Architecture Speaks! Jonas Janke, B+

When: 20.1.2027 13:15–14:30

Where: Online

Price: Free

Wed 20, January 2027, at 1.15–2.30 pm (Finnish time UTC+2)
The online lecture will be held on Zoom, and registration is required.

In the twelfth season of the Architecture Speaks! lecture series, organized jointly by Aalto University and the Architecture & Design Museum, Professor and Head of Department Jenni Reuter invites seven speakers to share insights into their design processes and their roles in the world of architecture. The theme of this season is Local Memory.

Buildings carry memory through their materials, construction techniques, traces of use, and relationship to place. By reusing and adapting existing buildings, fragments, local materials, and techniques, architecture can continue rather than erase history, allowing different time periods to coexist. This approach can preserve and strengthen the social, ecological, and cultural values of the built environment while revealing its hidden potential. Architecture thus becomes an expression of collective responsibility and ecological awareness, connecting past, present, and future.

Jonas Janke

Jonas Janke (DE, 1991) is an architect and partner at bplus.xyz. He studied architecture in Hamburg, Stockholm and Berlin and was part of team 2038 for the German Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale in 2021. He has taught and lectured at universities and institutions across Europe, including ETH Zurich and Politecnico di Milano.

His work focuses on ecological construction, adaptive reuse and transformation, with an emphasis on pragmatic solutions, thoughtful use of materials and architecture as a means of conveying ideas and advancing new approaches to the built environment.

Photo: b+

“I invited B+ because of the way they celebrate the potential of the existing built environment, revealing and activating its latent possibilities.” – Jenni Reuter

How to participate

Registration is now open

The online lecture will be held on Zoom Webinar platform. Registration is required, and the registration is open until the lecture is finished. Participation link and instructions for participation are sent in a separate email after registration.

Accessibility and safer space

The online lecture is free of charge and organized in English. Automatic live captioning is available on Zoom. Interpretation or translations are not provided. Technical instructions are on display at the beginning of the lecture.

Architecture & Design Museum has safer space guidelines, to which we are committed in all the museum’s activities. We want everyone to have the opportunity to participate as themselves, without fear of discrimination or harassment. You can find more information about the guidelines in the link below.

Safer space guidelines