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We had a very nice Sunday in Helsinki. The weather was a touch cool in the morning, but by afternoon it was quite warm ... and beautiful!

So, first thing in the morning, the kids did go outside to play for a little while, first off Rowan, and then when Cece woke up she went out too for a little while. Then at around 11:00, we made our way to the Design Museum, which was totally awesome. It's only about a 10 minutes walk from the apartment we're staying in. Rowan got really sucked into reading all of the captions for everything, so it was pretty slow going for him through the first two rooms. Then I told him a little bit about how to strategize about what to read and what not to read in a museum relative to what particularly piques one's interest. There were many iconic items profiled in the museum, ranging from Marimekko, of course, to Fiskars scissors, to Nokia phones, to the video game Angry Birds, to the work of the Aaltos, to various themed sections, about inclusive design, jewelry and clothing design for specific communities that represent their cultural identity (such as the Roma population of Finland), to the design of wheelchair accessories .... there was so much! The museum also addressed the design *process* and that was really cool to read about too, since I take this on in my Usability and User Centered Design for Technical Communicators classes.

We went from the Design Museum, after looking at their lovely shop and cute cafe, around the corner to the Architecture Museum; the two museums will be joining within a year or two, actually. And, I should note, both museums had some interactive areas, for kids and adults! At the Design Museum, there was an interactive Marimekko pattern design area and a VR area, plus a whole creative workshop for kids downstairs. At the Architecture Museum, there was a station for kids to make silhouette cards, in the mode of an early-20th century European traveler, as inspired by their exhibit on Finnish women architects, specifically Wivi Lönn. There also was a band setting up to play in the back courtyard of the museum; we watched them setting up there cello and computers and sequencers (or whatever?) but did not hear them play.

I loved how the Architecture Museum laid out the history of Finnish architecture through four lenses, including what residential dwellings were like and how labor realities shaped building design; I think one of the other two was the political landscape (makes sense). In the middle of the main room that traced the history, there were like eight models, which Rowan and Cece were captivated by, and Rowan asked to borrow my camera to take a photo of each one.

Ok ... I've got to pause this post now and I will pick up later to describe our Sunday afternoon!

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ubik-void · 6 years

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Alvar Aalto, Viipuri Library (1935)

Model built for the 2014 renovation.

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YAC Competitions News: Young Architects

2021 YAC Competition in Finland, Young Architects Architecture Contest News

YAC Competitions News 2021

Architecture Contest organised by Young Architects Competitions

23 Apr 2021

YAC Arctic Hotel Competition News

Programme: Accommodation facilities in Rovaniemi, Finland

Design Contest by YAC

Arctic Hotel YAC competition

Young Architects Competitions is an international network of professionals aiming at enhancing architecture research and young designers’ skills. Since 2013 they have been organizing numerous competitions joined by hundreds of designers based in 100 countries.

The contests promoted until today have been supported by several international academic and professional partners with the likes of Automobili Lamborghini, Ferrari, National Geographic, Manni Group.

The competitions gathered prominent jury panels featuring, among the others, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Zaha Hadid Architects, Daniel Libeskind, Aires Mateus, Shigeru Ban Architects, Kazuyo Sejima.

YAC are currently promoting the Arctic Hotel competition inviting creatives to imagine accommodation facilities in Rovaniemi, Finland. From there, guests will be able to admire one of nature’s most wonderful phenomenon: Aurora Borealis.

There will be a total amount of 15.000 Euros in prize money for the awarded proposals and the jury of the competition gathers outstanding international personalities like Angelo Micheli (AMDL Circle), Rodrigo Duque Motta, Dagur Eggertsson (Rintala Eggertsson), and many more.

Arctic Hotel is expected to be a moment of significant international participation for combining extremely interesting and up-to-date topics and a well-esteemed Technical Committee.

Brief

Some places may seem straight out of a fairy tale, bu they exist in the real world. In some places, a blend of legends, landscapes, memories, creates something that cannot be described in words: something humans perceive but cannot express, something science explains but does not own.

Rovaniemi is one of those places.

Capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi is one of the few cities in the world located at a few kilometres from the Arctic Circle: legacy of people with colourful clothes and special traditions, reindeer farmers and sleigh builders. Rovaniemi is a place made of snow, perpetual dawns and dusks, and it is home to the dancing lights that shine in the sky during cold winter nights – the Aurora Borealis.

Home to Santa Claus- the Scandinavian myth that conquered the world through tales and folklore, the town of Rovaniemi had been considered inaccessible and remote for most of its history. Until last century, when it became the destination for visitors and tourists, who wanted to feel its magic and see the fascinating Northern Lights.

Today Rovaniemi is no longer a prerogative of expert travellers and explorers, and new hospitality models are necessary in order to protect the remote identity of this land.

An identity that is characterized by primitive beauty and harmony, and inaccessibility and the absence of humans greatly contributed to its shaping.

How can we make places like this accessible, as inaccessibility is a key part of their charm? What kind of accommodation facilities can combine hospitality and unspoilt nature?

This is the challenge of Arctic Hotel, the competition organized by YAC and Rovaniemi to create a place where people can experience the most authentic North, respecting its isolation and magic.

On Ounasvaara Hill, overlooking one of the most remote bases ever built, architects will have the opportunity to imagine a structure that blends with the forest, the snow and the sky. A place where visitors can find shelter from the freezing temperatures of the Arctic Circle, gather around a fire, and enjoy the rarest and most mysterious spectacle of nature: the Aurora Borealis.

YAC thanks all architects who will accept this challenge.

Previously on e-architect:

YAC Competitions News 2020

FITT Future Headquarters

FITT Future Headquarters competition project aunched by YAC.

Young Architects Competitions is an international network of professionals aiming at enhancing architecture research and young designers’ skills. Since 2013 we have been organizing multiple competitions joined by hundreds of designers based in 100 countries.

The contests promoted until today have been supported by several international academic and professional partners with the likes of Automobili Lamborghini, Ferrari, National Geographic, Manni Group. Our competitions gathered prominent jury panels featuring, among the others, Eduardo Souto de Moura, Zaha Hadid Architects, Daniel Libeskind, Crab studio, Aires Mateus, Shigeru Ban Architects, Kazuyo Sejima.

The FITT competition invites creatives to suggest their own vision of future workspace.

There will be a total amount of 20.000 € in prize money for the awarded proposals and the jury of the competition gathers outstanding international personalities like Emmanuelle Moureaux; Nicola Scaranaro – FOSTER + PARTNERS; Carlo Ratti – CARLO RATTI ARCHITECTS; Patrik Schumacher – ZAHA HADID ARCHITECTS.

FITT Future Headquarters is expected to be a moment of significant international participation for combining extremely interesting and up-to-date topics and a well-esteemed Technical Committee.

For further details, have a look at the links below:

– Official YAC’s website

– YAC’s Facebook page

– YAC’s Instagram page

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28 Apr 2017

YAC Experiential Beer Garden competition Winners News

Design Contest by YAC

Winners of YAC Experiential Beer Garden competition

EXPERIENTIAL BEER GARDEN

CASH PRIZE 15.000 €

OCT 2016 – JAN 2017

Brief

Beer has always been a part of human history, from Ancient Egypt (where wages were paid in beer) to Ireland (where beer was the gods’ nectar of immortality), to name but a few examples.

Drinking a glass of beer does not simply mean drinking a beverage, but interacting with a millennium-old history, made of legends, religious beliefs and wisdom. It is a tradition that has been going on since time immemorial, that has come down to us through the work of the monasteries and that has now become an industry in its own right.

Although in the Modern era beer has been produced at an industrial level, today we are experiencing a shift towards artisanal production, in an enthusiastic celebration of taste and secret recipes.

In this spirit, Villa Zarri – one of the leading Italian breweries – wishes to follow the most recent trends of consumption by investing in an ambitious architectural project, which will create a top-quality space for craft brewery.

The centre that Villa Zarri intends to create, within a beautiful mid 16th-century villa, will be a sanctuary for all beer lovers – a place where beer tasting will meet delicious food, culture and entertainment, within the framework of architectural beauty.

Whether German, Belgian, British or Italian, every beer variety will find an ideal place here, a place for both fine palates and less experienced beer lovers. Architectural beauty, cultural events and entertainment will contribute to making the experience of drinking beer unique. Experiential Beer Garden will be a one-of-a-kind brewery, the world’s first centre dedicated to the age-old culture of beer.

Italian passion for beer will be tangible in this centre and will accompany the cultural and entertainment events revolving around beer. Located in the heart of Emilian countryside, this centre will be an observatory that will help the visitors understand the historical and intercultural significance of beer.

Prizes

1° PRIZE 8.000 € All the awarded proposals will be transmitted to architectural magazines and websites + international exhibitions

2° PRIZE 4.000 € publication per 1st prize

3° PRIZE 2.000 € publication per 2nd prize

n. 2 GOLD MENTION 500 € publication per 3rd prize

10 HONORABLE MENTIONS + 30 FINALISTS MENTIONS publication is per 1st prize

Winners

1° PRIZE TEAM DANA MEMBERS ÁLVARO BERMUDO, IGNACIO CALVO, AINHOA IGLESIAS

2° PRIZE TEAM Semuarchitects MEMBERS Annamaria Pisani, Alexandra Catania, Claudio Zampaglione, Federica Cadili , Giulio Gioia, Sergio Tarquinio, Oriana Scannella, Salvatore Spanò, Giuseppina Laudani

3° PRIZE TEAM Studio RAAM MEMBERS Koen Klok, William de Ronde

Gold Mentions

TEAM Wilgos and Eciak Architects MEMBERS Pawel Wilgos, Mateusz Eciak

TEAM LERVTA MEMBERS Louise VALLADIER, Emilie MOUCHEL, Valentin DANCOISNE, Thomas Nougaret, Rémi Clauzel, Anthony Gallien

Mentions

TEAM LIME Team Project MEMBERS Alessandro Gaffuri, Francesco Penone

TEAM DUO_A MEMBERS Rebecca Billi, William Rowe

TEAM bebok MEMBERS Bartłomiej Zdanowski, Helena Szewiola

TEAM SIEBENVONDREI MEMBERS Dennis Kraft, Jennifer Klähn, Johannes Schulze, Diala Makhlouf, Svenja Abraham, Tim Wallstab, Michele Rückert

TEAM m+p+j+b MEMBERS Jan Verhagen, priscille rodriguez, Boaz Rotem, Matthew Hykin

TEAM AI studio MEMBERS Andrada Ispas, Alexandra Sinitaru

TEAM RB3+1 MEMBERS Dimitri Longo, Mauro Montis, Luca Frascarolo

TEAM NUXOT MEMBERS Manuel Cano Gómez, Raul Cano Gómez, Miguel Llorens Colera, Mario Gonzalez de la Peña, Ibrahim Casanova Gómez

TEAM BAND MEMBERS Dieu Hoang, Maria Petrova, Vishnu Medapati, Vana Boghozian, Nathan Fisher, Breeanna Garcia

TEAM Form MEMBERS Clenda Boonman, Jörgen Haring, Robert Noordegraaf

Finalists

TEAM Arch. Luca Guerra MEMBERS Luca Guerra, Riccardo Belletti

TEAM Balloon MEMBERS Lukasz Wojciechowski, Paulina Libiszewska

TEAM 11134 MEMBERS Jérôme DUMAS

TEAM MA / DIENTRE / TIM / TAG MEMBERS Simon Delloue

TEAM lml.architetti MEMBERS Laura Ticchioni, Luca Graziani, Samantha Bianchi, Marco Ciscato

TEAM ONIROSTUDIO MEMBERS Michelangelo Verdelli, Leonardo Palla, Andrea Scalabrelli, Letizia Tralli, Kristi Pali

TEAM I.P.A. MEMBERS Mattia Bergamo, Cristian Rossi

TEAM sette3bis associati MEMBERS Marco Bartolucci, Martina Falleri, Tommaso Gentili

TEAM BHLO MEMBERS Luke O’Bray, Benjamin Hale

TEAM Federico Gazzea, Dirce Concetti MEMBERS Federico Gazzea, Dirce Concetti

TEAM dma-office MEMBERS He Dongming, Xie Yi, Li Xu, Zhang Ning

TEAM t5 MEMBERS Daniele Ronca, Aleksandr Karpov, Rocco Barbini, Alice Monacelli

TEAM Jery Huang MEMBERS Jie Huang, Yidi Yao

TEAM Mahan Shirazi MEMBERS Mahan Shirazi, Setareh Salehiarashloo

TEAM Lapo Ruffi, Vanessa Giandonati MEMBERS Lapo Ruffi, Vanessa Giandonati, Nicholas Diddi, Emir Sehic, Nico Fedi

TEAM Team B + CP MEMBERS Maria Reyes, MARTIN GARCIA, Summer Fernquist, Christopher Polaski

TEAM IS Design MEMBERS Ivan Soh, Li Ying, Siriwan Thongprasert, Lorrie Mendoza Besmonte

TEAM Botti MEMBERS ENRICO PINTO, MATILDE VALAGUSSA, LAURA ZURA-PUNTARONI, Mattia Inselvini

TEAM 300CC MEMBERS Linning Zhang, ZEYU CAI

TEAM A1 MEMBERS Alessandro Bergo, Giulia Ferro, Federico Ottogalli, Andrea Merlo

TEAM SFSight MEMBERS Stefano Farina

TEAM CTM MEMBERS Francesca Orlandi, Riccardo Miccoli

TEAM 2G1P1T MEMBERS Giuseppe Parisi, Francesco Bonanomi

TEAM BB MEMBERS Benjamin Schubert

TEAM G Baran MEMBERS Guillem Bargues, Rafa Codina

TEAM PA_OFF MEMBERS Cristina Iore, Tommaso Miti

TEAM NDArchitetti MEMBERS Nicola Vesentini, Davide Burro

TEAM Brut MEMBERS Pierre-Alain Bouchetard, Etienne Barre

TEAM Balogh Timea MEMBERS Timeia Marcela Balog, Georgiana Tarlungeanu, Ruxandra Maria Cosmin

TEAM Charch MEMBERS Georgios Chatzopoulos, Vasiliki Christakou

YAC Experiential Beer Garden competition Jury

ADAM TIHANY TIHANY DESIGN

ARCHEA ASSOCIATI ARCHEA ASSOCIATI

FIORENZO VALBONESI ASV3

GUIDO FINI ZARRI VILLA ZARRI

ALESSANDRO MARATA C.N.A.P.P.C.

FRANCESCO GULINELLO UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA

NICOLA PIZZOLI UNINDUSTRIA BOLOGNA

BELINDA GOTTARDI CASTEL MAGGIORE MUNICIPALITY Partners

YAC Experiential Beer Garden competition information / images received from YAC

YAC Experiential Beer Garden competition Winners

18 Apr 2017

YAC Castle Resort Competition Winners

Design Contest by Marlegno, YAC and Agenzia del Demanio

Location: Castle of Roccamandolfi, Province Isernia, Molise, Italy

Winners of YAC Castle Resort Competition

Marlegno s.r.l., YAC and Agenzia del Demanio have promoted Castle Resort, an open architectural competition aiming at the landscape renewal of the area around the Castle off Roccamandolfi, in Southern Italy.

YAC Castle Resort Competition

Castle Resort official video:

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YAC Castle Resort Competition Winners

For further information: YAC Castle Resort Competition

Location: Roccamandolfi, Isernia, Molise, Italy

Architecture Competitions

Architectural Competitions : links

Architecture Competitions

International Design Competition for Central City Square of Rahovec, Kosovo, Europe Central City Square of Rahovec Architecture Competition

Render of the Year award image courtesy of architects Render of the Year award

International design competition “Castelo de Abrantes”, Portugal photo from architecture competition organisers Portuguese Castle Architecture Competition

YAC Italian Wine Centre Contest Organiser: Young Architects Competitions (YAC) picture from design competition organisers YAC Wine Culture Centre Competition

Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competition, London, UK image from competition organisers Triumph Pavilion Architecture Competitions

Comments / photos for the YAC Competitions page welcome

Website: Castle of Roccamandolfi

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ALVAR AALTO

ARTIST MODEL

‘Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings, though he never regarded himself as an artist, seeing painting and sculpture as "branches of the tree whose trunk is architecture."

Aalto’s glassware and vase work interested me first. The incredible composition of his glass vases - they remind of of division of a space/multiple rooms within one room. However, researching into his work, I have found that his architectural work is even more fascinating. He worked with shapes within a space to create an interest in his work, some organic (like his vases) and some geometric. His work is sometimes simple, but its these large elements he places in his architecture that create a meaning to it, an atmosphere per say.

This piece below in particular reminds me of the hall space. I love the movement of the ceiling, contrasted with the straight glass windows. Its almost like being under a cloud. Again, I have noticed the timbers and earthy materials used, which seems to be a highlight in my research.

I like the idea of connecting these materials with the forest space behind the library. Playing with soft, warm tones in a space that needs to be calm, and tranquil. This is something I will explore in another blog entry.

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For the simblr asks: 8, 13 & 16!🌸

a few more! thank you so much! ♥

8. What is your favorite thing about the Sims?

oh man that’s a very hard question. I love The Sims 2 in its entirety (except maybe for the bugs and glitches and crashes but I’m known for liking flawed things), I love general gameplay, I love building and decorating and creating hoods and planning the sims’ lives. But if I had to choose one thing about this game it would be….

Genetics! Like I said in a previous ask, I’m a perfectionist, and that means I take ridiculously long to create new sims. But that also means I often grow horribly attached to them, and seeing how the sims I’ve created pass their genes on to their children is one of my absolute favorite things about this game! I’ve used same sims in several hoods because of this; I think the charm of it is similar to those who play with premades! It’s great to see what the sims’ children and grandchildren turn out to look like with different couples!

13. What are your favorite sim names?

I play my game in Finnish, so all the names my sims have are… Finnish. And more often than not I hate all the townies’ names! I try to give my sims names that sound universal, a.k.a that they’re not from any specific language - like Nova - or give them names like Apple and Mango which are not really names. But most often my sims have English names, just because it’s easiest. In my current hood I’m recycling names (as well as recreating sims) from my old Strangetown hood, just for the sake of nostalgia!

I could introduce a sim whose name I’m pretty prouod of! I haven’t introduced this sim yet, but you’ll meet him once I’m done with the current round with him. His name is Valdemar Ardor. I like using real-life models for creating sims. I don’t aim to recreate them to be their exact copies, but I do it to have some variety and ideas for creating faces. I used a legendary Finnish singer and actor, Tauno Palo as a model for Valdemar. Palo’s real second name was Valdemar, so I took that, and the Finnish noun palo can be translated into fire/fervor/passion/ardor, and so the name was born! This sort of a naming process is very common when it comes to naming my sims, tbh.

16. Do you prefer small or large Sim houses?

Large, definitely! I’m a sucker for Victorian era architecture and I love complex mansions and manors. Of course, not every sim I have can have a house like that, but all major families in my hoods have big family houses that stay in the family for as long as possible. At the moment the Limestone House is the only bigger house I have, but even smaller houses I build tend to be pretty big…. Oh, the recent Black family house is a good contestant in bigger houses! Sometimes it’s actually a bit of a problem when I make the houses and especially the rooms too large, they end up looking too spacious, so I keep recreating houses as well so I can have them at a perfect size.

thank you again, these qs were a lot of fun! I might have gotten a little carried away with these...

#challenge tag #glabeglarn

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A love like that.

It takes a turn when the priest comes out and he’s black.

We are down south in the German province of Palatinate. It is deeply Catholic. It is deeply rural. Picturesque to its core.

It’s the church I frequented with my grandparents as a young girl. Its architecture is simple but beautiful in a way that only Catholic Churches can be.

The church service is a celebration of my grandparents’ 60th wedding anniversary. They have been pillars of this village’s community for more than thirty years. They have volunteered tirelessly for decades until physical and mental ailments got the better of them. My grandmother had a stroke a few years ago. She is wheelchair bound and my grandfather - despite his dwindling strength - dotes on her to the best of his abilities. Once he fell asleep after an outing. My grandmother was still at the top of the stairs. Unable to vocalise her abandonment. They are undeniably in the late stage of their lives.

And their life’s work is annually on display when my family comes together to spend a weekend together. They had six children. Who each got married and most had at least two children. There are even some great grandchildren. One was a premarital mishap who turned out so adorable she awakened my own desire to procreate. Of course, I will not be able to get anyone pregnant accidentally. There is acrimony of course. But we do our best to keep any disagreements hidden from my grandfather. His family is his life’s achievement and it would break his heart to hear that there is discord and infighting.

The church service is classically Catholic. Way too long and laden with an absurd liturgy and a constant oscillating between standing, sitting and kneeling.

My Finnish cousins, sitting left and right of me, and I are pretending to sing the hymns. We spend most of the time just trying to find the songs. It is an exercise in moving our lips and longing for it to end. The sermon and prayers - some of which I and three of my cousins read out loud - are geared toward the incredible achievement of a marriage spanning decades, six children, a bakery, and an active, service-oriented retirement.

As the service comes to a close I am struggling to hold back my tears. It’s a battle I am doomed to lose. They flow and there is no power on earth able to stem them. The raw, unclouded view of a love manifested in 60 years of devotion is so powerful that I cannot help but surrender into a feeling of awe. I am a tiny part of a family whose Patriarch and Matriarch have led by an example none of us appear equipped to emulate. They - despite all the real and serious shortcomings none of us lack - exemplified honesty, service, hard work and generosity.

It is clear that none of us are likely to be able to fill the shoes my grandparents will leave behind.

Those shoes move slowly now. In measured, tired steps. They have reached the end of a long, fulfilled life. They have brought their fruits to bear and now reap the gratitude and admiration they undoubtedly merit.

It is highly unlikely that I will be lucky enough to have a family of my own that mirrors the life my grandparents modelled.

And yet. As my brother - my handsome, gentle, intelligent brother - and I talk about the experience we just shared our tears are a testament to the emotional work we have done to be this in touch with our feelings. We agree in a moment of complete unison understanding that there is value in a commitment that lasts a lifetime and we lament that something like that is hard to find these days. And we shed tears as we realise how elusive such a dream would prove to be.

As I contemplate how I can carry what I have seen and heard this weekend into my real life back up North, I feel my heart growing heavy with sadness and grief. My grandmother doesn’t recognise us. Her stroke happened when I was living abroad and she hasn’t recognise me in years. It is doubly painful because she used to profess in a conspiratorial fashion that I was her favourite, bestowing upon me gifts while no one was looking. We had a special bond and the loss of that is something I have not processed. It is a battle for another day. But I know that this day is approaching.

I try and sit with her frequently throughout the festivities. Helping her take sips of juice because she can barely lift the glass. I joke with her and she laughs a lot. My grandfather is so moved - his happiness radiating palpably. Occasionally, she starts a sentence but then trails off and never completes it. Almost like a very tired, very drunk person who is searching for ways to express feelings that are buried deep inside, desperate to get out. I tell her in the dialect I am no longer fluent in “You’re a good one!” A sentence she used to say to me a lot when I was a young girl who had no idea that a grandmother’s love could one day fade. She smiles as I say it, and I want to believe that she understood what I said. It’s not likely but a human’s ability to give into delusions knows now bound - as long as they are told convincingly enough.

“You’re a good one” I say, again, and she smiles and mumbles “You’re a good one, too.”

I turn away and find a quiet place to cry.

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