Open academic events in March 2014

Learning from Rwanda. Open lecture by architect, professor Peter Rich. Thursday, March 6, 2014 at 13 Aalto University, Department of Architecture, Miestentie 3, Espoo, in hall 103 (1st floor) The lecture is part of the Public Buildings Kigali Master Class, funded by Asko Foundation. More information: Saija Hollmén, saija.hollmen (at) aalto.fiSustainable Housing in Hokkaido. Research activities in Hokkaido and Aalto. Open lecture; speakers assoc. prof. Takeo Ozawa, assoc. prof. Taro Mori and M.Sc. Simon Le Roux. Monday, March 10, 2014 at 13–15 Aalto University, Department of Architecture, Miestentie 3, Espoo, in hall 103 (1st floor) More information: Pekka Heikkinen, pekka.heikkinen (at) aalto.fiNordic Encounters: Research Conference at University of Copenhagen 12–14 June 2014 2nd Call for Abstracts, deadline March 17, 2014. Keynote speakers: Kongjian Yu Turenscape and GSD Harvard (CN). Jan Gehl (DK). Jenny Osuldsen Snøhetta (NO). Belinda Tato Ecosistema Urbano (ES). Moderator: Paola Viganò l'Università Iuav di Venezia (IT). More information: Signe Sophie Bøggild, ssb@ign.ku.dk,  www.windk.dk.Pier Luigi Nervi – The Poetry of Engineering. Lecture by Italian Architect / Professor Antonello Alici from Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona. Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 12–14. Aalto University, Department of Architecture, Miestentie 3, Lecture Hall 117.

Forthcoming in April:

Erich Mendelsohn and the White City of Tel Aviv. Open lecture by Michael Levin, Professor of Art and Architecture History, Tel Aviv. Organised by Alvar Aalto Academy Wednesday 26 April 2o14: Facebook event.