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  • General

    HANASAARI POWER PLANT

    COLLAGE, ADAPTIVE REUSE AND METAXOGRAPHY IN HELSINKI


    Future power station

    18 cr Studio Spring organised in collaboration with the City of Helsinki

    Advanced Building Design Studio


    Max. 18 students

    Periods III-V 12/1 – 26/4

    Fridays at 9:00-12:00 (Except the first day includes an afternoon visit to the site to be designed, and the final review takes place on the 26th of April at 9:15-17)


    Place: Väre, 

    Q201: 12.1.-16.2. & 8.3. & 5-19.4.

    Q101 1.3. & 15.-22.3.

    Otakaari 1, A124-A125a: 26.4.



    Teachers prof. Antti Ahlava

    (antti.ahlava@aalto.fi, 050 324 1179) + Architects Selina Anttinen and Eero Lunden


    The assignment is to develop the former Hanasaari Power Plant through adaptive reuse and additions into a new multi-tenant building. 


    The theme is collage in architecture.


    Prereading

    Please read this introductory text to architectural thinking behind the course before coming to the first session of the course: Metaxographic Architecture


    Workload

    Contact teaching 49h

    In addition the workload includes one day per week for group- and individual work, totalling 117h (351h is the mathematical strain).

    Every student needs to submit all group works as their indvidual submissions to Mycourses.


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