February 2012 – my article on the new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki and why the city is losing 2 big opportunities has been published on both Helsinki Sanomat (only paper version) and Helsinki Times
January 2012 – our report on temporary uses and spaces is now online. On Wednesday 18.1 it will be officially presented to City of Helsinki.
December 2011 – this is how it went my first full year with AFA toiminimi : – )
December 2011 – groundbreaking for Aquador office and showroom in Lauttasaari, Helsinki
November 2011 - I’ve been invited in Amsterdam to talk about NSDM wharf project and the leverage of Temporary Uses and Spaces in urban planning. On this topic we, DoTank, made a study for the City of Helsinki. Soon it will be publicly presented, stay tuned!
October 2011 – finalizing the permission drawings for a showroom in Lauttasaari
September 2011 - The collaboration between the Finnish wood construction company Eco TimberHouse and AFA – Arkkitehti Francesco Allaix is now official. We are woking on 2 projects in Finland and several projects and partnerships in the Italian market.
August 2011 - (in)visible city comes back to the courtyard for the Night of the Arts! The Välipala summer installation will be shown in a different way, but respecting its key concepts: recycled materials, interaction, innovative use of space, exploring the limit between architecture and design.
August 2011 – after some amazing holidays in the Far-East, we are back on tracks! New project in the pipeline, soon the deals will become public!
June 2011 – Architect Paolo Caravello and me are working on a temporary and interactive installation between the Architecture Museum and Designmuseo. It’s called (in)visible city, inspired by Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities book. Check here for more info and here for a daily update (between 14.07 and 24.07) of this evolving project!
June 2011 – DoTank’s Tapahtumatori project is getting concrete! Book your container here.
May 2011 – my proposal More with less is the winner of the infographics competition Sujuva! Rakennettu ympäristö 2025!
May 2011 – first public presentation of a new urban plan (15 ha.) for a former factory area; I’m part of the team working on it, under the office CEJ Arkkitehdit
April 2001 – kick-off meeting of temporary uses’ project, related to this… stay tuned!
March 2011 – Kimmo Rönkä, from DoTank, presented our work on Hernesaari at the Creative Metropoles seminar
January 2011 – My entry, along with the others that participated at the Designkatu competition, is on display at Laituri from today 11.01 until 22.01
November 2010 – I’m part of the DoTank, the team organizing (together with the City of Helsinki) a workshop on Hernesaari. The results has been published here
September 2010 – speaker at WHAT’S NEXT? Planning With the Community? Social Engagement? seminar at Habitare fair
August 2010 – Archetype Revisited paper published on Architetti Cercasi web page
May 2010 – my entry Evolving Urbanity for the competition The Self-Sufficient City has been selected for the homonym publication and exhibition at the CCCB museum in Barcelona, Spain.
April 2010 – participant to an intensive workshop Post Oil Cities
January 2010 – publication of the analysis and projects of the workshop Riabitare_coabitare Porti_città /Porti_regione, to which I participated as tutor
April 2009 – publication of the analysis on Kalasatama (Helsinki’s former eastern harbour), on which I worked with SBBA Oy and Dutch researcher Klaske Havik