Overview
Overview
The 4th Edition of Moving Boundaries: Human Sciences and the Future of Architecture, directed by Tatiana Berger, Architect and Professor (ANFA Advisory Council Member and Director of ACE) , and Co-Chaired by Architect and Professor Kurt Hunker, FAIA and ANFA President (Chair-Professor of Architecture) and by Scientist and Professor Katharina Wulff (Chair-Professor of Science), offers an intensive 12-day course in the interface between disciplines concerned with design of the built environment and scientific disciplines concerned with human perception and behavior. These disciplines include neuroscience, neurophenomenology, cognitive science, environmental psychology, health sciences and others. The course/conference will run from August 12-24, 2024 at Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and at Aalto University in Espoo/Helsinki. Hosts in Stockholm are Johanna Enger, Senior Lecturer at Konstfack and Ute Besenecker, Assistant Professor at KTH. Host at Aalto University is Jenni Reuter, Professor of Architecture.
Grounded in the culture of Stockholm for 9 days, followed by Helsinki, Finland for 3 days, participants will experience the rich cultural landscape of both locations and will visit and study the work of Gunnar Asplund, Sigurd Lewerenz, Alvar Aalto and contemporary architects such as Juhani Pallasmaa and Juha Leiviska. A field trip will be offered outside of Stockholm and we will experience works by architects noted above, in Stockholm and Helsinki. Invited faculty include some of the most distinguished architects, environmental psychologists, lighting and interior designers, philosophers, cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, ecologists, anthropologists, sociologists and health experts in the world.
In the Nordic world of long summer days and equally long winter nights, place shapes space for its greatest architecture. Here, the work of Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz in Sweden and Alvar Aalto in Finland, along with that of their contemporaries, defined a special, humanistic form of Modernism recognized early in the 20th century as a distinct counterpoint to the universality of the International Style. It is an architecture rooted in Nordic traditions and local materials, responsive in a most compelling manner to the unique conditions of daylight near the Arctic Circle and the impacts of seasonal extremes. It is one of carefully modulated light and of hapticity—truly an architecture of atmosphere, lending itself to investigations psychological, physiological, neural and biological as well as architectural. This 2024 edition of Moving Boundaries will explore the phenomenon of Nordic Architecture to uncover its paragons, lessons and inspirations towards a more meaningful—that is to say, humane—architecture and design for the twenty-first century and beyond.
“The elements of architecture are not visual units or gestalt; they are encounters, confrontations that interact with memory.”
- Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin
PROGRAM AND ROSTER OF SPEAKERS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
August 20th
STOCKHOLM - travel by night ferry - HELSINKI
Ecology of Light in Space
(Updated on May 4, 2024)
Monday, August 12
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:45
12:15
1:00
2:00
4:00
4:45
5:15
7:30
Coffee, Check-in at Konstfack
Opening Remarks:Berger, Hunker
Welcome to Stockholm:Nordwall,
Ahnme, Enger, Besenecker
Faculty Introductions
Introduction: Berger
Lecture 1: Cranz
Q&A Discussion
Lunch with Team (Introductions)
Lecture 2: Panda (remote)
Q&A Discussion
Workshop Intros / Team Discussions
Welcome Dinner (complimentary)
Celebration in Stockholm with participants and faculty
Tuesday, August 13
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:20
11:30
12:15
12:45
1:00
2:00
3:30
4:00
6:00
6:15
7:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 3: Hunker
Q&A Discussion
Break
Lecture 4: Edelstein
Q&A Discussion
Break
Reflection (in teams)
Lunch
Poster Presentations/Networking (optional 30-minute session)
Workshop 1: Teams 1-6
Break
Discussion in Teams / Workshop continues
Dinner
Wednesday, August 14
Stockholm
8:00
10:00
10:45
11:00
11:45
12:30
2:00
3:00
7:30
8:00
Tour: Stockholm Library
Travel to KTH Campus
Welcome to KTH: Besenecker
Lecture 5: Wulff
Q&A
Lecture 6: Besenecker
Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderator: Hunker
Lunch near KTH
Lecture 7: Orn
Tours: Travel to Woodland Cemetery by Lewerenz and Asplund; Sketching with Mark Alan Hewitt and visit with Johan Orn
(Optional) Ostermalm Market Hall self-guided visit
Dinner
Theme 1: Ecology of Light in Space
Moving Boundaries Nordic X is organized around two major themes, Ecology of Light in Space and Interweaving of the Senses in Design, each of which explores one particular aspect every day. The program begins Monday, August 12th in Stockholm, cosmopolitan capital of Sweden, with its rich history of outstanding Modern architecture, urbanism and design. Light is the topic and following the first day’s Introduction to Light and Human Biology, the activities of this first week examine distinctive aspects of light in space: perception, psychologies and science. Lectures by a distinguished roster of architects, designers, ecologists, lighting experts and scientists are augmented with workshops and afternoon tours to Gunnar Asplund’s influential Stockholm Public Library, the beautiful Woodland Cemetery of Asplund and Lewerentz and other sights. Ecology of Light and Space concludes with a full-day field trip in the Stockholm Archipelago.
Ecology of Light in Space
Thursday, August 15
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:20
11:30
12:15
12:45
1:00
2:00
3:30
4:00
6:00
6:15
7:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 8: Hurlbert
Q&A Discussion
Break
Lecture 9: Enger
Q&A Discussion
Break
Reflection (in teams)
Lunch
Poster Presentations/ Networking (optional session)
Workshop 2: Teams 1-6
Break
Discussion in Teams / Workshop continues
Dinner
Friday, August 16: FREE DAY
Recommended in Stockholm:
Swimming in center (off cliffs or piers), Kayaaking around Venice of the North, Exploring city center, Museums, etc.
Evening of Aug.16: Sauna
CAMPING TRIP (Optional)
Saturday, August 17
Stockholm
8:45
9:00
2:00
4:00
8:00
Meet at Konstfack
Field Trip to Archipelago
Tour schedule to be announced in May 2024
Boat Trip and Tours
Artipelag /Ytterjarna kulturhus
and village
Talk by Ahlin
Lunch and Free Time
Sketching Outdoors
Informal Talks (4:00-5:30)
Free Time in late afternoon
Visit: James Turrell - Skyspace
Return to Stockholm
Dinner
Sunday, August 18
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:20
11:30
12:15
12:45
1:00
2:00
3:30
4:30
6:00
6:15
7:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 10: Lowden
Q&A Discussion
Break
David Dorenbaum in Conversation with Ellen Ruge
Q&A Discussion
Break
Reflection (in teams)
Lunch
Tour: Queen Sylvia Concert Hall
(3:30-4:15)
Workshop 3: Teams 1-6
Break
Discussion in Teams
Dinner
Interweaving of the Senses in Design
Monday, August 19
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:20
11:30
12:15
12:45
1:00
2:00
3:30
4:00
5:45
6:00
7:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 12: Griffero
Q&A Discussion
Break
Lecture 13: Kjellander
Q&A Discussion
Break
Workshop Presentations
Lunch
Poster Presentations/ Networking
(optional 30-minute session)
Workshop Presentations
Break
Continue Presentations
Dinner and Pack (last night)
Tuesday, August 20
Stockholm
9:00
10:00
10:45
11:00
11:45
12:30
1:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 14: Robinson
Q&A Discussion
Lecture 15: Chiba
Q&A Discussion with Robinson/Chiba
Lecture (remote): Valero Ramos
Discussion and Q&A: Valero Ramos and Dorenbaum
Free time in Stockholm
and Lunch (pack)
Prepare to travel to Helsinki
Boarding time TBA
Night Ferry to Helsinki
(or fly this afternoon)
Wednesday, August 21
Espoo
10:30
11:15
12:00
1:00
1:30
2:15
3:30
4:15
8:00
Arrive in Helsinki by ferry
Coffee in teams or on one's own; Check in at Aalto University
(Lumituuli Aud. in Dipoli Building)
Lecture 16: Pallasmaa
Response: Ingold (remote)
Q&A Discussion with Pérez-Gómez, Pallasmaa and Ingold
Lunch at Aalto University, Espoo
(Picnic Outside)
Lecture 17: Mark Alan Hewitt
Q&A Discussion
Travel to EMMA
Visit: Exhibition Tapio Wirkkala: designed by Pallasmaa
Espoo Museum of Modern Art
EMMA
Group tours begin at Aalto House and Studio (others on Aug.23)
Dinner
Theme 2: Interweaving of the Senses in Design
The second theme initiates the events beginning Monday, August 19th as the program nears the end of its Stockholm residency. Sensing Light and Color and Atmosphere and Experience are the first topics, explored in lectures and workshops. On Tuesday Moving Boundaries sails—literally, on the night ferry—out of Stockholm Harbor for Finland’s capital and largest city, Helsinki. Over the next three days emotional, material and haptic qualities of light and color are considered in talks by globally-recognized speakers and in workshops and tours. Helsinki provides a rich source of Alvar Aalto’s work, from his house and studio to major commercial and civic designs, where his mastery of what has come to be called “multisensory design” is on full, magnificent display. Moving Boundaries Nordic X ends appropriately on Friday, August 23rd, with Summarizing and Interweaving. Participants will come away from this engaging and inspiring two weeks with a new appreciation for the very fundamentals of inspiring, humane design: light and daylight, time, color, materiality, and atmosphere.
Interweaving of the Senses in Design
Thursday, August 22
Espoo
9:00
10:00
11:15
12:00
12:15
1:00
2:00
3:30
6:15
7:10
7:30
Coffee/Poster Presentations
Lecture 18: Roe
Response: Chiba and Jeffery
Q&A Discussion
Break
Lecture 19: Grafton Architects
LIVE-STREAMED from Aalto Symposium
Reflection (in teams)
Lunch at Aalto University
Workshop 4: All Teams
Parallel with Aalto Univ. Tours
Lecture 20: Pérez-Gómez
Q&A Discussion
Dinner
Friday, August 23
Espoo / Helsinki
9:00
9:30
10:15
10:45
11:00
11:45
12:15
12:30
2:15
3:30
7:30
Coffee
Lecture 21: Reuter
Q&A Discussion
Break
Lecture 22: Jeffery
Q&A Discussion
Break
Final Event: Panel Discussion with all Faculty; Q&A - Summarizing and Interweaving: Hunker, Robinson
Travel from Espoo to Helsinki Center; Lunch in the City
Tours: Helsinki (optional)
Finlandia Hall; Aalto Studio/House
Library; Free Time in Helsinki
Farewell Dinner and Celebration
(complimentary)
Honoring Prof.Juhani Pallasmaa
Certificates - Ceremony (until 10:30pm) MB Program Ends
Saturday, August 24
Helsinki
9:00
Coffee in Helsinki (location TBA)
Optional: this gathering is not part of the MB official program
Free Time in Helsinki or Self-Organized Tours of Buildings by Aalto, Pallasmaa, Leiviiska, and other architects
Self-coordinated w/Aalto Symposium visits or independently (MB can provide contacts)
Optional "Add-On Program":
Join group tours at: Villa Mairea and/or
Paimio Sanatorium (Tour of Paimio at 6:30 / Dinner at 7:30 / Option to Stay Overnight) - Extra Fees
Also Suggested: Buriel Chapels at edge of Turku; Turku city
For those with 1-3 more days: Travel to Jyvaskyla
Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design
At Sweden’s largest university specializing in art, craft and design, you can develop into and inhabit those obvious roles that stem from our programmes – artist, designer, interior architect, graphic designer, illustrator, teacher as well as a craftsperson in a range of materials – such as a jewellery designer. And of course there are a number of paths to take within the design field, from product and furniture design to designing services. But our alumni also include actors, directors, game designers, fashion designers, project managers and supervisors. A degree from Konstfack is a creative, academic, solid foundation on which you can stand, dig deeper into and develop from. An education which allows you to participate in contemporary social debate by developing attitudes, environments, products and services in private as well as public spaces.
Aalto University, Espoo
(near Helsinki)
Dipoli Building
The School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University is a merger of distinct institutions of higher learning in Finland, each with its own tradition and history. Before merging into Aalto, TaiK educated many of the household names of Finnish art, design and cinema. Many alumni, such as Tapio Wirkkala and Kaj Franck, are internationally recognised.The department of Architecture, while part of Helsinki University of Technology, was the alma mater of the preeminent names in modern Finnish architecture, most notably Signe Hornborg, Eliel Saarinen, Alvar Aalto, Viljo Revell, Reima Pietilä, Timo Penttilä and Juhani Pallasmaa.
The campus at Otaniemi is considered by some to be one of the finest ensembles of Finnish architecture in the world, as it has been planned and built by renowned architects. We will teach in the Lumituuli Auditorium, inside the Dipoli building, designed by Reima and Raili Pietilä.