovering Architecture as Urbanism for Today’s Cities
Last week, travelling through Finland, I followed the footsteps of Alvar Aalto. From Helsinki to Rovaniemi, from Turku to Jyväskylä,
On 05 October 2023 I bid farewell to the role of Head of Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture. In my speech, I looked back on six years in that role and what has been achieved, but I also looked forward to what the future of urbanism and urbanism education holds.
After that my successor Anna Gasco laid out, what she will be focussing on in the years to come.
Together, it gives an overview of what Urbanism at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture stands for in times of dramatic changes to cities and the way we live on this planet.
Video courtesy: Amsterdam Academy of Architecture
Cover image: Wolter te Riele
Last week, travelling through Finland, I followed the footsteps of Alvar Aalto. From Helsinki to Rovaniemi, from Turku to Jyväskylä,
This week, I had the pleasure of attending the opening of this year’s serpentine pavilion by Korean Architect Minsuk Cho
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