Spirit of Paimio Conversations

By: Paimio Sanatorium
  • Summary

  • Alvar and Aino Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium is a radical synthesis of architecture, nature and research and it is as relevant today as it was when it was born. Our podcast origins from the Spirit of Paimio manifesto and conference. It brings together thinkers and doers, makers, and visionaries from the field of architecture, art, design and media to collaboratively build unexpected ways to view new perspectives through radical, practice-based solutions. Conversations builds future optimism. Our host Hanna Harris is Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.
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Episodes
  • Susanna Pettersson: Potential of Heritage Sites
    Nov 23 2023

    In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Susanna Pettersson, CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation about the possibility of radical marriage of capital and preservation? What is the role of the agents who make culture in bringing cultural values forward? And why Paimio Sanatorium can be a platform or mothership for creativity and inspiration? 

    Join Susanna Pettersson and Hanna Harris in Spirit of Paimio.

    Susanna Pettersson, CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation, was interviewed by Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.

    Paimio Sanatorium is a modernist masterpiece from 1930’s by Alvar and Aino Aalto. Spirit of Paimio is a series of intergenerational and interdisciplinary dialogues and interactions of reflection on architecture’s role in “taking care” bringing Aalto’s design ethos in our time.

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    7 mins
  • Max Fraser: Preserving of an icon
    Nov 23 2023

    In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Max Fraser about possible futures of Paimio Sanatorium, an architectural icon. Will it  be an institution or what guise it needs to take in next life? Why it is important to be local before you can be global? And why will buildings with architecture of hope survive?

    Join Max Fraser and Hanna Harris in Spirit of Paimio.

    Max Fraser, Editorial Director of Dezeen, was interviewed by Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.

    Paimio Sanatorium is a modernist masterpiece from 1930’s by Alvar and Aino Aalto.

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    10 mins
  • Otto Lowe: 3D and Cultural Heritage
    Nov 23 2023

    In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Otto Lowe about possibilities of 3D in preserving and exhibiting architecture and art. Is it just to create more entry points for people to cherish artifacts and buildings or is there more to it? And what is the importance of local communities in preservation? 

    Join Otto Lowe and Hanna Harris in Spirit of Paimio.

    Otto Lowe, Head of 3D in Factum Foundation, was interviewed by Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.

    Paimio Sanatorium is a modernist master piece from 1930’s by Alvar and Aino Aalto.


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    7 mins

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