Snowball Shanghai – Event on Finnish and Chinese Architecture March 25–27, 2010 Shanghai

Please, download seminar publication here and programme here

Programme

The objective of the upcoming Snowball events, for the participants, invitees and delegates, is to get an insight into a diverse set of interests, perspectives and experiences from Finnish and local professionals operating in the field of architecture in China. The events also offer the possibility for Finnish architects to present their work to these professionals and the public.

The overall programme consists of architecture presentations, networking events and a field trip, providing Finnish architects with a stepping-stone in the direction of establishing potential business and creative matches. Snowball Shanghai offers opportunities for first contacts, for deepening the existing networks as well as for communicating the ongoing professional collaborations between Chinese and Finnish firms operating in the field of architectural and urban design. Overall, the programme is set up to explore, enhance and further stimulate the development of valuable connections between Chinese and Finnish practitioners.

The proposed activities range from public presentations, roundtable discussions and one-to-one conversations with professionals and potential clients, to media interviews, a briefing about the Chinese market and its players, as well project visits and network receptions.

About Sino-Finnish exchange

The three-day programme deals with architectural culture exchange, tailored for Finnish architects desiring to enter or strengthen their presence in the Chinese market, where presentations, dialogues and debates are seen as a first step to communicate architectural expertise and interests. The selected (tbc) Chinese architects, urbanists, developers, media, clients and officials will, as such, be informed about the values, methods and strategies that Finnish architecture represents. At the same time, Finnish architects will be able to gain an insight into the challenges, projects and ambitions facing professionals in China.

Curatorial vision

The first day of the ‘Snowball – Event on Finnish and Chinese Architecture’ focuses on the experience and exchange between smaller and independent Chinese architecture firms and potential Finnish counterparts, local design Institutes and large-scale Finnish offices and the experience of foreign architects already present and working in China. These lectures and presentations will set a context for dialogue and future collaborations between partners sharing similar interests.

The second day explores the common ground between Finnish and Chinese practitioners in the field of ecological, sustainable urban and architectural design. After this Chinese developers and clients will present their work, and the context and framework of past and ongoing successful Sino-Finnish collaborations will be showcased.

The two-day presentations conclude with a roundtable discussion exploring the various scales and perspectives on potential Sino-Finnish cooperation. Based on this, the first exploration for an active and creative design, research and workshop agenda can be set. Throughout the two days Chinese (architectural) media will be invited to be present in order to heighten the visibility and dissemination of Finnish architecture in China.

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Snowball Helsinki – Arkkitehtuurivientiä Kiinaan 12.2. klo 12-16
Kiasman seminaaritila, Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki

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Snowball Helsinki -tapahtumassa kuullaan Kiinassa toimivien suomalaisten arkkitehtitoimistojen vientikokemuksia sekä keskustellaan suomalaisten toimistojen profiloitumisesta Kiinan markkinoilla. Mitkä ovat viennin haasteet ja mahdollisuudet?

Ohjelma

12.00-12.45 Snowball Architecture -seminaarit ja arkkitehtuurivienti
Tuomas Toivonen, arkkitehti, SAFA: Snowball -seminaarien esittely
Jani Joenniemi, kulttuurituottaja, Shanghai EXPO: Shanghai EXPO 2010
Janne Pihlajaniemi, arkkitehti, SAFA: ARKEX – suomalaisen arkkitehtuuriviennin esiselvityshanke

Klo 12.45-13.45 Snowball Shanghai Architecture Program – Urban and Architectural Subjects influencing today’s and tomorrow’s design agenda in China

Bert de Muynck, Architect, Writer, Urban Researcher (NAi) (Hollanti/Kiina)

Klo 13.45- 14.15 Kahvi

Klo 14.15-16.00 Kiinan kokemuksia ja näkökulmia

Suomen EXPO-paviljonki Kirnun rakentaminen
Teemu Kurkela, arkkitehti SAFA, JKMM arkkitehdit
www.jkmm.fi

Näkökulma: koulutus ja yhteistyö
Yrjö Sotamaa, Professor, Design Innovation
Aalto University School of Art and Design, Professor, Tongji-Forever Chair and Advisory Dean
College of Design and Innovation D&I, Tongji University, PRC, Visiting Professor
Nottingham Trent University, UK, Chairman Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation TWRB
Foundation of the Finnish Institute in Japan Art and Design City ADC Ltd.

ORDOS100 ja Nanjing CIPEA -projektit
Matti Sanaksenaho, arkkitehti SAFA, Sanaksenaho arkkitehdit
www.kolumbus.fi/sanaksenaho

PES Architects China Studio
Pekka Salminen, arkkitehti SAFA, PES arkkitehdit
www.pesark.com

Näkökulma: kulttuurin ja kaupunkiosaamisen tuotteistaminen
Pekka Timonen, kulttuurijohtaja, Helsingin kaupunki, johtaja, Helsinki World Design Capital 2012
www.hel.fi/kulttuuri, www.wdc2012helsinki.fi

DigiEcoCity-hanke
Mauri Tommila, arkkitehti SAFA, Tommila Architects
www.arktom.fi

Keskustelu, moderaattorina arkkitehti Tuomas Toivonen

Seminaari on osa pidempiaikaista suomalaisen arkkitehtuurin tunnettuuteen ja liiketoimintamahdollisuuksien kehittämiseen liittyvää prosessia. Snowball Helsinki on 25.-27.3.2010 järjestettävän Snowball Shanghai – Event on Finnish and Chinese Architecture -arkkitehtuurivientiseminaarin ennakkotapahtuma. Lisätietoa seminaareista: www.snowballarchitecture.fi tai www.safa.fi

Järjestäjät: SAFA ja Finland at Shanghai EXPO 2010

Tapahtuman jälkeen klo 17 kadun toisella puolella, Lasipalatsin galleriassa alkaa kiinalaisen taiteilijan Pan Jian Fengin näyttelyn avajaiset. Taiteilija on Helsinki International Artist-in-residence Programmen residenssiohjelmassa, ja näyttely on osa HIAP:n Urban studies -hanketta. Tervetuloa!

Kiinalaiseen kulttuuriin ja Shanghai EXPO 2010 -paviljonkeihin voi tutustua lauantaina 13.2. klo 14-18 Lasipalatsin aukiolla järjestettävässä Kiinalaisen uudenvuoden tapahtumassa. Tapahtuman järjestävät Helsingin ja Pekingin kaupungit. Lisätietoa: www.kiinalainenvuosi.fi