Topic outline

  • Programme and Instructions

    Master level course Autumn period I and II 2023

     

    Lectures (on Fridays 13–15 pm.) From 8. September to 8. December

     

    Teacher: prof. Panu Savolainen and guest teachers 

     

    Welcome to learn and discuss about the long roots of Finnish and Northern European Architecture! The lecture course provides an introduction to the architecture of northern Europe and the relationships between architecture, landscape, resources and history. The course introduces to the history of architecture in Finland at nearby regions from the first prehistorical dwellings to the present. 

     

    The time-span of ten thousand years covers all ever used traditional building techniques in the remote North and an overview of the local and international influences in vernacular construction, architecture and town planning. 

     

    Learning outcomes: On completing the course students will be able to identify and describe the typical characteristics and building tasks of Northern architecture until the present and explain the historical development behind them. They will learn to analyze, gather information and observe the given examples and produce a written description about them. 

     

    Assessment: Attendance at the lectures and site visits and essay, grading 0–5. 

    Instructions to write the essay and additional information on assessment are in the section "Assignments".

     

    Programme (changes possible)

     

    Friday, 8th September, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M205

    Introduction (prof. Panu Savolainen)

     

    Friday, 15th September, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M205

    On the fringe of Europe: from prehistory to the middle ages (prof. Panu Savolainen)

     

    Friday, 22th September, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M205

    Middle Ages (prof. Panu Savolainen)

     

    Friday, 29th September, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Architectural office Livady Hämeentie 10 C, Helsinki

    “Costruire col paesaggio”: vernacular wooden architecture (arch. Netta Böök & arch. Marko Huttunen)

     

    Friday, 6th October, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Architectural office Livady Hämeentie 10 C, Helsinki

    Wooden church architecture and structures from middle ages till the early 19th century (arch. Netta Böök & arch. Marko Huttunen)

     

    Friday, 13th October, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M205

    Metropolis of the North: St. Petersburg (arch. Natalia Vladykina)


    Friday, 27th October, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M134

    Nordic wooden towns (prof. Panu Savolainen)

     

    Friday, 3th November, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M134

    19th century: Engel, urbanisation, historicism and jugend (arch. Netta Böök)

     

    Friday, 10th November, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M134

    Functionalism and the 1930s (Dr. Laura Berger)

     

    Friday, 17th November, 13:15–15:00, lecture at Aalto University M134

    Reconstruction and new generation: 1940s and the 1950s (Dr. Laura Berger)

     

    Friday, 24th November, 13:15–15:00, site visit

    Site visit to Seurasaari outdoor museum (prof. Panu Savolainen)

     

    Friday, 1nst December, 13:15–15:00, lecture

    Towards the end of the 20th century (lecturer tba)

     

    Friday, 8th December, 13:15–15:00, lecture

    The next 50 thousand years (prof. Panu Savolainen)