13th International Alvar Aalto Symposium

7-8 August 2015 Jyvaskyla, Finland

The final additions to the symposium lineup include Urbanus architect Liu Xiaodu and the digital fabrication expert, architect Lisa Iwamoto.

Liu Xiaodu is one of the three founding partners of the Chinese architecture office Urbanus. Creativity plays an important part in their architecture. More than a design practice, Urbanus is also a think tank. Office focuses on urban realities in China and seeks architectural solutions based on its research of the emerging urban problems. Find out more here. Catch our keynote speaker Liu Xiaodu at the symposium on Friday, August 7th.

Lisa Iwamoto is the principal of an award winning IwamotoScott Architecture, a practice formed together with Craig Scott. From art installations to interiors to buildings to visionary cities, IwamotoScott rethinks the constraints of the everyday to make something synthetic, functional and unique. Read more here. Lisa Iwamoto will take the stage at the symposium on Saturday, August 8th.

Along with Xiaodu and Iwamoto, a number of other world-renowned architects will take the podium. These include:

Greg Lynn (KEYNOTE, USA), Hiroshi Nakamura (KEYNOTE, Japan), Henriette Vamberg (KEYNOTE, Denmark), Geir Brendeland and Olav Kristoffersen (Norway), Marcelo Ferraz (Brazil), Mikko Heikkinen (Finland), Marc Jay (Denmark), Eero Lundén (Finland), Rahul Mehrotra (India), Raul Pantaleo (Italy), Matti Sanaksenaho (Finland), Carin Smuts (South Africa), Mikko Summanen (Finland), Bolle Tham and Martin Videgård (Sweden) and Kari Virtanen (Finland).

See the final programme here and join the symposium now!

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