Vokal: Architecture of Stewardship
€33
Keyword: Venice pavillion, exhibition architecture, preservation, Alvar Aalto, Finnish office
Size: 170 x 240 mmPages: 208
Format: softcover
Illustration: in colour & b/w
Language: English
Editor: Ella Kaira & Matti Jänkälä
Text: Stefano Ferro, Lodovica Guarnieri, Jonas Malmberg, Ila Narjus, Essi Nisonen, Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Veronica Pecile, Sofie Pelsmakers, Margherita Scapin, Carolyn Smith, Gianni Talamini, Federica Toninello
Book design: Samuli Saarinen
Publisher: Arvinius + Orfeus
Pub Year: 2025
Weight: 370 gr
ISBN: 9789189270978
Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia, 2025
Description
Article no.: 9789189270978
The Finnish pavilion at the Biennale curated by Vokal studio (Ella Kaira & Matti Jänkälä )
From the publisher:
By recounting the Pavilion’s history, this book illustrates that buildings are not static objects but dynamic processes influenced by human actions, global politics and non-human forces. The title, Architecture of Stewardship, proposes that adopting practices of stewardship enables the architectural profession to respond to the urgent need for change in our built environment with accountability to communities, future generations, the planet, and other species that inhabit it.
The collection of essays offers perspectives on stewardship from a range of Finnish and Italian contributors in academia, practice, and activism. The texts explore how people have stewarded land, resources, and communities throughout the Pavilion’s history and its Venetian context, and how these insights might inspire a different way to approach our built environment.
The book is published in conjunction with the Pavilion of Finland’s exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, running from 10 May to 23 November 2025. The editors of the book, architects Ella Kaira and Matti Jänkälä, curated the exhibition, The Pavilion – Architecture of Stewardship, commissioned and produced by Archinfo – Information Centre for Finnish Architecture.
From the publisher:
By recounting the Pavilion’s history, this book illustrates that buildings are not static objects but dynamic processes influenced by human actions, global politics and non-human forces. The title, Architecture of Stewardship, proposes that adopting practices of stewardship enables the architectural profession to respond to the urgent need for change in our built environment with accountability to communities, future generations, the planet, and other species that inhabit it.
The collection of essays offers perspectives on stewardship from a range of Finnish and Italian contributors in academia, practice, and activism. The texts explore how people have stewarded land, resources, and communities throughout the Pavilion’s history and its Venetian context, and how these insights might inspire a different way to approach our built environment.
The book is published in conjunction with the Pavilion of Finland’s exhibition at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, running from 10 May to 23 November 2025. The editors of the book, architects Ella Kaira and Matti Jänkälä, curated the exhibition, The Pavilion – Architecture of Stewardship, commissioned and produced by Archinfo – Information Centre for Finnish Architecture.