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Guided public tour of Turku’s Life on a Leaf house

Validity: Flexible
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  • Visit the Life on a Leaf house and get insight into the art and project created by the Finnish artist Jan-Erik Andersson
  • Listen to your guide as they explain the concept behind the design as Andersson researched the relationship between art and architecture and between a house and its surroundings
  • Wander through a living artwork which is open to the public even as it is still currently resided in and dicover the furnishings that Andersson's artistic colleagues have incorporated their art inside the house
What to expect

Book your tickets now to visit the Life on a Leaf house and get insight into the art and project created by the Finnish artist Jan-Erik Andersson. The leaf shaped house, Life on a Leaf, was completed in 2009 and was designed by Andersson and a fellow architect Erkki Pitkäranta.

Listen to your guide as they explain the concept behind the design as Andersson researched the relationship between art and architecture and between a house and its surroundings. Look at how Andersson's fellow artistic colleagues have incorporated their art into some of the furnishings in the building including the light fixtures and sound installation that takes into account the wind and outside light.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to see how a Finnish artist designed a livable artwork and is used a current artistic residence which is open to the public to wander through.

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