Construction work taking place in front of the museum. Main entrance at Korkeavuorenkatu and the accessible entrance via the inner courtyard remain open and in normal use.

Architecture Speaks! Carles Baiges, Lacol

Wed 28, October 2026, 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.

Carles Baiges, Lacol

Carles Baiges Camprubí is an architect from ETSAB in Barcelona and has a master’s degree in Urban Sociology from Universiteit van Amsterdam. He is one of the founding members of the cooperative of architects Lacol. Lacol has been awarded several recognitions, including the Emerging category of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards 2022, and has been selected in the biennials of architecture in Venice (2016, 2021), Buenos Aires (2017) and San Sebastián (2019). Their project La Borda has also won the European Collective Housing Award and has been awarded at the European Responsible Housing Awards and the World Habitat Award. 

“I invited Lacol because of the positive example they offer of cooperative and collective architectural practice, and of architecture as a tool for social transformation and for intervening in the immediate environment.” – 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.

Register here

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

Lecture recording

A recording of the event will be available for a period of two weeks after the lecture on the museum website, under the Explore section.

Positioning – A Symposium on Curatorial Learning in the Nordic-Baltic Region & Beyond

Positioning is an international symposium bringing together curators, artists and cultural practitioners to explore curatorial learning, knowledge production and curatorial practices. Extending across the Nordic-Baltic region and beyond, the event is organised in collaboration with a network of art and cultural organisations. Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki is one of the symposium’s partners in Helsinki.

The symposium is organised by PUBLICS, a curatorial and contemporary art commissioning agency based in Vallila, Helsinki, with a dedicated library, exhibition space and event space. PUBLICS commissions and curates contemporary art programmes, events and new artistic work.

Positioning

Positioning: A Symposium on Curatorial Learning in the Nordic-Baltic Region & Beyond is the second in a series of four annual, interconnected symposia organised as part of The Centre for Curatorial Thinking programme. The series spans Curatorial Thinking, Learning, Instituting and Collaborating, exploring the importance of public discourse across Finland, the Nordic-Baltic region and beyond. This second symposium collectively reflects on the relationship between learning, curatorial thinking, exhibitionary practices and discourses of the curatorial.

Since the establishment and expansion of curatorial courses in the early 1990s, there has been extensive discussion around different approaches to curatorial education and knowledge production, as well as the forms of learning that may have a lasting impact on curatorial practice, discourse and histories.

Positioning considers the specific modes of curatorial thinking-as-learning taking place across the ever-expanding contemporary curatorial field and how they are enabled by diverse forms of education.

Positioning brings together past and present approaches, knowledges and critiques within curatorial practices. In doing so, the symposium creates a space for dialogue between local and international contemporary art scenes and their practitioners, generating new opportunities for artists, curators and cultural workers in the Nordic-Baltic region.

Participation

The symposium will take place in the auditorium (1st floor) at Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki on 24 September, from 2:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Admission is free with advance registration. The event is fully booked, and registration is currently closed.

Organisers and partners

Positioning: A Symposium on Curatorial Learning in the Nordic-Baltic Region & Beyond is organised by PUBLICS in collaboration with an extensive network of partners. In Helsinki and Espoo, the partners are Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art and Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts; in Malmö and Copenhagen, Malmö Konstmuseum, Simian and PASS – Center for Practice-based Art Studies, University of Copenhagen; and in Gothenburg and Stockholm, HDK-Valand, the Centre for Art and the Political Imaginary (CAPIm), CuratorLab at Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design, and IASPIS.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Exhibition Intro to Escape to Moominvalley

Welcome to explore the world of the Escape to Moominvalley exhibition in greater depth! We offer exhibition intros to our main exhibition an the world of the Moomins every week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

The exhibition intro is a 30-minute guided introduction where you can sit back and listen as the guide introduces the key themes and stories of the main exhibition. A visual presentation combined with the guide’s expertise offers new perspectives and helpful tips to help you get the most out of the exhibition at your own pace.

We recommend arriving around 15 minutes in advance. Before the exhibition intro begins, you can take part in the fun Escapism Poetry Game, where you can create your own poems and send them to be displayed on a screen for everyone to enjoy. A smartphone is required to scan the QR code.

Participation

You can join the exhibition intro with a museum ticket, and no advance booking is required. Please register for the intro at the museum’s customer service desk upon arrival. Places are filled on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of 60 participants. No advance reservations are accepted for the open exhibition intros.

Please note that filming or recording the open exhibition intros is not permitted.

Duration: 30 minutes
Price: Included with a museum ticket
Schedule: Tuesdays in Finnish at 6:00 PM and in English at 5:00 PM; Saturdays in Finnish at 1:00 PM and in different language versions at 2:00 PM
Language: Finnish / Swedish / English / Russian
Accessible exhibition intros: Easy Finnish, audio-described, or interpreted into sign language
Format: On-site at the museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23

Exhibition

Escape to Moominvalley highlights the global celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the Moomin stories. The beloved Moomins, created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson (1914–2001), have become cultural icons in Finland and beyond. Jansson originally envisioned Moominvalley as a safe haven in turbulent times. Escape to Moominvalley explores how Jansson perceived architecture and design in her own life and how these elements are reflected in the stories of Moominvalley.

Aalto Design in 15 Minutes

Aalto Design in 15 Minutes is a short and inspiring introduction to the exhibition. The introduction includes a gentle embodied exercise as well as an engaging overview by a guide, introducing the museum and the exhibition’s key themes. The guide’s expertise provides background information, new perspectives, and practical tips that help visitors get more out of the exhibition and their museum visit at their own pace.

Aalto Design – Shapes of Wellbeing  invites visitors to explore Alvar,  Aino and Elissa Aalto’s architecture and design from the perspective of wellbeing. The multidisciplinary exhibition boldly asks what these classics can contribute to contemporary discussions on the design of wellbeing. 

Participation in the short on-site introduction at the museum is included in the price of a museum ticket and does not require advance booking. A maximum of 25 participants will be admitted in the order of arrival.

Duration: 15 minutes
Language: English
Location: Aalto Lounge (1st floor)
Price: Museum tikect

Aalto Design in 15 Minutes

Aalto Design in 15 Minutes is a short and inspiring introduction to the exhibition. The introduction includes a gentle embodied exercise as well as an engaging overview by a guide, introducing the museum and the exhibition’s key themes. The guide’s expertise provides background information, new perspectives, and practical tips that help visitors get more out of the exhibition and their museum visit at their own pace.

Aalto Design – Shapes of Wellbeing  invites visitors to explore Alvar,  Aino and Elissa Aalto’s architecture and design from the perspective of wellbeing. The multidisciplinary exhibition boldly asks what these classics can contribute to contemporary discussions on the design of wellbeing. 

Participation in the short on-site introduction at the museum is included in the price of a museum ticket and does not require advance booking. A maximum of 25 participants will be admitted in the order of arrival.

Duration: 15 minutes
Language: English
Location: Aalto Lounge (1st floor)
Price: Museum tikect