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Armas Lindgren & Wivi Lönn Arkkitehtinaisten historiaa Suomessa Miten naisten työ arkkitehteina on näkynyt ? Miksei se ole näkynyt enempää? Ovatko miehet erilaisia arkkitehteina, kenties etevämpiä? Mahdollisia esteitä naisten näkyvyydelle tai työnsaannille Yhteiskunnallisia etappeja kohden naisten tasa- arvoa .1906 äänioikeus ja oikeus tulla valituksi tuli käytäntöön ensimmäisenä maailmassa 200 kansanedustajasta 1906 naisia 19 . Etappeja hitaasti, vasta 1929 naisille moderni oikeudellinen asema, siihen asti naimissa oleva nainen ensin suvun, 1880-l miehensä hallinnan alla . 1962 palkkauksen tasa-arvo . 1985 tasa-arvolaki . 1990 maailmaan ensi naispuolinen puolustusministeri . 2000 naispresidentti . 2018 toinen naispuol. pääministeri ja puolueiden puheenjohtajat kansanedustaja Koulutus . tyttökoulut, yhteiskoulut, ens. 1886 , Akateeminen opiskelu (1882 ens. nainen fil kand, 1902 oikeus yliopisto- opintoihin)- itsenäinen työura, tasa-arvokeskustelu . Työelämän mahdollisuudet: tasa-arvo, urakehitys ens. nainen professorina 1927 . Opintolainat 1970-l Perhe – naisen rooli perheessä Tuki perheelle . 1937 äititysavustukset 1938 äitiyspakkaukset köyhille . 1949 äitiyspakkaukset kaikille . 1948 kouluruokailu . 1970 abortti sallittu . 1970-luku kunnallinen päivähoito…… . äitiysloma - vanhempainvapaa NAISET ARKKITEHTUURIN OPISKELIJOINA 1879-1908 Arkkitehtien akateemista koulutusta Suomessa 1872- Östman, Lönn Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen Albertina Östman, Herman Gesellius Montell Saarinen Lindgren Keväällä 1896 Ryhmäkuva 1890- kuvassa Holming, Envald,Lagerborg 1890-l 1890-l Betonityömaalla 1912 Vapaalla 1915 Piirustussalissa Salme Setälä, ampumaharjoitus 1918 Verna Erkisson kiikaroi Setälä , Ahde ja Borg Viipurissa 1926 Setälä Borg Nyyssönen Eerikksson 1918 sisällissodassa Naisten yhteisö tärkeä Naisarkkitehdit ja arkkitehtiopiskelijat naamiaisissa 1919 Tampereen tyttökoulu 1899-1902 Wivi Lönn 1872- 1966 Armas Lindgren & Wivi Lönn Uusi Ylioppilastalo, Helsinki 1910 Estonia-teatteri , kilpailu 1908 Rak 1910-13 Haikan työväenalue, Säynätsalo Kaava 1926 Tampereen paloasemakilpailu 1908 Kauppaneuvos Hanna Parviainen ja Lönn 30-luvulla Kolmoskurssilaisia 1921, P.E.Blomstedt 3s vasemmalla Vuosikurssi 1947 ja 2007 Elsi Borg: Taulumäen kirkko Jyväskylä 1929 (kilpailu1927) Lastenlinna Helsinki, (Kaarlo Borg) Elsi Borg, Sortta ym. 1938-48 EB EB Elsa Arokallio ja Elsi Borg 1928 Tumstocken – pikkujoulukokous Aino Aalto ( 1894-1949) - kumppani ja itsenäinen suunnittelija Kesti pitkään ennen kuin Aino Aallosta kirjoitettiin Mandelinit (Marsiot 1906- ) Aino Ainon opiskeluvuodet 1913-20 Opintomatkalla Venetsiassa 1921 huonekaluja , varhaisia luonnoksia Villa Flora 1926 Student work Kumppanit Avioliitto Alvarin kanssa 1924 Aino Marsio-Aalto (1894 -1949) Alvar Aalto (1896-1978) Olo- ja työhuone Aaltojen Turun kodissa 1929 Turun kodin lastenhuone 1929 ja muunnelmia kalusteista näyttelyyn1930 Vaatenaulakko ja lastentarhoja päivävuode 1938-42 Asuntonäyttely Taidehallissa 1930 Astiasto Karhula - Iittalalle 1932 Aino Aalto: painokankaita Kultamitali Milanon triennalessa 1930-l Aallot Ornamon jäseniä Aaltojen koti Riihitiellä 1936, v:sta 2000 museo Aino Aallon suunnittelemia huonekaluja Milanon Triennale 1936. Grand Prix Aino Aallolle ARTEK vuodesta 1935 sekä lasista että näyttelysisustuksesta VIIPURIN KIRJASTO 1927-1935 Lastenosasto ja sen verho New Yorkin maailmanäyttelypaviljonki1939, Ainon ehdotus 3s palkinto Toteutus perustui Alvarin voittoon, Aino osallistui interiöörin suunnitteluun Aino Aallon valokuvia Äiti Salme Setälä 1894- 1980 1937 asemakaava-arkkitehti, kirjailija ja suomentaja Else Aropaltio 1914-2008 Aino Kallio –Eriksson: entinen Ranskalainen koulu Helsinki, 1954 PARTNERITOIMISTOJA Usein puolison kanssa Kaija (1920-2001) ja Heikki Siren Raili Paatelainen (Pietilä), 1926- Reima Pietilä Ragnar Ypyä Tänään Sanaksenahot, Siikala & Narjus… 1904-1992 Kurssikavereita, Avanto Puustinen & Hara Alli----Talli Näkyviä tänään: Naisvetoisia Alli / Talli Arkkitehtuuri- ja muotoilutoimisto nykytoimistoja On jo paljon Ulkumbi Rahikainen – Norros - Paloheimo Mikä keskeistä ? Lasikattojen tunnistaminen? Kaarina Löfström (1941- ) kunniatohtori 2018 Innopoli Merkittävä ura tuotanto- ja toimistorakennuksia, tutkimuslaitoksia, mm. ovat Helsingissä Valion pääkonttori v1978, Kotkan virastotalo 1994 ja Otaniemen teknologiakeskus Innopoli vuodelta 1991, Töille ominaista laajan rakennuskokonaisuuden hallinta aina pieniin yksityiskohtiin saakka ja ennakkoluuloton uusien muotojen ja materiaalien käyttö. Työympäristöt erikoisalana..
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