Juhani Pallasmaa
Born 1936, is a Finnish architect, educator and writer who has worked, taught and lectured in several countries since the 1960’s. His design works extends from town planning and architecture to exhibition, product and graphic design and artistic work. His interests as a writer range from architectural theory to anthropology, cultural philosophy to animal architecture, and art criticism to cinematic expression. His work and writings have been published widely in Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia.
Books by Juhani Pallasmaa include:
Animales arquitectos: el funcionalismo ecológico de las construcciones animales(Lanzarote 2001); The Architecture of Image: Existential Space in Cinema(Helsinki 2001); Alvar Aalto – Villa Mairea 1938-39 (Hesinki 1998); The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses (London 1996); The Melnikov House (London 1996); Animal Architecture (Helsinki 1995) and; Language of Wood (Helsinki 1987).
Juhani Pallasmaa’s awards include:
Finland State Award 2000; The UIA Jean Tschumi Prize for Architectural Criticism 1999; Fritz Schumacher Prize for Architecture, Germany 1997; Russian Federation Architecture Award 1996; Helsinki City Culture Award 1993 and Finnish State Award for Architecture 1992.
Le Corbusier
1887 – (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret) born 6 October at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
1923 – Builds the little house “Le Lac” at Corseaux on Lake Geneva for his parents.
1925 – Builds Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (Paris) and the Pessac housing estate near Bordeaux.
1928 – Founder member of CIAM (Congrés Internationaux d’architecture moderne) at the castle of La Sarraz, in Switzerland.
1929 – Works on the Villa Savoye (Poissy), the Mundaneum and urbanism in South America.
1930 – Works on urban designs for Algiers and studies for “Ville Radieuse”.
1943 – Publishes the Charte d’Athènes (Athens Charter).
1944 – Works on the Unités d’Habitation, Marseilles.
1948 – Works on La Sainte-Baume Project.
1950 – Starts working on the Chapel at Ronchamp. Publishes Modulor I, Poèsie sur Alger (Poem on Algiers) and L’Unité d’Habitation de Marseille.
1953 – Builds Dominican Monastery at Sainte Marie de la Tourette (Eveux) and de la Maison du Brésil at Cité Universitaire (Paris) with Lucio Costa.
1965 – On 27 August Le Corbusier dies while swimming at Cap-Martin, France.
Maria Reiche
Born 1903, was a German-born Peruvian Mathematics, Geologist and Pedagogue who went to Peru in 1932 to work as a teacher in the house of the German consul in Cuzco. After two years in Cuzco she moved to Lima, where she met the American specialist for ancient irrigation systems – Dr. Paul Kosok.
In December 1941 Maria travelled the first time to Nazca. Dr. Kosok had asked her to take a look at the strange, dead straight depressions in the desert, which look like lines. At first he thought these were irrigation ditches, but then he suspected that it is an astronomical calendar installation.
She started her research work in the desert of Nazca in 1946. In the first days of June 1946 she found a stylized drawing of a spider between the lines. Little by little she discovered more and more of the geoglyphs, but at the beginning it was not her main task. With measuring tape, sextant and compass, later also with a theodolite she measured almost 1000 lines and investigated them for their astronomical orientation.
She investigated the Nazca drawings for more than 40 years.
From 1955 she fought in many ways for the protection of the Nazca Lines. Forty years after in 1995 the Nazca Lines were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Maria Reiche died on June 8, 1998 and was buried near Nazca with official honors.
Carlos Puente
Born in Bilbao in 1944. Architect graduated at ETSAM in 1972. Until 1979, collaborated with Alejandro de la Sota.
He was professor at ETSAM from 1996 to 2009, and visiting professor at other architecture schools.
His work has been subject of various exhibitions and publications in different countries, and obtained different awards and distinctions, among which should be highlighted:
1987: The Architecture Prize of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid (COAM) for the City Council of Valdelaguna.
1991: The García Mercadal Prize of the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Aragón (COAA) for the Zaragoza Library.
1994: The European Community “Europa Nostra” Medal and Diploma for the Restoration of the Palacio de Linares in Madrid.
1994: The European Community “Europa Nostra” Medal and Diploma for the Restoration of the Casa de las Conchas of Salamanca.
1996: The IberFAD “Alejandro de la Sota” Prize for the Ciempozuelos House of Culture (Madrid).
In 2008 Arquia published his “commonplace book”, Idas y vueltas.
He currently lives in Finland.
Eduardo Chillida
1924 – Eduardo Chillida Juantegui was born on January 10 in San Sebastián.
1943 – Starts studying architecture in Madrid.
1947 – He abandons his studies and start drawing at the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid.
1948 – He moves to Paris. He makes his first pieces in plaster.
1951 – He returned to Euskadi, where he made his first iron work, Ilarik.
1954 – Make the four doors for the Aranzazu Basilica.
1958 – Receives the International Grand Prize for Sculpture at the 29thVenice Biennale.
1972 – Make Lugar de encuentros III[Meeting Place III], today on the Paseo de la Castellana, Madrid.
1974 – The steel sculpture Estela a Pablo Neruda [Stele for Pablo Neruda] is placed in Tehran.
1977 – Begins the installation of Peine del viento XV [Comb of the Wind XV] in San Sebastián.
1992 – The Monumento a la tolerancia[Monument to Tolerance] is inaugurated at the Muelle de la Sal in Seville.
2000 – Inauguration of the Chillida Leku museum in Hernani.
2002 – He died on August 19 in San Sebastián.
Vinicius de Moraes
Vinicius de Moraes born in Rio de Janeiro on October 19th, 1913.
He was a Brazilian poet and lyricist whose bestknown song was A Garota de Ipanema [The Girl from Ipanema], which he co-wrote with the composer Antônio Carlos Jobim.
Author of numerous volumes of lyrical poetry, Moraes began his literary career as an adherent of the Brazilian Modernism in vogue around 1930. A period of studying English literature at the University of Oxford and residence in the United States as vice-consul of Brazil in Los Angeles (1947-50) broadened the scope of his verse, which was further enriched by his interest in theatre and the film industry. The result was a gradual movement away from poetic experimentation and toward an increasingly prosaic treatment of everyday themes with the sensuous lyricism that became his hallmark.
In the 1950s Moraes joined with younger musicians in forming the bossa nova style, incorporating elements of Brazilian samba and international jazz. His later years involved intense musical collaboration and a prolific outpouring of popular song lyrics. His theatrical libretto Orfeu da Conceição (1956) formed the basis of the prizewinning film Orfeu Negro [Black Orpheus] 1958.
He died in Rio de Janeiro on July 9th, 1980.
Jorge Oteiza
1908 – Jorge Oteiza was born in Orio, Gipuzkoa.
1935 – He moves to South America, where he will develop extensive artistic work.
1938 – Ceramic teacher in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Popayán (Colombia).
1950 – He undertakes the creation of the sculpture for the Arantzazu Basilica (Oñati, Gipuzkoa), designed by F. Javier Sáenz de Oiza.
1954 – The Bishopric of San Sebastián censures its statuary in Arantzazu.
1957 – Grand Prize for Sculpture at the IV Bienal de São Paulo (Brazil).
1959 – Memorial Aita Donostia, Agiña, (Navarra).
1969 – The placement of the Statuary in the Basilica of Arantzazu concludes.
1985 – Gold Medal for Fine Arts, awarded by the Ministry of Culture.
1988 – Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts.
1992 – He donates all his work to Navarra for the creation of the Foundation Museum of Jorge Oteiza in Alzuza.
1996 – Receives the Pevsner Award (Paris) as recognition for all his work.
1998 – Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of the Basque Country.
2003 – He died on April 9 in San Sebastián. Inauguration of the Oteiza Museum, designed by F. J. Sáenz de Oiza.
Jairo Rodríguez Andrés
Jairo Rodríguez Andrés, Burgos, (1981) Architect (2006) and PhD Architect (2013) by the School of Architecture of Valladolid. Assistant Professor of Architectural Projects since 2014 at the same school.
He has published articles on finnish architecture in renowned media such as VLC, ZARCH or PPA, and been invited to take part in International Conferences like the 1st International Congress “Mizuiro” (2011) or the International Congress: Aalto beyond Finland (2014).
He has also enjoyed two UVa Research Scholarships, a F.P.U. Scholarship of the Ministry of Culture, one Scholarship by Caja de Arquitectos Foundation and one more of the Research Program Jóvenes Excelentes by Caja de Burgos Foundation. He is a member of the Recognized Research Group GIRDAC at the University of Valladolid.
His academic and research works are combined with his professional activity as a Founding Partner of Oaestudio, an architecture and interior design office. Architectural design of residential, educational, retail and hostelry environments, together with a wide production of ephemeral and experimental spaces, are the main focus of his studio’s activity.
Kain Tapper
Born on June 6, 1930 in Saarijärvi, Finland, is one of Finland’s most important Modernist sculptors, grew up in an artistic family: two of his brothers, Marko and Harri, became well-known authors. Kain worked as a builder and forest worker before studying sculpture at the School of Art and Design in Helsinki between 1952-54 and then at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts in 1955. For some years, he also worked as an assistant with Aimo Tukiainen.
His pieces loom like menhirs, their massiveness imposing an inhuman scale. His work is characterized by geological and archaeological metaphors, often expressed as standing reliefs in stone and wood ornamented by chisel marks, employing both visual and tactile stimuli. Tapper combined nature and natural phenomena, folklore and modernism, epitomising the Informalist style in Finnish sculpture. His works draw heavily from organic natural forms of nature, especially the lake and river landscapes of his native Saarijärvi, and often include animal motifs.
Tapper represented Finland at several significant international exhibitions of Finnish art. He was awarded the 1976 Pro Finland Medal, 1981 Artist of the Year, 1985 State Art Award and was a Member of the Royal Academy of Sweden.
He died on August 17thof 2004 in Helsinki, Finland.
Loredana Müller
Born in Mendrisio, Ti Ch 1964.
After the classical school, she studies at CSIA, the scholastic center of the artistic industry.
Follows the lessons of Massimo Cavalli and Max Huber, between graphics and applied arts. With a scholarship, she graduated in painting in 1988 at the Accademia de Belle Arti di Roma, where she attends the courses of E. Brunori and G. Strazza.
She is a painter, engraver, ceramist. Is part of regular exhibitions in Italy, in France, in Switzerland, whether in solo or in group exhibitions.
Returns to Ticino in 2000. Opens the Galleria Pangeart (2002-2006) in Bellinzona.
Curates the chalcographic folders Omaggi e confronti.
In 2006 she started the Pangeart School of Applied Arts in Camorino.
In 2007 the Pangeart Project joins AR Officina d’Arte Contemporanea in Milan.
In 2008 curates the chalcographic folders AR.
The Pangeart Editions are born in collaboration with artists and poets.
In 2009 she founded the ramo radice edition with M.R.Valentini.
Conspicuous production of artist books.
Since 2009 collaborates with the Gallerie Stellanove in Mendrisio and with L.I.Art Rome. From 2010 to 2015 numerous exhibitions and chalcographic engravings have taken place.
In 2015 she opened the areapangeart cultural center with her partner Gabriele Donadini, with international exhibitions and meetings of poetry, literature, music and cinema:
www.areapangeart.ch
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Born in Vitória (Espírito Santo) in 1938. Architect graduated at FAU Mackenzie in 1954. Open his office in São Paulo in 1955.
He was professor at FAUUSP from 1960 to 1968 and from 1980 to 1998.
He had an extensive work that has become notable since 1957, with the construction of the Gymnasium in the Club Athletico Paulistano, in São Paulo, his first reference work, a project with which he won the Presidency of the Republic Grand Prix in VI Bienal de São Paulo.
Among his main projects are:
The Official Brazilian Pavilion at Expo 70, in Osaka, Japan 2969; the MuBE, the Brazilian Museum of Sculpture and Ecology, São Paulo 1987; the Chapel of Saint Peter the Apostle, annexed to the Boa Vista Palace, in Campos do Jordão 1987; the MACC Museum of Contemporary Art of Campinas 1989; the Gerassi House 1990; the Restoration of the Pinacoteca de São Paulo, 2000; the coverage of the Prestes Maia Gallery, in Praça do Patriarca, in São Paulo 2002; the Museum of the Portuguese Language 2006 and the architectural set designed for Cais das Artes, composed by a Museum and a Theatre, Vitória 2010.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s awards include:
Mies Van der Rohe Prize for Latin America Architecture 2000; Pritzker Prize 2006; Golden Lion for career at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016; Praemium Imperiale Arts Prize from the Japan Art Association 2016 and the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture by the Royal Institute of British Architects 2017.
He died on 23th May of 2021 in São Paulo, Brazil.
Nils-Aslak Valkeapää
Born in 1943, was a Finnish-born Norwegian Sami multimedia artist. He was born to a family of traditional reindeer herders, but was trained as a teacher. He chose teachers’ college because it was an education that trained him in a number of areas he was interested in, among others literature and music.
Regarding to the music work, Valkeapää became a revitalizer of Sámi culture and above all of Sámi music. In particular he created a new interest in Sámi yoik at a time when it was in danger of dying out.
Musics by Valkeapää includes:
Vuoi, Biret-Máret, vuoi! / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1974; Ádjajohka, silbačuojan / Seppo Paakkunainen 1990; Alit idja lahkona / Nils-Aslak Valkeapää 1992.
Books by Valkeapää includes:
Beaivi, áhčážan 1981 [The Sun, My Father], awarded with the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize 1991; Ruoktu Vaimmus 1985 [Trekways of the Wind], nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literature Prize in 1988; Nu guhkkin dat mii lahka – Så fjernt det nære 1994; Ritnoaivi ja nieguid oaidni – The Frost-haired and the Dream-seer 1995; jus gazzebiehtár bohkosivččii 1996; Eanni, eannážan 2001 [The Earth, My Mother].
He died on 26th November of 2001 in Espoo, Finland.
Dimitris Pikionis
1887 – Born in Piraeus in June
1904 – Starts studies of civil engineering at Athens Polytechnic
1908 – Goes to Munich study painting
1909 – In Paris begins his architectural training in the atelier of Chifflot.
1912 – Starts serving in the Greek army
1921 – Appointed lecturer at Athens Polytechnic
1923 – Graduates in drawing and ornamentation from School of Fine Arts, Athens.
1932 – Elementary School, Athens
1935 – Experimental school Thessalonica
1935 – Publishes the Third Eye journal of art and architecture theory
1949 – Studio house for the sculptress Phrosso Efthimiades, Athens
1951 – Landscaping for the Acropolis and Philopappou Hill, Athens
1954 – Potamianos House, Athens
1960 – Children’s playground, Philothei, Athens
1961 – Elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
1965 – Elected member of the Academy of Athens
1968 – Died in Athens on August 28th
