Aedificum: or how i learned to stop worrying and love the box
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Urbanisation is one of the growing trends of
the 21st century, and seems to be picking
up speed again post-pandemic. It has its
downsides, with the death of the countryside
cited as one of the worst case scenarios, but
it comes with significant upsides too. Dense
population centers decrease travel distances
which decreases fuel consumption. Even with
the advent of the affordable electric car upon
us, the stock of vehicles on our roads is still
decades away from being sustainable. The
sustainable course of action seems to be embracing
urbanisation, and seek solutions within
the urban fabric.
To continue building our cities responsibly
and sustainably, experts in planning the built
environment are in growing demand. This expertise,
while not limited to, is most often found
in architects. Architects are needed to both
maximize the benefits of urbanisation as well
as to mitigate the negative impacts. In Finland
employment rate of architects is 99% with a
larger number set to retire in the coming years
that are being graduated from the three active
schools across the country. This highlights a
necessity to increase education of new architects.
Turku is Finlands third largest university city
(by number of students), but has so far no program
for architecture. In fact only as recently
as of 2019 has there been a technical science
board as a collaboration between Turku
University and Åbo Akademi. And there are
plans to expand the technical science education
by adding more programs. This makes the
campus uniquely suitable for a new school of
architecture.
This master thesis explores contemporality
and the ideological and philosofical basis for
building our environment. It examines current
architecture education facilities, and other similar
buildings and attempts to create a proposal
for a building that offers the foundation for the
future education of this complex subject. A
building that houses all the necessary locales
and inspires the future generation of Finlands
architects.
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Metamodernism, education, minimalism, finnish design, zeitgeist