Honorary Mention among 472 entries in the Competition for a new Sara Hilden Art Museum.
Air Studio was awarded an honorary mention among 472 entries in the open international competition for a new art museum in Tampere, Finland. Our entry “Kävelyllä Metsässä” was noted for its courageous and imaginary wood structures as part of the modern art museum concept.
The jurors remark:
“One of the most free-flowing entries in the competition that gives the future art museum food for thought. The entry is not burdened by the ailments typical of art museum architecture, such as “rigid” dignity, which has been replaced with joyful structural solutions that are enabled by modern building technology and a relaxed architectural approach. The building where the wooden framework is visible provides a refreshing alternative among the wide selection of competition entries, most of which have adopted a more conventional approach.
(…) The entry is one of the most carefully studied designs with its numerous diagrams, examinations of details, and alternative schemes of the functions.”
