Mind-Building is a study of Finnish public libraries and library architecture.
Anni Vartola, curator
Anni Vartola (b. 1965 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Helsinki-based freelance architecture critic and scholar in postmodern architectural theory. Vartola graduated as an architect in 1994 and finished her doctorate in 2014. Currently, she works as senior lecturer in theory of architecture at Aalto University, School of Arts and Design, Department of Architecture. Besides being a teacher and writer, Vartola works on a book about postmodernism in Finnish architecture and devotes her spare time to her online architecture bookshop for pre-owned architecture literature.
Archinfo Finland, organiser
Archinfo Finland makes Finnish architecture visible and known in Finland and abroad. It is an agile collaboration and intermediary organisation in the field of architecture. Through its activities the centre increases the social impact of architecture. Archinfo Finland is one of the eight information centres in the arts supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. The centre was established by five key architecture organisations in Finland.
Exhibition team
Curator
Anni Vartola
Commissioner
Hanna Harris
Organiser
Archinfo Finland
Project manager
Maikki Lavikkala
Exhibition design
Tuomas Siitonen
Graphic design
Johannes Nieminen
Communications
Miina Jutila
Producer
Sini Parikka
Assistant
Ella Tammisto
Pavilion production team
Leonardo Candaten, Stefano Ferro, Panu Heikkilä, Jack Prendergast, Atte Pylvänäinen, Francesco Raccanelli, Timo Vikkula
Guides
Irina Garnets, Laura Kömi, Ella Müller, Anniina Taivainen, Mimma Tuomisalo, Krista Vänni