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Aalto-sali
Otaniementie 14, Espoo, Finland

Nils Erik Wikberg Lectures 2025

Design often begins with caution — asking “What if everything goes wrong?”
But what if we turned the question around: “What if everything goes right?”

The Best Case Scenario theme invites architects and planners to imagine a future built on trust, creativity and optimism. 
What could architecture become when it’s guided by hope instead of fear? 
How might we design spaces that nurture community, sustainability and joy? 

Join us as we shift from crisis thinking to possibility thinking — 
and explore what happens when design dares to dream, and to build, for the best. 

Nils Erik Wickberg Lectures 2025 and Autumn Party 

14:00   Welcome 

Theme: Best Case Scenario, Prof. Pentti Kareoja 

14:15 Documentary Film about Nils Erik Wickberg "Tonfall" (Director: Georg Grotenfelt) 

14:45 Architect Samuli Miettinen, JKMM, AD Museum 

15:45 Nils Erik Wickberg Grant 2025 and a brief presentation by the grant recipient about their dissertation topic 

16:00 Coffee Break 

16:30 GROUPWORK / Architects Dominic Kacinska and Aaron Naish 

18:00–22:00 Evening Party, Beta-space, Otakaari 1X 

Registration via the link until 24th Oct.: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/50D63FB67A92DB15