Celebrating the Everyday – Marie-José Van Hee’s Architecture in Dialogue with Aalto

Описание: This online dialogue brings together architects Sam De Vocht and Sofia Nivarti to explore the resonances between the work of renowned architects Marie-José Van Hee and Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto. Marie-José Van Hee is the 15th recipient of the prestigious Alvar Aalto Medal in 2024. Pilvi Kalhama, the director of Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki, gives the opening words.

Treating tradition as a living process—honouring the past while reinterpreting it for the present as well as future—their work shares a commitment to care: for materials, for ageing buildings, and for the people who inhabit them. Rather than focusing on grand gestures, we plunge into a quieter architectural ethos, one that celebrates the everyday, the intimate, and the sometimes overlooked.

The discussion invites participants to consider how small-scale renovation, domesticity, and artisanal collaboration can be lyricised through thoughtful design. It opens a space for reimagining architectural legacy as an ongoing dialogue, celebrating continuity and sparking hope for the future.

This recording documents an online event originally held on Tuesday, September 9, 2025.