I have over a decade of experience in leading seminars and courses for BA and MA students in humanities, architecture and the arts in multiple countries and at some of Europes leading higher education institutions.
University of Helsinki, Art History
“Paperitöitä – Mitä piirustukset tekevät” [Paperwork – What drawings do], spring 2024.
A tcourse on drawings and exhibitions in collaboration with Museum of Design and Architecture, Helsinki, culminating into an exhibition collectively curated with the students.
"History of art and architecture – survey courses"
I am responsible for part of the architecture lectures for the foundational BA courses.
Estonian Academy of Arts, Architecture
“History 2”, autumn 2023 & autumn 2024
An architectural history course for architecture students. Conceived and taught in tandem with a design studio led by Leonard Ma. Focus on Medieval and Modern histories of Tallinn and its environs.
ETH Zurich
- lecture course "Ways of Seeing: The Visual in Architecture" planned and taught together with 3 other doctoral fellows, 2021.
- Seminars as part of the foundations course of architectural history organised by prof. Maarten Delbeke, 2020.
- Regular guest critic and commentator at "Studio Alexander Brodsky", 2017-2019
- Individual lectures and dicussant roles at various courses on history and theory of architecture, both BA and MA level
Kharkiv School of Architecture
One week masterclass on critical and creative thinking around drawings, autumn 2018.
The Cass, London Metropolitan University
Studio leader, 2014–15, 2015–16.
I lead a weekly dissertation studio running through the year for BA3 students. It included a lecture series, series of visits and research seminar leading to dissertation.
New Academy / Aalto University, Helsinki
“An archives Chronicle – Review as a project”.
Autumn 2016. MA theory studio with Aalto University. With Tuomas Toivonen and Leonard Ma.
“Helsinki”
Spring 2017. Visiting school for MA in history and theory of architecture, Architectural Association School of Architecture.
With Marina Lathouri and Tuomas Toivonen.
Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London
Seminars, lectures, tutorials on visual communication and drawings
2016–17. Lecture and a seminar for the MA in architecture students.
2015–16. Series of three lectures and seminars on questions of representation for the MA in architecture students.
Royal College of Arts, London
Seminars, lectures, tutorials and crits on visual communication and drawings
2015–16. Attending sessions of Architecture Design Studio 2 throughout the year as a commentator and critic with Asif Khan, Finn Williams and David Knight.
2014–15. “Drawing Revolutions” – series of 3 lectures for Architecture Design Studio 8.
Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Attending and talking at 3 seminars on drawings from the Drawing Matter Collections and exhibition strategies and practices in relation to the preparation of the exhibition Ornament by Design for the Courtauld Gallery done by Prof. Katie Scott and her MA in History of Art students.
Supervision
I have one current PhD student co-supervision at University of Helsinki, Department of Cultures.
I have supervised over 20 BA theses supervised at London Metropolitan University and acted as an
external examiner of MA theses at Estonian Academy of Arts.
Various crits attended regularly from 2014 onwards at the Architectural Association, Bartlett School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, ETH Zurich, Tallinn Academy of Arts, Moscow Architecture School MARCH.
Pedagocial studies
I have done a "learning to teach" certificate in higher education pedagogics at ETH Zurich and two extensive courses (10 ects) of university pedagogics at University of Helsinki.