Celebrating the Everyday – Marie-José Van Hee’s Architecture in Dialogue with Aalto

On Tuesday September 9, 2025 at 16.30–17.45 (Finnish time / EEST / UTC+3)
The online event will be held on Zoom, and pre-registration is required.

This online dialogue brings together architects Sam De Vocht and Sofia Nivarti to explore the resonances between the work of renowned architects Marie-José Van Hee and Alvar, Aino and Elissa Aalto. Marie-José Van Hee is the 15th recipient of the prestigious Alvar Aalto Medal in 2024.

Treating tradition as a living process—honouring the past while reinterpreting it for the present as well as future—their work shares a commitment to care: for materials, for ageing buildings, and for the people who inhabit them. Rather than focusing on grand gestures, we plunge into a quieter architectural ethos, one that celebrates the everyday, the intimate, and the sometimes overlooked.

Information & participation via this link.

This event is organized by Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki.