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International Alvar Aalto Meeting on Modern Architecture

Over the course of the weekend meeting, participants will examine points of contact, influences and effects, interactions, correlations, and links between thinking, designing, and building.

The meeting will encompass a number of workshops:

1. Translations from Concepts to Buildings will present some key issues to consider when executing an architectural project.
2. Space for Thought will look at the close relationship between philosophy and architecture.
3. Understanding Architecture will examine how architectural construction reflects society.
4. In Thought Experiments in Muuratsalo the focus will be on the experimental house in Muuratsalo (Finland) designed by Alvar Aalto (1953).
5. Architectural Expertise will consider the role of architecture in the development of knowledge.
6. Architecture and Popular Taste will provide a forum for discussion and an exchange of views on the popular response to architecture.

All workshops will be conducted in English.

Contact

Contact persons (Meeting Secretariat):

Ms Merja Vainio (merja.vainio@alvaraalto.fi)

Ms Mari Forsberg (mari.forsberg@alvaraalto.fi)

More information

• Web site of the International Alvar Aalto Meeting on Modern Architecture

• Web site of the Alvar Aalto Museum

Source: texts – CDAN, based on information provided at the web site for the meeting; photos courtesy of the Alvar Aalto Museum.

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