N E W ‍ A C A D E M Y
is Kulttuurisauna's educational program, focusing on architecture and urbanism.
The program consists of open talks, lectures, studios, seminars and publications.



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S t u d i o s :

2018 Spring and Autumn Terms:
A SAUNA
Taught by Leonard Ma and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Estonian Academy of Art

2017 Autumn Term:
PUBLICS
Taught by Leonard Ma and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Estonian Academy of Art and
Aalto University Department of Architecture

2017 Spring Seminar:
THEORIES and HISTORIES
Taught by Dr Marina Lathouri, Markus Lähteenmäki, Leonard Ma and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with the Architectural Association School of Architecture

2017 Spring Term:
TOTALITIES
Taught by Leonard Ma, Maros Krivy and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Estonian Academy of Art and
Aalto University Department of Architecture

2016 Autumn Term:
ARCHIVE CHRONICLES: THE REVIEW AS PROJECT
Taught by Leonard Ma, Markus Lähteenmäki and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture

2016 Spring Term:
NORDIC MODEL
Taught by Leonard Ma and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture

2015 Autumn Term:
TWENTIES
Taught by Leonard Ma and Tuomas Toivonen
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture

2015 Spring Term:
UNIT OF PRODUCTION
Taught by Tuomas Toivonen and Nene Tsuboi
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture

2014 Spring Term:
A PERSONAL ARCHITECTURE
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SCENOGRAPHIA HELSINGIENSIS
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STAIR COMPENDIUM
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LECTURES NOT LECTURES
Taught by Martti Kalliala, Willem Heeffer, Tuomas Toivonen and Nene Tsuboi
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture and
Carlton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism

2013 Spring Term:
A PERSONAL ARCHITECTURE
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MIRABILIA URBIS HELSINGIENSIS
Taught by Mikko Heikkinen, Tuomas Toivonen and Nene Tsuboi
Organised as a joint program with Aalto University Department of Architecture and
Carlton University Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism



L e c t u r e s :

2019:
LIFE AS A PARTY
(Organised in collaboration with the Lisbon Architecture Triennale and Archinfo)
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Manuel Henriques:
The Poetics of Reason / Towards the 5th Lisbon Architecture Triennale
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Markus Lähteenmäki:
Planetarium… and Other Stories / on Modes of Representing Architecture
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Hanna Harris:
National Projects / Presenting and Representing
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Giovanni Piovene:
Non tutti possono disegnare la vita come una festa
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Mika Savela:
Curatorial / Editorial: The architecture of publications, exhibiting on paper
Monday 1 April


2018:
OWNERSHIP - BUILDING - ARCHITECTURE: A HOUSING SEMINAR
(Organised with support from the Finnish Cultural Fund and in collaboration with the Museum of Finnish Architecture)
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Supergentrification Research Group:
Students of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallin:
Berlin and the New Communal? Creativity, Gentrification, Speculation
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Tuomas Toivonen:
Notes on Three Housing Projects in the Post-Welfare City
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Leonard Ma:
Another Appreciation: Labor Cooperatives and Real Estate Capital
A Case Study in Helsinki
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Pier Vittorio Aureli:
Promised Land: Challenging Land Acquisition, Construction, Ownership and Housing Typologies
A Case Study in London
Tuesday 3 December

2017:
THE SOCIAL CONDENSER
(Series organised with support from the Alfred Kordelin foundation)
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Elia Zenghelis
Monday 12 June
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Michal Murawski
The Social Condenser 1917 - 2017: Moscow, Warsaw, Helsinki
Monday 19 June
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Fabrizio Ballabio
Part 1: The voluntary prisoners of architecture: An alternative history of social housing
Part 2: Freed from design: The life and works of art collective åyr
Monday 4 September
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Pier Vittorio Aureli
A Room of One's Own: the Architecture of the Private Room
Monday 21 August
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Tahl Kaminer
Architecture, Planning, Agency
Monday 27 November

2016:
AN ARCHIVE CHRONICLES SEMINAR
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Leonard Ma: Distance
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Markus Lähteenmäki: The Anxious Archive
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Under the Pyramid: A Preview of CANCELLED,
an edition of prints by Alexander Brodsky and Ilya Utkin
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Gabriele Mastrigli: Archive S,M,L,XL
Saturday 3 September

2015:
Jean-Philip Vassal
On Housing
Friday 16 October
Organised in collaboration with Artek

PRACTICE IN DISPLAY:
Alvaro Siza - Social Landscapes
Markus Lähteenmäki and Manuel Montenegro
Monday 10 August
Organised with Drawing Matter

URGENCIES
(Series organised with support from Aalto University)
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Martti Kalliala
Living in the Age of Exit
Monday 13 April
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Adam Caruso and Helen Thomas
On Uses of History
Tuesday 7 April
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Francesco Marullo
On Architecture and Revolution.
The Typical Plan and Albert Kahn's Modern Factory
Monday 30 March
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Andreas Rumpfhuber
On Housing of Society:
Immaterial Labor, Scarcity, Public Housing
Monday 16 March
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Maros Krivy
On Plan and Non-Plan:
Cities, Systems and Politics
Monday 9 March
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Shumi Bose
On Money
Monday 9 February
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Giovanni Piovene and Michele Marchetti
On Histories, Images, Categories
Monday 2 February

2014:
(Organised with the Helsinki City Planning Department)
Pier Vittorio Aureli (Dogma)
Living / Working: How To Live Together
Monday 24 November

A THOUSAND ISLANDS
(Organised with support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture)
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Pier Vittorio Aureli
Sacred Space
Saturday 22 March
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Angus Cameron
'Realities' of Money and Offshore Finance, Boundaries and Cartography
Saturday 1 March
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Keller Easterling
Extrastatecraft
Saturday 8 February

2013:
A PERSONAL ARCHITECTURE
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David van Severen
Monday 25 March
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Alexander Brodsky
Monday 4 February
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Sami Rintala
Monday 21 January


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co / Kulttuurisauna
Hakaniemenranta 17
00530 Helsinki Finland


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Updated 29.3.2019