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Friday, 19.04.2024, 15:41
Interior architecture symposium SISU to take place in Tallinn
The symposium, organised by the Estonian Association
of Interior Architects and the Department of Interior Architecture and
Furniture Design of the Estonian Academy of Arts, offers an exciting programme
full of presentations from top professionals to an audience interested in
interior architecture, architecture and design. All of SISU will be conducted
in English, thus being easily accessible to colleagues from other countries.
According to Tüüne-Kristin Vaikla,
the creative director of SISU, this year’s focus is on the impact space has on
people and vice versa: “SISU will examine how space affects people and how
people affect space, or in other words – what kind of human intervention in the
space around us tends to inspire us.”
The opening speakers of the symposium are the Dutch duo MerkX+Girod, who attracted notable attention a few years back by
creating a contemporary bookshop in a former Dominican church in Maastricht,
preserving the unique landmark setting. At SISU, they will focus on their
complicated restoration project of the Dutch Council of State, combining a
range of different buildings from various periods dating back to the 16th
century with the aim to concentrate on the public area, to clarify routing and
orientation within the building and to enlarge the number of workplaces and
make them more flexible.
In addition to several foreign speakers, who will take the stage in the
symposium – Juhani Pallasmaa
(Helsinki), Karan Grover (India), Suzie Attiwill (RMIT, Melbourne), Jo Van Den Berghe (LUCA, Sint-Lucas, Brussels), Graeme Brooker (Middlesex University, London), Kees Spanjers (Amsterdam), Per
Reinholtz (ECIA, Växjö), Monika Löve
(Turin) – many Estonian interior architects and architects will also be
present.
Estonian Association of Interior Architects connects interior
architecture professionals and helps them create mentally and physically
valuable habitat, contributes to the development of the field and looks after
the legacy of the field. It’s the second time for the association to organise
SISU symposium.
SISU Symposium 2015 "The Impact of Space" is
produced by the Estonian Association of Interior Architects and funded by
Estonian Cultural Endowment, Interstudio, Hals Interiors, Velux and EAIA
supporting members Floorin, Hektolan,
Wermstock, Sadolin, Vivarec, Villeroy&Boch Gustavsberg, Elke Mööbel,
Fagerhult, Lincona Konsult, Hektor Light, Puustelli and Glamox.