The topping-out ceremony of the first phase of the renovation of the Kuopio University Hospital were celebrated in a cheerful ambiance in Kuopio. At the very start, the guests were taken on a round of the worksite. It was very interesting especially for someone like me who had not yet had the chance to peek […]
A deliciously funny situation from the Savonian point of view, when a busload of cultural actors comes from Jyväskylä to see destinations of Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd in Kuopio. I, Jaana, am the guide of the day, and a microphone has been set up in the bus for me. What will come of this? The […]
”Architecture is the greatest and most expensive of art forms, and it permanently shapes the living environment of us all. Finland is concentrating into cities and is building a lot now. Architects are at a vantage point in the change, and they traces in the landscape also internationally. ”Build Me” is a ten-part series on […]
The seminar will present the possibilities of the percent principle in a built environment, focussing particularly on integrated artworks and their possibilities. At best, the artist works as an expert and team member in building projects, in co-operation with the architect, the developer, the interior designer and other experts. The purpose of the seminar is […]
An extensive renovation project called ”PEKO1” is starting at the Puijo hospital of the Kuopio University Hospital. Surgical and other facilities will be renovated into the state of the art in the old reinforce concrete building frame to be mainly preserved. At the same time, we designers have had the opportunity to make the common […]
476 image files and approximately 1500 m2 of glass go through many machines and pairs of hands in the factory. The process starts on the image processor’s table. The image files over a metre wide and nearly three metres long are converted by digital colour separation into the colour space of our ceramic colours. In […]
As behoves the ritual, there was pea soup, mustard and beer on offer, this time served by Servica, of course. The working men, speakers, designers and developers shared the tables in festive spirits in the still unfinished high and bright light lobby of the top-notch hospital, soon to be full of hotter-than-hot operations. The organic […]
The Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) asked Jaana and me to talk at the architects’ conference held at the Sibelius House in Lahti on the subject Everyday insights. As Jaana happened to have a press conference on the Matrix exhibition at the Salo Art Museum at the same time, I was obliged to manage this […]
The decision process that took years has now reached its conclusion: the Evolution artwork will be built onto the façade of building 2 of the Kuopio University Hospital in all its glory. The work will be about 1600 m² in surface area. It will work as a sunscreen and thus also as an energy saver. […]
How to recognise that a person is alive? From the heartbeat. In hospitals – and at least in all movies – the vitality of a person is demonstrated precisely by a device plotting the electrocardiogram. How do we recognise the vitality of a building? At least for the Kuopio University Hospital, we know that numerous […]
on arkkitehtuuri-, taide- ja muotoilustudio, jonka erikoisuus on laaja-alainen ammattitaito ja ennakkoluuloton asenne tehdä kokonaisvaltaisia hankkeita arkkitehtuurin, taiteen ja muotoilun saroilla. Hankkeet syntyvät yrityksen osakkaiden taiteilija Jaana Partasen ja arkkitehti Heikki Lamusuon sekä Pa-La-tiimin saumattoman yhteistyön tuloksena.
Arjen alkemiaa -trilogia (Tuhkimo, Ruusunen ja Oikea Prinsessa) nähtiin kokonaisuudessaan Suomen Valokuvataiteen museossa 2007. Mielen alkemiaa -trilogia (Harry Potter, Matrix ja Avatar layer) on työnalla ja osittain kiertää jo maailmalla. Avaruuden alkemiaa -trilogia tulee päättämään alkemiaa -aiheisten näyttelykokonaisuuksien sarjan. Entisaikojen alkemistit pyrkivät muuttamaan arvottoman arvokkaaksi. Alkemiaa -trilogia pyrkii samaan tässä ajassa, niin arjen, mielen kuin ideologioiden tasolla.
Järvikylpylä, Rantasalmi, kevät 2017
KYS, B11 peruskorjaus, 2017
Pyhät ja Pakanat, Hämeenlinna, kevät 2017
Lasia kaikille, Kotka, kevät 2017
Haltia, perusnäyttelyn uudistus, talvi 2017
Haltia, Luonto 2.17, syksy 2017
Satakunnan museon perusnäyttely, talvi 2018
Eksote, K-sairaala, Lappeenranta, 2018
