On the 3rd of February, Finnish flags are hoisted in celebration of Alvar and Aino Aalto and Finnish architecture and design. The festival organised around the flag-flying day highlights the significance of architecture and design in our daily lives.
The 2024 Architecture and Design Days will be celebrated from 1â4 February under the theme ‘In Good Spaces’. The theme will highlight the role of architecture and design in building a prosperous society. Admission to the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum is free on February 3, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The national flag-flying day celebrates the key role architecture and design have played in developing the Finnish welfare state and its identity. Since 2022, the Finnish Ministry of the Interior has recommended to hoist the Finnish flag on Alvar Aalto’s birthday, 3 February, in celebration of Alvar and Aino Aalto and Finnish architecture and design.
Finnish Architecture and Design Days are organised by the eleven organisations who put forward the motion to establish the flag-flying day: Archinfo, Finnish Design Info, Alvar Aalto Foundation, Museum of Finnish Architecture, Designmuseum, Ornamo, EMMA â Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Association of Finnish Architectsâ Offices ATL, Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, The Building Information Foundation RTS, Finnish Association of Landscape Architects MARK and Finnish Association of Interior Architects SIO. The festival is included in the programme of the European Heritage Days.
Events at the Museum of Finnish Architecture
Community Garden Events: Did you know this about domestic plants?
Saturday 3 February 2024 at 15:00â16:30 at the Architecture Museum
Free entry
Domestic plants are plant species and animal breeds that have traveled as a human companion, but have always also adapted to the local nature and environment. They still have plenty of wild plant characteristics left, and they survive with little care in their own area. They can be compared to dialects and folk songs, because they too have their history and regional variations. They are living cultural heritage; cultural wealth that needs its nurturers, administrators and people who make them known. Come and learn about domestic plants from Maatiainen ry!
Guided tour to the Garden Futures exhibition
At the Architecture Museum from 13:00 to 13:45 in Finnish & 14:00 to 14:45 in English
The Garden Futures: Designing with Nature exhibition is divided into two museum buildings. The exhibition set in the building of the Museum of Finnish Architecture deals with the garden as a place of hope and imagining better futures. The guided tour ends in a functional space where participants can leave their own mark as part of the exhibition.
Events at the Design Museum
Workshop for children and their adults: Garden Futures
Saturday 3 February 2024 from 13:00 to 15:00 at the Design Museum
Free entry
Workshops inspire and guide children and their adults to make and experience architecture and design together. The workshops give ideas for observing your own environment and for your own creative work on design. The drop-in workshops at the Garden Futures exhibition draw their starting point from the main exhibition, where garden design is introduced. The workshop takes place on a non-stop basis, meaning you can jump in at any time. The workshop languages ââare Finnish and English, and the workshop instructors of the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum are responsible for the guidance. Recommended for over 6 years old, under 10 years old only when accompanied by an adult
Guided tour to the Garden Futures exhibition
Saturdays at the Design Museum from 14:00 to 14:45 in Finnish & 15:00 to 15:45 in English
The Garden Futures: Designing with Nature exhibition is divided into two museum buildings: the Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture. The exhibition ensembles on display in the Design Museum building deal with the multiple histories, realities and worlds that open up through the gardens.
