Future of Industry: 15th International Alvar Aalto Symposium, 12–13 August 2021 Jyväskylä Finland and online

The Future of Industry poster has been designed for the international Alvar Aalto Symposium in Jyväskylä on 12–13 August 2021. The main themes of this 15th symposium are industrial buildings and architecture, industrial environments in the structure of society, and the role of industrial architecture as a developer of a region’s identity and values. The picture in the poster shows the Sunila industrial area, which Aalto designed. The posters are replicas printed on uncoated, high-quality paper made in Sweden from wood that meets EU Ecolabel standards. They are delivered in stylish and durable black poster tubes. Size: 50 x 70 cm. Paper: Munken Lynx 150g. Design: Tiina Ekosaari.

PROGRAM: WEDNESDAY 11 AUGUST 2021
12:00 Meeting at the Studio Aalto (venue: Tiilimäki 20, Helsinki)
13:30–14:30 Guided tour at the Aalto House (venue: Riihitie 20, Helsinki)
14:30–22:00 Bus transportation from Helsinki to Jyväskylä including
guided tour at the Muuratsalo Experimental House (18:30–20:00) and
guided tour and a buffet dinner at the Säynätsalo Town Hall (20:00-22:00).

PROGRAM: THURSDAY 12 AUGUST 2021

SESSION 1: RELIABLE PARTNER: A FACTORY BUILDING IN THE CITY

moderator architect, professor Antti Ahlava, Aalto University
11:30–12:00 Xu Tiantian, DnA Architects, Beijing, China: Tofu factory – a collective economic entity
12:00–12:30 Beniamino de Liguori Carino, Adriano Olivetti Foundation & Pippo Ciorra, MAXXI MUSEUM, Italia: Universo Olivetti community as a concrete utopia
12:30–14:00 Lunch break
14:00–14:30 Sebastian Hernandez, Stora Enso, Germany: Industrial Construction: new concepts with LVL, CLT and Glulam
14:30–15:00 Architect, Professor Juhani Pallasmaa moderates panel discussion: Alvar Aalto Symposium since 1979.
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:00 Antti Alanen, National Audiovisual Institute KAVI, Finland: Alvar Aalto and the Modern Times – how the Charles Chaplin aficionado became a pioneer of Finnish film culture
16:00–16:30 Thomas Bonde-Hansen, Gottlieb Paludan Architects: Green energy enclosed in a forest – CHP BIO4 project in Copenhagen
16:30–16:45 Closing of Day
18:00-21:00 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM, GET-TOGETHER, S/S SUOMI LAKE CRUISE

PROGRAM: FRIDAY 13 AUGUST 2021

SESSION 2: RESPONSIBLE ACTION

moderator Petteri Kummala, Museum of Finnish Architecture
10:30–11:00 Ute Schneider, KCAP Architects&Planners Rotterdam/Zürich/Shanghai: Adaptive Re-Use Waiting lands – seedbeds of urbanity
11:00–11:30 Ville Hietalahti, Stora Enso, Finland: Future of a community in the immediate vicinity of manufacturing industries
11:30–12:00 Pirjo Kääriäinen, Aalto University, Design and Materialities, Finland: Bio-based Materials for a Sustainable Future
12.00–12:30 Tuomas Kivinen, Virkkunen & Co Architects, Finland: Cases of contextually sensitive infrastructure

SESSION 3: BUILDING IDENTITY

moderator architect Tommi Lindh, CEO of Alvar Aalto Foundation

14:00–14:30 Samuli Paitsola, Council of Oulu region. The hydropower cultural heritage project VekuVaku, Finland: Works of architects Alvar Aalto and Aarne Ervi along the Oulujoki river
14:30–15:00 Charlotte Skene Catling, Skene Catling de la Peña & Adam Lowe, Factum Foundation, Spain: The AALTOSIILO, Oulu
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
15:30–16:30 Tommi Lindh, CEO of Alvar Aalto Foundation, moderates closing panel discussion

AA: I participated in the three sessions in Jyväskylä and in the S/S Suomi Lake Cruise of this wonderful symposium.