Spirit of Paimio Conversations
Episodes
Studio Swine & Yoko Choy: Adventure Design
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alexander Groves of Studio Swine and writer-curator Yoko Choy join Hanna Harris at Paimio Sanatorium to reflect on design as explorat...
Spencer Bailey: Architecture as Memorial
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Spencer Bailey joins Petri Burtsoff at Paimio Sanatorium to reflect on memorials, memory, and architecture. Bailey discusses why Paim...
George Massoud: Healing Properties of Materials
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, architect George Massoud of Material Cultures joins Petri Burtsoff at Paimio Sanatorium to discuss how architecture can reconnect wit...
Ersilia Vaudo: Beyond Apollo – Diversity in Space
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ersilia Vaudo, Chief Diversity Officer at the European Space Agency, joins Petri Burtsoff at Paimio Sanatorium to reflect on space, c...
Dan Hill: From Door Handle to Nation
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan Hill joins Hanna Harris at Paimio Sanatorium to explore scale, community, and cultural imagination in design. Drawing on Eliel Sa...
Loreta Castro Reguera: Always Begin with a Question
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, architect and urban designer Loreta Castro Reguera joins Petri Burtsoff at Paimio Sanatorium to discuss her practice’s work with wa...
Ladies & Gentlemen Studio: Acts of Care
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jean Lee and Dylan Davis of Ladies & Gentlemen Studio join Hanna Harris at Paimio Sanatorium to discuss design as an act of care ...
Oliver Jahn: Community as a Guideline for Design
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Oliver Jahn joins Hanna Harris at Paimio Sanatorium to reflect on the Spirit of Paimio Conference and its theme, Reimagining Communit...
Ferdinando Verderi: Against Standardization in Creativity
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ferdinando Verderi talks with Petri Burtsoff about complexity, fragmentation, and the essence of community. He makes the case for emb...
Bjarke Ingels: Hedonistic Sustainability and the Power of Play
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bjarke Ingels joins Petri Burtsoff to talk about Alvar Aalto’s legacy, the interplay between buildings and nature, and the role of play in creativit...
Beatriz Colomina: The Road Not Taken
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Beatriz Colomina discusses with Hanna Harris what she calls the road not taken in architecture: designing not only for the idealize...
Susanna Pettersson: Potential of Heritage Sites
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Susanna Pettersson, CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation about the possibility of radical marriage of ca...
Max Fraser: Preserving of an icon
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Max Fraser about possible futures of Paimio Sanatorium, an architectural icon. Will it be an institutio...
Otto Lowe: 3D and Cultural Heritage
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Otto Lowe about possibilities of 3D in preserving and exhibiting architecture and art. Is it just to creat...
Kieran Long: Institutions’ role in polarizing era
23 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Kieran Long about how institutions can help us to have a common playing field in polarizing public conver...
Lyndon Neri: “A Place for Healing”
16 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Lyndon Neri discuss with Hanna Harris Paimio Sanatorium as medical instrument. What is the master class Paimio Sanatorium gave us i...