Wastelands

15/06/2013

"Space lifts, dreamed up in the late 1950s, are a way of getting into orbit without using a rocket. --- There are, of course, many obstacles to building such a lift. But the answer to one — finding a material that is light and strong enough for the cable — might just have emerged from that mineshaft in Finland."

Hail utopia!

WHEN Elisha Otis stood on a platform at the 1854 World Fair in New York and ordered an axeman to cut the rope used to hoist him aloft, he changed cityscapes for...

06/05/2013

Our artistic director Tuomas made a Spotify playlist with tracks from the acts of the Balloon 360° Stage. Here it is: http://open.spotify.com/user/flowfestival/playlist/6GLOfpW6hiGLOmffOzr2ZC

And the full lineup for the Balloon 360° Stage can be found here: http://www.flowfestival.com/en/program/?filter=balloonstage

21/03/2013

Humble we follow how Winter Storm Ukko is wiping the USA. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-winter/winter-storm-ukko-snow-reports-ice-20130319 Praising the almighty Ukko we turn to you dear EASAns for the quest of the epic photo from the last night in Wastelands. If you have pictures or video how the wrath of Ukko wiped out Suvilahti, please share it with us.

Winter Storm Ukko left a swath of snow and ice across the northern tier of states in mid-March 2013.

06/02/2013

We interview Janne Saario – the keen pro skater turned landscape architect, designing some of the most innovative skate parks in the world! His creative thinking and personal experience of the landscape through the skateboard is what makes the difference from the rest of skatepark designers. Until n...

22/01/2013

First acts announced for the 2013 edition of Flow Festival at Suvilahti. Notice the galactic Wastelands-stage on the front left on the photo.

Ensi elokuussa järjestettävän, kymmenennen Flow Festivalin ensimmäiset esiintyjät ovat varmistuneet. Keskiviikkona 7. elokuuta festivaalin avajaiskonsertissa esiintyy ruotsalainen elektroduo The Knife. Albumilla Silent Shout vuonna 2006 tunnetuiksi tulleet Dreijerin sisarukset ilmoittivat joulukuuss...

01/12/2012

WASTELANDS Exhibition is now open alongside Taiteilijat 2012 (Artists 2012) in Taidehalli, Helsinki.

So if you already miss Helsinki as much as we think you do, we just gave you great reason to come back.

Mitä tehdä urbaanilla joutomaalla? Arkkitehtiopiskelijat kokoontuivat viime kesänä Suvilahteen pohtimaan hukkatilan mahdollisuuksia. Wastelands-festivaalin tunnelmia esillä Taidehallin Studiossa 1.12. alkaen!

06/11/2012

Hey all KONE Day workshop participants!

If you have any pictures or videos from the workshop (especially that final presentation video you showed at Cable Factory), could you please spend a moment to gather the material and send it to emmi.jaaskelainen(at)wastelands.fi.

Highly appreciated, thanks so much in advance :)

28/10/2012

Massive congratulations for the Romanian team for getting to host the INCM (European Architecture Students Assembly's Intermediate National Contacts Meeting) in Bucharest next year.

16/10/2012

WASTELANDS PHOTOGRAPHERS!

We're collecting good photos of the event for the final report.

You might have some usable pics with high resolution etc.? You might have an album on the net (Flickr or else)?

Please send me a link or a message!
[email protected]

Credits will be mentioned in the end of the report.

Thanks!

11/09/2012

Yet another great workshop.

BRANDING.INK – A screen printing workshop. Workshop tutors: Javier Guerra (ES), Javier Diaz (ES), Shi Yin (AT)

11/09/2012

The amazing bike re-building workshop @ Wastelands 16-29/07/2012