SNOWBALL Architecture | Kiasma Helsinki

February 19th, 2010 • events, movingmemos, works

SNOWBALL Architecture is a project aiming to bring together Finnish and Chinese architecture. It is organized by the Finnish Association of Architects - SAFA – as part of Finland‘s cultural program for World Expo 2010 Shanghai China.

On Friday February 12, MovingCities presented during the SNOWBALL Architecture Helsinki (FINLAND/program) seminar event which was held at Kiasma – Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art. The first Snowball event presents Finnish offices sharing their experiences from China. The upcoming event will be a 3-day program in Shanghai, at the end of March.

MovingCities and NeeBing/Lychee Productions will be locally co-producing a series of seminars, networking events, friday-night-party & architectural tour, together with Martta Louekari [SNOWBALL / Newly Drawn -project] & Tuomas Toivonen [NOW for Architecture and Urbanism / SNOWBALL / Newly Drawn -project]; Jenna SUTELA & Anni Puolakka, [OK Do Editors and Creative Directors]; and Elin Svensson & Johanna Lundberg [Åh, art directors].

SNOWBALL Architecture Shanghai | 25th – 27th  March

to follow news & updates check:

• SNOWBALL Architecture blog | snowballarchitecture.fi/
  

• MovingCities SNOWBALL project page | movingcities.org/snowball-architecture/

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The Friday-noon lecture happened in Kiasma, the contemporary art museum, in Helsinki. The building is designed by Steven Holl and it is named after kiasma, Finnish translation for a chiasma alluding to the basic conceptual idea of its architect. A short description of the main circulation space of the museum:

The main entrance leads the visitor into a high lobby under a glass ceiling. This lends the building personality, which develops in increasingly clearer forms as one walks towards the auditorium and the galleries. A curving ramp leads from the ground-floor lobby towards the core of the museum in the distance. The design is based on ideas about the golden section, Zen-like peace, a human scale. These principles are manifested, for example, by the spatial sequences on the first and third floors, by the lines and details of the galleries.

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The SNOWBALL Architecture Helsinki program started with a working meeting between Finnish participants and co-producers, followed by a lecture by Bert [titled 'Overview on the Chinese architectural context']. For more info see snowballarchitecture.fi blog post: ‘More notes from Snowball Helsinki 12/2′

Snowball Helsinki – Arkkitehtuurivientiä Kiinaan event featured talks from Finnish architects and decision-makers. Exploring the present and the future collaborations in architecture between Finland and China, these professionals shared their personal experiences and new insights.

After this, presentations were made by JKMM Architects – on ‘Making Kirnu, the Finnish pavilion at Shanghai Expo’; followed by Yrjö Sotamaa, Aalto University & Tongji University – on ‘Challenges and opportunities in China’; third by Pekka Salminen/ PES Architects – ‘How to take architecture to China?’; fourth by Pekka Timonen – about ‘World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 word by word’; and final words by Tommila architects – DigiEcoCities.

Snapshots of a long snowy day.

Pictures by movingcities.org

tags: architecture, helsinki, lectures, projects, snowball

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