Programme

Friday ^{August 7th, 2009}

Registration begins

OPENing party of the 11th Alvar Aalto Symposium
Artist Reijo Kela, dance/performance

Welcome, Esa Laaksonen; introduction Sami Rintala

Carin Smuts / South Africa
How To Listen To People?

Interview with Carin Smuts by moderator Mark Isitt

Reijo Kela, second performance

Music, light buffet

Saturday ^{August 8th, 2009}

Registration

Press meeting, Main building of the University of Jyväskylä

Welcome Esa Laaksonen

Opening and introduction Sami Rintala

Yrjö Haila / Finland
Embedded in the Biosphere

Interview with Yrjö Haila in the Lobby bar
Moderator: Mark Isitt / Sweden

Lunch break

Short lectures
Anna Heringer / Austria Building for Change - Handmade Architecture in Bangladesh
Saija Hollmén / Jenni Reuter / Helena Sandman/ Finland Beyond Design
Geir Tore Holm / Norway Indoor House
Olavi Koponen / Finland Strokes

Juhani Pallasmaa / Finland
The Limits Of Architecture - between reality and fiction

Patama Roonrakwit / Thailand
Out of professional practice

Interview with Juhani Pallasmaa and Patama Roonrakwit in the Lobby bar

Break

Mauricio Pezo / Sofia von Ellrichshausen / Chile
Short Memory

Interview with Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen in the Lobby bar

Reception at the Alvar Aalto Museum (Alvar Aallon katu 7)

Possibility to visit exhibitions:
Alvar Aalto Museum: SHIFTING CONTOUR - Experiencing Landscape in Aalto's Architecture
Museum of Central Finland (Alvar Aallon katu 7): RAILI AND REIMA PIETILÄ - Challenging Modern Architecture

Alvar Aalto Symposium 30 Year Jubilee Reception by the City of Jyväskylä, Tanssisali Lutakko (Schaumaninkatu 3).
We kindly ask the guests to arrive at 20:50

Welcoming words of City of Jyväskylä, Mayor Mr Markku Andersson
Music: Ms Maria Siltanen (vocalist), Mr Ville Jaakkonen (piano)
Buffet

Event ends

Sunday ^{August 9th, 2009}

Bijoy Jain / India
Dialogue and Deviation. India: Building in times of change

Alexander Brodsky / Russia
Untitled lecture

Interview with Bijoy Jain and Alexander Brodsky in the Lobby bar

Lunch break

Francis Kéré / Burkina Faso
Step by step: Sustainable buildings for Africa

Dan Rockhill / USA
Design and Construction: Hand and Mind The work of Rockhill and Associates and Studio 804

Interview with Francis Kéré and Dan Rockhill in the Lobby bar

Closing of the Symposium Sami Rintala