In celebration of the Nordic Pavilion’s fiftieth anniversary, thirty-two architects born after the year 1962 have been invited to present a model of a conceptual “house” that reflects their personal philosophy of architecture at the 2012 Venice Biennale exhibition “Light Houses: On the Nordic Common Ground”. Eleven architects from Finland and Sweden, along with ten architects from Norway will each respond to the sobering economic constraints and diminishing environmental resources that challenge architects today.
Contemporary Nordic architectural culture offers both exemplary approaches and significant constructed works addressing these challenging circumstances. The classic hallmarks of Nordic architecture – simplified form, frugal use of materials and sensitive treatment of daylight and the natural setting – embody the basic principles of responsible, sustainable architecture.
Continue after the break to learn more.
The Nordic Pavilion was designed by the Pritzker Prize laureate Sverre Fehn and is described as a “distilled, elegant” version of a Nordic “house”, as it evokes sensations of light, material, structure, space, nature and atmosphere. It embodies what might be called a metaphysical “house of the North”, one of specific primary architectural images, elements and details. The Nordic Pavilion is a physical and metaphorical “common ground” for Finland, Sweden and Norway.
The works have been commissioned specifically for the Venice venue from Nordic architects new and established, urban and rural, less-renowned and widely celebrated. The exhibits are displayed as installations, forming a “chorus” of contemporary Nordic architecture in polyphonic dialogue with Fehn’s iconic Pavilion. The exhibits are mounted on pedestals designed by Professor Juhani Pallasmaa, Fehn’s colleague and personal friend.
Projects:
In Praise of Shadows Architecture
Brendeland & Kristoffersen architects
Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects
Rintala Eggertsson Architects NOR
Commissioner: Juulia Kauste
Deputy Commissioners: The Swedish Museum of Architecture and the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (Norway)
Curator & Designer: Peter MacKeith
Assistant Curator & Designer: Philip Tidwell
Pedestal Design: Juhani Pallasmaa
Supporters: The Ministry of Education and Culture/Finland, The Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Norway, The Nordic Culture Fund and World Design Capital Helsinki 2012. The exhibition is part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 program. Stool 60 provided by Artek for the exhibition.
The “New Forms in Wood” exhibition in the Finnish Pavilion is also produced by the Museum of Finnish Architecture.
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- ALA Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- ALA Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Anttila Oiva Architects © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Anttila Oiva Architects © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Arkitektstudio Widjedal Racki, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Arkitektstudio Widjedal Racki, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Atelier Oslo, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Atelier Oslo, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Avanto Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Avanto Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Brendeland & Kristoffersen Architects, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Brendeland & Kristoffersen Architects, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- COMBINE, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- COMBINE, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Eldin Oscarsson, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Eldin Oscarsson, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Fantastic Norway, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- General Architecture, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- General Architecture, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Happy Space, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Happy Space, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Haugen Zohar Arkitekter, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Haugen Zohar Arkitekter, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Hollmen Reuter Sandman Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Hollmen Reuter Sandman Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- In Praise of Shadows Architecture, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- In Praise of Shadows Architecture, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Jarmund:Vigsnæs As Architects MNAL, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Jarmund:Vigsnæs As Architects MNAL, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- JKMM Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- JKMM Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- K2S Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- K2S Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Kjellander + Sjöberg, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Kjellander + Sjöberg, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Lassila Hirvilammi Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Lassila Hirvilammi Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Lundén, Wikar, Österlund, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- manthey kula, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- manthey kula, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Marge Arkitecter, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Marge Arkitecter, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Nordmark & Nordmark, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Nordmark & Nordmark, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- NOW, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- NOW, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Petra Gipp Arkitektur, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Reiulf Ramstad Architects, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Sanaksenaho Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Sanaksenaho Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Space Group, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Tham & Videgård, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Tham & Videgård, Sweden © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- TYIN tegnestue, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- TYIN tegnestue, Norway © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Verstas Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Verstas Architects, Finland © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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- Nordic Pavilion exhibition “Light Houses: On the Nordic Common Ground” © Museum of Finnish Architecture and Ilari Järvinen
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