Susanna Pettersson: Potential of Heritage Sites
In this episode Hanna Harris discusses with Susanna Pettersson, CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation about the possibility of radical marriage of capital and preservation? What is the role of the agents who make culture in bringing cultural values forward? And why Paimio Sanatorium can be a platform or mothership for creativity and inspiration? Join Susanna Pettersson and Hanna Harris in Spirit of Paimio. Susanna Pettersson, CEO of The Finnish Cultural Foundation, was interviewed by Hanna Harris, Chief Design Officer at the City of Helsinki. Paimio Sanatorium is a modernist masterpiece from 1930’s by Alvar and Aino Aalto. Spirit of Paimio is a series of intergenerational and interdisciplinary dialogues and interactions of reflection on architecture’s role in “taking care” bringing Aalto’s design ethos in our time.