ALVAR AALTO EXHIBITION PROGRAMMES
Especially for the Singapore Design Festival 2007, two exciting and enriching programmes will be held in conjunction with the Alvar Aalto exhibition.
Play with Aalto
28 November, Wednesday
6.00pm
@Style:Nordic, 39 Ann Siang Road, Singapore 069716
Join Ms Mirkku Kullberg, Managing Director of Artek and Mr Jonas Ericsson from Style:Nordic as they focus on designs by Aalto. Contemporary interpretations of Aalto’s designs through companies that were not only founded by him but have also imbibed his design philosophy, will be explored.
For enquiries, please call Style:Nordic at 6423 9114.
Alvar Aalto & Architecture
29 November, Thursday
2.00pm
Panel discussion & exhibition tour
Theatre Green Room, University Cultural Centre, 50 Kent Ridge Crescent, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119279
An afternoon designed to inform and enlighten both the specialist and the non-specialist, this session explores selected aspects of Alvar Aalto’s architectural practice. His motivations and architectural philosophy will be discussed, including design in other domains (furniture et al) as a vital part of his architectonic entity as well as the relevance and applicability of his architectural ideas. The panel will be chaired by Associate Professor Wong Yunn Chii, Head of the NUS Department of Architecture. Featured speakers include Mr Markku Lahti, Director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation and Ms Mirkku Kullberg, Managing Director of Artek.
SPECIAL FEATURE: Gain deeper insights as Director Lahti gives a special tour of the exhibition following the panel discussion. Limited places available on a first-come-first-served basis.
For further updates and enquiries, visit www.nus.edu.sg/museum or contact NUS Museum via tel 6516 4617 or email museum@nus.edu.sg
About the panelists
Associate Professor Wong Yunn Chii is Head of the NUS Department of Architecture who completed his doctorate from the Masschusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He teaches Architecture Design as well as History, Theory and Criticism of Singapore and Modern Architecture. His research focuses on the history of modern architecture in Singapore and contemporary architecture, as well as industrial architecture and planning. He was the curator of Singapore Inaugural Architectural Exhibition for the Venice Biennale 2004.
Mr Markku Lahti was born in Jyväskylä, Finland – a town synonymous with Alvar Aalto’s architecture – and has been the Director of the Alvar Aalto Foundation since 1998. Before that, he was the Director of the Alvar Aalto Museum since 1973. He has actively served on several Finnish boards and councils in connection with visual arts and architecture, and has lectured extensively on Finnish architecture.
Ms Mirkku Kullberg has been the Managing Director of Artek since 2005. Founded by Aalto and like-minded individuals, Artek produces furniture designs by Aalto. Ms Kullberg has studied both in Finland and abroad in International Business Studies and has held several appointments in various Finnish companies including Brand Director for Nanso.
