{"id":1016,"date":"2022-07-01T14:01:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T12:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/puistokatu4.fi\/?p=1016"},"modified":"2022-08-06T10:50:58","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T08:50:58","slug":"on-science-hope-and-opening-a-house-our-cxo-nina-ruotsalainen-writes-about-puistokatu-4s-grand-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/puistokatu4.fi\/en\/on-science-hope-and-opening-a-house-our-cxo-nina-ruotsalainen-writes-about-puistokatu-4s-grand-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"On Science, Hope and Opening a House \u2013 our CXO Nina Ruotsalainen writes about Puistokatu 4’s Grand Opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nTEXT: NINA RUOTSALAINEN<\/strong><\/p>\n

The renovations are finally complete, the house is finished. After the best part of three years, we knew this day would eventually come. Still, it feels surreal. Here we are, after peeling back layers, laying new foundations and strengthening what had already held steady for hundreds of years. In an empty house, admiring the play of light on the walls and wooden floors.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s finally time we turn our attention to celebrating this milestone. For the opening of the house, we wanted to do something that showcased not only the house, but the heart of Puistokatu as well. Listening to one another, finding solace in science, honoring the incomplete. Understanding how we’re all connected, building community.<\/p>\n

Each room of the house has been ‘gifted’ to an artist, scientist, activist or organizer (or a group of the aforementioned), and they’ve been invited to create a microcosm of something that speaks to them, resonates with the idea of hope, a future worth working towards, and a good life within planetary boundaries. The creators \u2013 these future fortune tellers \u2013 range from high school students to professional artists, researchers to poets and actors to activists.<\/p>\n

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The makers of Puistokatu 4’s grand opening 14 Rooms<\/em><\/h3>\n