Author: Sari Dhima

Departments location in Väre

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ARTS Leadership team did the decision about Departments location in Väre on the 5.6.2017.

Decision is:

Services will be located in the different floors to modules J, M, O and P. Service includes also the Dean’s unit.

Modules J and K on the 1st floor

Module J on the 2nd floor

Modules O and P on the 3rd floor

The logic the model B is that departments will be located as an entity at the same floor. Departments of Art, Film, Television and Scenography and Media are seen as one entity because of the joint admin service. The first floor is good location for it because there are room for the 128 people. The combination of three departments will be 110 people together within addition of service. The first floor is also the one where is room for this entity.

Proposal B includes division such as

1st floor  – Service, Department of Art, Department of Film, and Department of Media / close proximity to the future Media centre that will be opposite side of the road

2nd floor – Service, Department of Design / ARTS-BIZ Shared programme (CS, IDBM)

3rd floor – Service, Department of Architecture / ARTS-BIZ U level service

The model B division of departments supports interaction between Media, Art, and Design as well than co-operation between Architecture and Design.

Link to the decision: Departments location in VÄRE 5.6.2017

Furniture inventories summer 2017

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The heritage of ARTS has always played an important role to us throughout the vivid history of our school. Campuses have travelled from historically valuable Ateneum all the way to the old factories of Arabia and from Hietalahdentori to Otaniemi. Now together we are moving to Väre, a brand new building specifically designed and built for us. To support the identity of ARTS in the new location, it is important to bring something old and meaningful with us. And what would represent the School of Arts, Design and Architecture better than some of the best pieces of Finnish furniture design from our past alumni, professors and influencers.

During the spring and summer 2017 thorough furniture inventories have been made at the Arabia campus and some of the storage spaces of Aalto. The inventories showed that we have a valuable collection of Finnish furniture design from the last 100 years. This unique collection will represent the different phases of both the history of our school but also the history of Finnish design. These timeless classics include furniture from Yrjö Kukkapuro, Yrjö Wiherheimo, Simo Heikkilä, Ilmari Tapiovaara and of course Alvar Aalto among others. (Maria Riskilä)