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Articles in books by Iida Kalakoski
"Patina herättää tunteita" in "Kulttuuriympäristön monet kasvot : puhetta suojelusta ja restauroinnista" 2013
Reports by Iida Kalakoski
Oittaan kartanon rakennushistoriaselvitys 2016
by Saatsi Arkkitehdit Oy
Puolarmetsän sairaalan rakennushistoriaselvitys 2016
by Saatsi Arkkitehdit Oy
Dissertations by Iida Kalakoski
Title in English: "Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting: a Study on the Aurelian Walls in Rome"... more Title in English: "Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting: a Study on the Aurelian Walls in Rome". Master's Thesis, 2010, Tampere University Technology.
Presentations in Conferences by Iida Kalakoski
"Patina of Age in a Cityscape" in Re-City 2015, the first international city regeneration congress, Sep. 3-4 2015, Tampere
Historicity and experiences of historical continuity are important experiential qualities in an u... more Historicity and experiences of historical continuity are important experiential qualities in an urban context. History and time in a cityscape are expressed through morphology, stylistic history or weathering of building materials.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of material authenticity in historical cityscape.
My notion is that, in the scale of individual buildings and building parts, the material authenticity, expressed through patina of age, is more acknowledged and appreciated than in the scale of cityscape.
My aim is to examine the importance of the age value in contemporary cityscape. The role of historical buildings as architectural items and the role of their weathering are connected, but not exactly similar. Historical buildings reflect the time of their creation, their conservation or their contemporary functions. Patina instead indicates the passing of time in general, i.e. historicity or pastness.
"Patina: Pohdintaa ajasta kaupunkitilassa" Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivillä Tampereella 11.-12.5.2015
Title in English: "Patina: Historicity in a Cityscape"
"Defining Requirements for Appreciation of Patina" in International conference and annual meeting of the Nordic Association for Architectural Research, Trondheim, Norway. April 25 -27. 2013
Time is said to be the fourth dimension in architecture. Besides the stylistic history, material ... more Time is said to be the fourth dimension in architecture. Besides the stylistic history, material aging is another tangible and visual piece of evidence of the passing time in built environment. In some cases the visual results of aging are appreciated aesthetically and called patina.
Patina is often understood as a positive result of the material aging; patina is beautiful whereas decay, for instance, is unpleasant and threatens the original construction. The concept of patina, however, lacks explicit definition and is open to different interpretations. It is defined either poetically or by its amenity values, which complicates its potential use in restoration discourse and argumentation. What are we actually preserving when we preserve patina?
This study discusses different interpretations and evaluations of patina and examines their relevance in modern conservation discourse.
"Patina: Material Aging as an Experiential Factor in Architecture" in Annual Symposium of Architectural Research in Finland, Otaniemi, Espoo, 2012
This paper approaches material aging as a process of built environment that affects not only on m... more This paper approaches material aging as a process of built environment that affects not only on material durability but also on the experiential values of the architectural entity. The aim of this paper is to study and re-evaluate the vague concept of patina by examining different approaches towards it. The concept of patina might be defined technically, visually or in an experiential way. Examining different values and interpretations of patina enables to create theoretical basis to its invocation in architectural design and restoration.
"Kuluneisuus turistiattraktiona" Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivillä Helsingissä 3.-4.5.2012
Title in English: "Patina as aTourist Attraction"
"Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting" in Conference "Grand Tour del terzo millenio", Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome 2012
"Elämyksellinen patina" "Kulttuuriperinnön monet kasvot" -keskustelusarjan patina-aiheisessa paneelikeskustelussa. Suomenlinnan hoitokunta ja Suomen arkkitehtuurimuseo. 2012
Title in English: "Experiential Patina"
Papers by Iida Kalakoski
Ajatuksia kaupunkiasumisen tulevaisuudesta
Arkkitehtiuutiset, 2017
Learning from the secondary: Rethinking architectural conservation through ‘barn architecture’
Journal of Material Culture, Sep 13, 2022
International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2019
Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretati... more Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretation of architectural oeuvres becomes canonised. We suggest that in terms of the built heritage, canonisation and heritagisation are essentially the same process, so Bonta's model can be used for analysing heritagisation processes. This article testifies to this assumption by examining how the interpretation of historic Nordic wooden towns became stabilised in Finland. The concept was introduced in the 1960s to describe the Nordic urban heritage that was threatened by massive town development projects. The identification of the heritage category enabled the preservation of some remaining wooden districts. Examining this process allows us to discuss the role of expertise in the building preservation. In the case of wooden towns, experts' early recognition was a crucial precondition for the preservation of the heritage, which enabled novel generations to form a living relationship with it. Seen through the experts' writings, the heritagisation process of the wooden towns also reflect the expanding scope of the built heritage discipline. Based on our findings, the canonisation model is applicable not only to the individual oevres, as Bonta addresses, but also to broader built environments and, more conceptually, to heritage categories.
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 2018
The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological rese... more The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological research and preservation agendas for some decades. Many universities and other education providers now offer what is best termed heritage management education (HME) in various forms. The emphasis is commonly on archaeological aspects of heritage in a broad sense and different terms are often interchangeable in practice. In an innovative working-conference held in Tampere, Finland, we initiated a debate on what the components of AHM as a course or curriculum should include. We brought together international specialists and discussed connected questions around policy, practice, research and teaching/training, at local, national, transnational and World Heritage levels. In this article we take the Tampere discussions further, focusing especially on the meaning, necessity, implications and prerequisites of interdisciplinary HME. We offer our thoughts on developing HME that reflects the contemporary aspects and needs of heritage and its management.
Näsilinna 2013. Erikoiskurssi historiallisen arvorakennuksen dokumentoinnista
Tourist is a person who voluntarily travels away from his home during his leisure time. In additi... more Tourist is a person who voluntarily travels away from his home during his leisure time. In addition to V The Aurelian Wall surrounds the touristic Rome but isn't itself very well known among the tourists. It is surrounded by the vivid city and especially by the roads with heavy traffic. This makes it fascinating but sometimes unpleasant and even dangerous for tourists. As a tourist attraction it is interesting and holds potential because it offers a wide range of ruin impressions and an interesting viewpoint on the city of Rome.
"Patina herättää tunteita" in "Kulttuuriympäristön monet kasvot : puhetta suojelusta ja restauroinnista" 2013
Oittaan kartanon rakennushistoriaselvitys 2016
by Saatsi Arkkitehdit Oy
Puolarmetsän sairaalan rakennushistoriaselvitys 2016
by Saatsi Arkkitehdit Oy
Title in English: "Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting: a Study on the Aurelian Walls in Rome"... more Title in English: "Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting: a Study on the Aurelian Walls in Rome". Master's Thesis, 2010, Tampere University Technology.
"Patina of Age in a Cityscape" in Re-City 2015, the first international city regeneration congress, Sep. 3-4 2015, Tampere
Historicity and experiences of historical continuity are important experiential qualities in an u... more Historicity and experiences of historical continuity are important experiential qualities in an urban context. History and time in a cityscape are expressed through morphology, stylistic history or weathering of building materials.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the importance of material authenticity in historical cityscape.
My notion is that, in the scale of individual buildings and building parts, the material authenticity, expressed through patina of age, is more acknowledged and appreciated than in the scale of cityscape.
My aim is to examine the importance of the age value in contemporary cityscape. The role of historical buildings as architectural items and the role of their weathering are connected, but not exactly similar. Historical buildings reflect the time of their creation, their conservation or their contemporary functions. Patina instead indicates the passing of time in general, i.e. historicity or pastness.
"Patina: Pohdintaa ajasta kaupunkitilassa" Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivillä Tampereella 11.-12.5.2015
Title in English: "Patina: Historicity in a Cityscape"
"Defining Requirements for Appreciation of Patina" in International conference and annual meeting of the Nordic Association for Architectural Research, Trondheim, Norway. April 25 -27. 2013
Time is said to be the fourth dimension in architecture. Besides the stylistic history, material ... more Time is said to be the fourth dimension in architecture. Besides the stylistic history, material aging is another tangible and visual piece of evidence of the passing time in built environment. In some cases the visual results of aging are appreciated aesthetically and called patina.
Patina is often understood as a positive result of the material aging; patina is beautiful whereas decay, for instance, is unpleasant and threatens the original construction. The concept of patina, however, lacks explicit definition and is open to different interpretations. It is defined either poetically or by its amenity values, which complicates its potential use in restoration discourse and argumentation. What are we actually preserving when we preserve patina?
This study discusses different interpretations and evaluations of patina and examines their relevance in modern conservation discourse.
"Patina: Material Aging as an Experiential Factor in Architecture" in Annual Symposium of Architectural Research in Finland, Otaniemi, Espoo, 2012
This paper approaches material aging as a process of built environment that affects not only on m... more This paper approaches material aging as a process of built environment that affects not only on material durability but also on the experiential values of the architectural entity. The aim of this paper is to study and re-evaluate the vague concept of patina by examining different approaches towards it. The concept of patina might be defined technically, visually or in an experiential way. Examining different values and interpretations of patina enables to create theoretical basis to its invocation in architectural design and restoration.
"Kuluneisuus turistiattraktiona" Kaupunkitutkimuksen päivillä Helsingissä 3.-4.5.2012
Title in English: "Patina as aTourist Attraction"
"Experiencing Ruins in an Urban Setting" in Conference "Grand Tour del terzo millenio", Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome 2012
"Elämyksellinen patina" "Kulttuuriperinnön monet kasvot" -keskustelusarjan patina-aiheisessa paneelikeskustelussa. Suomenlinnan hoitokunta ja Suomen arkkitehtuurimuseo. 2012
Title in English: "Experiential Patina"
Ajatuksia kaupunkiasumisen tulevaisuudesta
Arkkitehtiuutiset, 2017
Learning from the secondary: Rethinking architectural conservation through ‘barn architecture’
Journal of Material Culture, Sep 13, 2022
International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2019
Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretati... more Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretation of architectural oeuvres becomes canonised. We suggest that in terms of the built heritage, canonisation and heritagisation are essentially the same process, so Bonta's model can be used for analysing heritagisation processes. This article testifies to this assumption by examining how the interpretation of historic Nordic wooden towns became stabilised in Finland. The concept was introduced in the 1960s to describe the Nordic urban heritage that was threatened by massive town development projects. The identification of the heritage category enabled the preservation of some remaining wooden districts. Examining this process allows us to discuss the role of expertise in the building preservation. In the case of wooden towns, experts' early recognition was a crucial precondition for the preservation of the heritage, which enabled novel generations to form a living relationship with it. Seen through the experts' writings, the heritagisation process of the wooden towns also reflect the expanding scope of the built heritage discipline. Based on our findings, the canonisation model is applicable not only to the individual oevres, as Bonta addresses, but also to broader built environments and, more conceptually, to heritage categories.
Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites, 2018
The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological rese... more The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological research and preservation agendas for some decades. Many universities and other education providers now offer what is best termed heritage management education (HME) in various forms. The emphasis is commonly on archaeological aspects of heritage in a broad sense and different terms are often interchangeable in practice. In an innovative working-conference held in Tampere, Finland, we initiated a debate on what the components of AHM as a course or curriculum should include. We brought together international specialists and discussed connected questions around policy, practice, research and teaching/training, at local, national, transnational and World Heritage levels. In this article we take the Tampere discussions further, focusing especially on the meaning, necessity, implications and prerequisites of interdisciplinary HME. We offer our thoughts on developing HME that reflects the contemporary aspects and needs of heritage and its management.
Näsilinna 2013. Erikoiskurssi historiallisen arvorakennuksen dokumentoinnista
Tourist is a person who voluntarily travels away from his home during his leisure time. In additi... more Tourist is a person who voluntarily travels away from his home during his leisure time. In addition to V The Aurelian Wall surrounds the touristic Rome but isn't itself very well known among the tourists. It is surrounded by the vivid city and especially by the roads with heavy traffic. This makes it fascinating but sometimes unpleasant and even dangerous for tourists. As a tourist attraction it is interesting and holds potential because it offers a wide range of ruin impressions and an interesting viewpoint on the city of Rome.
Journal of Material Culture, 2017
In the fields of archaeology, art history and history, spolia have traditionally been studied as ... more In the fields of archaeology, art history and history, spolia have traditionally been studied as phenomena of the past. Today, the reuse of salvaged construction components and materials is primarily justified by its economic and ecological benefits, while its architectural and experiential qualities are much less discussed, if at all. Therefore, this article has two focuses, one more conceptual, and the other, more practical. Firstly, the article suggests extending the concept of spolia to contemporary architecture and discusses the usefulness of the concept in evaluating experiential values in contemporary constructions that make use of reclaimed parts. Secondly, it evaluates the potential of spoliation as a modern design tool in search of a more complex and historicity-based architectural expression. This potential is examined by defining the requirements for the extended concept, and through analyzing examples of contemporary design. Although the main focus of this article is on contemporary architecture based on old building components, the topic also has obvious implications for heritage management.
The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological rese... more The concept of archaeological heritage management (AHM) has been key to wider archaeological research and preservation agendas for some decades. Many universities and other education providers now offer what is best termed heritage management education (HME) in various forms. The emphasis is commonly on archaeological aspects of heritage in a broad sense and different terms are often interchangeable in practice. In an innovative working-conference held in Tampere, Finland, we initiated a debate on what the components of AHM as a course or curriculum should include. We brought together international specialists and discussed connected questions around policy, practice, research and teaching/training, at local, national, transnational and World Heritage levels. In this article we take the Tampere discussions further, focusing especially on the meaning, necessity, implications and prerequisites of interdisciplinary HME. We offer our thoughts on developing HME that reflects the contempo...
Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus on kuin avoin syli
Arvio teoksesta Hameenaho, Pilvi, Tiina Suopajarvi & Johanna Ylipulli (toim.). Soveltava kulttuur... more Arvio teoksesta Hameenaho, Pilvi, Tiina Suopajarvi & Johanna Ylipulli (toim.). Soveltava kulttuurintutkimus. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. 2018. 328 s. ISBN 9789522229755.
From obscurity to heritage: Canonisation of the Nordic Wooden Town
International Journal of Heritage Studies, 2019
Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretati... more Art historian Juan Pablo Bonta has presented a nine-step model for analysing how the interpretation of architectural oeuvres becomes canonised. We suggest that in terms of the built heritage, canonisation and heritagisation are essentially the same process, so Bonta’s model can be used for analysing heritagisation processes. This article testifies to this assumption by examining how the interpretation of historic Nordic wooden towns became stabilised in Finland. The concept was introduced in the 1960s to describe the Nordic urban heritage that was threatened by massive town development projects. The identification of the heritage category enabled the preservation of some remaining wooden districts. Examining this process allows us to discuss the role of expertise in the building preservation. In the case of wooden towns, experts’ early recognition was a crucial precondition for the preservation of the heritage, which enabled novel generations to form a living relationship with it. Seen through the experts’ writings, the heritagisation process of the wooden towns also reflect the expanding scope of the built heritage discipline. Based on our findings, the canonisation model is applicable not only to the individual oevres, as Bonta addresses, but also to broader built environments and, more conceptually, to heritage categories.
Spolia revisited and extended: The potential for contemporary architecture
In the fields of archaeology, art history and history, spolia have traditionally been studied as ... more In the fields of archaeology, art history and history, spolia have traditionally been studied as phenomena of the past. Today, the reuse of salvaged construction components and materials is primarily justified by its economic and ecological benefits, while its architectural and experiential qualities are much less discussed, if at all. Therefore, this article has two focuses, one more conceptual, and the other, more practical. Firstly, the article suggests extending the concept of spolia to contemporary architecture and discusses the usefulness of the concept in evaluating experiential values in contemporary constructions that make use of reclaimed parts. Secondly, it evaluates the potential of spoliation as a modern design tool in search of a more complex and historicity-based architectural expression. This potential is examined by defining the requirements for the extended concept and through analyzing examples of contemporary design. Although the main focus of this article is on contemporary architecture based on old building components, the topic also has obvious implications for heritage management.