Architectural Democracy

Henrik Ilvesmäki heads the architecture and consulting agency Studio Ilvesmäki and functions as partner and brand strategist in a sustainability focused startup company based in the US. He graduated as an architect from Aalto University and has since completed two post-professional master’s degrees in advanced architectural design and design thinking at Harvard University. Ilvesmäki works as an ar...

A talk with Fabian, a Professor of Digital Participatory City Planning at Tallinn University of Technology, Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies, Estonia. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kaisa is a leading Researcher at Demos Helsinki on sustainability transitions and social inclusion. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The two members of Architectural Democracy discuss today with no guests, just both of them talking with each other! :-) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guest of this episode is  Saija Hollmén , Professor of Practice in Humanitarian Architecture. Saija Hollmén’s research interests focus around architecture as a socio-cultural construction as well as interdisciplinary university pedagogy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The guest of the tenth episode is Antti Kaski, the Ambassador of Finland to Colombia, Panama and the Dominican Republic. He is Head of Mission of the Embassy of Finland in Bogotá. The Embassy is also responsible for relations with Venezuela. Prior to his current position, Mr. Kaski served as the Deputy Head of Mission in the Embassy of Finland Berlin (2017-2021) and as the Director for Policy Plan...

The guest of this episode is Mona Margherita Schalin, a Finnish architect. Schalin studied architecture at the University of Technology and graduated in 1987. Schalin specializes in the design of demanding renovation projects and the protection of the built cultural environment. Schalin’s most famous work is the renovation of Käärmetalo (Mäkelänkatu 86) in Käpylä, Helsinki, of which she is the mai...

The guest of this episode is the architect  Carlos Lamuela Orta , a sustainable city expert doing doctoral research on urban mobility policy with a focus on spatial data analysis. His approach to long-term urban trends is based on more than ten years of experience in urban planning and city development consulting, combining multidisciplinary skills from degrees in design, business, and environment...

The guest of the seventh episode is  Dr. Matti Kuittinen , professor of resource-efficient construction at Aalto University´s Department of Architecture. His scientific work focuses on climate change mitigation by bringing together architecture, engineering, and ecology. Dr. Kuittinen is also a senior specialist at the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, where he develops policies for low-carbon...

The guest in the sixth episode is Petr Suska and together with our hosts Pedro Aibeo and Mark Linder we will be talking about Urban Economics. Petr is a manager with 10+ years of experience and a demonstrated track record in working with cities and industrial partners, developing comprehensive urban digital strategies, leading international teams, project planning, and applied research with a focu...

The guest of the fifth episode is  Eero Lundén , the founder of the Helsinki-based Lundén Architecture Company. Eero earned a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University, New York after graduating as an architect from Oulu University. Eero has taught and lectured in several universities in Finland as well as abroad. In 2018 he was appointed as the curator of the Nordic pavilio...

The guest of the fourth episode is  Mark Linder . Mark is co-founder of both N2 Comms, remembered for campaigning for a Tesla gigafactory in Vaasa and against early children’s smartphone use. More recently he co-founded Amöl Projects to improve the communication of deep technologies   More relevant to this podcast for the past year Mark has been contracted to and working in Neom, the ambitious meg...

The guest of the third episode is  Aarni Heiskanen , a Construction Innovation Agent and the Managing Partner at  AE Partners . Aarni has a masters degree in architecture, and worked as an architect and architectural R&D manager for over a decade. Gradually, he grew more and more interested in innovative business development. He became an internet entrepreneur and, later on, a certified manage...

The guest of the second episode is  Panu Lehtovuori , a Professor of Planning Theory at the Tampere University, School of Architecture. Before the current position, he was the Professor of Urban Studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. Lehtovuori’s research interests focus on contemporary forms of public urban space, new urban design approaches, the resource-efficiency of the built envi...

Architectural Democracy  is a monthly podcast hosted by Pedro Aibéo & Mark Linder with rotating guests, produced and airing at the Helsinki Open Waves, at Caisa, in Helsinki, Today's guest is Panu Minkkinen, a Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Helsinki, Finland. Former Professor of Legal Theory at the University of Leicester, UK. Currently involved in the editorial work of two in...