Gamified Cohousing’s renovation of the Kanavansuu school in Lappeenranta has been misrepresented in recent press. Despite safety upgrades, transparent contracts, and community engagement, city officials and media portrayals have forced the project to a halt. In this blog, Pedro Aibéo sets the record straight, shares facts, and challenges all parties to embrace full transparency.

What Gamified Cohousing proposes is not a utopia, it’s a reminder. That joy and meaning arise when we live with others, not just next to them. That architecture is not about steel and stone, but about the rituals and relationships it hosts.

Architect and Aalto professor Saija Hollmén joins the Architectural Democracy Podcast to discuss humanitarian architecture, environmental restoration in Ghana, and the controversy surrounding Helsinki’s proposed new Museum of Architecture and Design. From rethinking how we build to confronting architecture’s political power, this episode explores what it truly means to design with values.

Article based on the Architectural Democracy's podcast interview (Episode #15, October 30th, 2024). In this episode recorded at Helsinki...