finnish pavilion at the 9th biennale international architecture exhibition 2004 ......................................................................................................................
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9th international architecture exhibition in venice, italy, 2004 / finnish pavilion ‘from wood to architecture’ by kimmo lintula/hannu tikka, kari järvinen/merja nieminen;, anssi lassila; reijo jallinoja, mikko heikkinen/markku komonen, claudia auer/nicklas sandås, ville hara, niko sirol, mikko kaira, jyrki tasa, olavi koponen, erkki kairamo/aulikki jylhä;, kristian gullichsen wood is the oldest building material known to man. alongside the spread of other materials, wood remained characteristic of some areas – owing to its availability, ease of working and insulating properties. situated in the cold northern coniferous zone, finland is a country of building in wood. two-thirds of the land area of finland are covered by forests. timber has traditionally defined the image of the country, in both nature and the built environment. over the past forty years, the use of wood has considerably decreased in building as a structural and cladding material. now new opportunities for structural use and surface treatment are restoring wood to the prominent and visible role that it used to have in the urban and rural context. the thirteen buildings presented in this exhibition employ wood in a variety of ways. some apply completely new solutions, while others rely on tradition. --- back to the biennale participating countries index page --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------	house into, espoo, by jyrki tasa, 1998 villa långbo, kemiö, by olavi koponen, 1994-2000 cafe carbon, helsinki, by niko sirola, 2000