Kieran Long: Institutions’ role in polarizing era

In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Kieran Long about how institutions can help us to have a common playing field in polarizing public conversations? What can big institutions like V&A learn from their histories? Why do we need personal commitment at the core of great institution? And can architecture still heal? Join Kieran Long and Hanna Harris in Spirit of Paimio. Kieran Long is director of ArkDes, Sweden's National Center for Architecture and Design was interviewed by Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.  Paimio Sanatorium is a modernist master piece from 1930’s by Alvar and Aino Aalto.

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Alvar and Aino Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium is a radical synthesis of architecture, nature and research and it is as relevant today as it was when it was born. Our podcast origins from the Spirit of Paimio manifesto and conference. It brings together thinkers and doers, makers, and visionaries from the field of architecture, art, design and media to collaboratively build unexpected ways to view new perspectives through radical, practice-based solutions. Conversations builds future optimism. Our host Hanna Harris is Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki.