Architect, DSc. asking how heat got out of hand. PhD thesis on the architecture of thermocultures in Helsinki, Aalto University 2026. www.franssaraste.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3muo3ggy3vk2d’The better we understand energy flows at the scale of an apartment, the more wisely we can imagine them in service of a livable metropolis or planet.’ Really enjoyed this @mireio.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 04:03 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3muo3ggy3vk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mmqg5p6ojs2sSoon! https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/public-defence-architecture-landscape-and-urbanism-msc-frans-saraste26 May 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqg5p6ojs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3ml6pgvxut22n🗣️📖 looking forward.06 May 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6pgvxut22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mk5inhsqpk2uElectricity + efficieny + technology that makes the resource being consumed less abstract. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5inhsqpk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mk37eqidks2bThe same thermocultural process (from fuel extraction to exhaust) played out differently across three Helsinki apartment buildings between 1870s and 1970s. Each left its own architectural deposits.22 Apr 2026 09:41 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk37eqidks2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mjjxhmbxd22gAs a thermoculture (Starosielski) describe our relationship to heat, its architecture describes how that relationship is spatially and materially built — from fuel extraction to exhaust.15 Apr 2026 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjjxhmbxd22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mj3jcetkbc2wAn ad for an AEG ’sunlight radiator’ from the 1930s, a mesmerizing image.09 Apr 2026 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3jcetkbc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mhljoucgoc2aBirch had the lowest value as building timber as it wasn’t very weatherproof. But in mixed forests, felling fast-growing birch was part of maintenance, making space for pine and spruce. At the same time, birch was the best firewood. So birchfuel supported long-term investment in growing timber.21 Mar 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhljoucgoc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mgp5x6anz22gSomewhere the forests are buried. 19C Coal extraction and Baltic timber trade were quite a match industrialism but led to deforestation in Southern Finland. Pit props needed to support coal mine galleries created a market for wood otherwise considered too young to chop.10 Mar 2026 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp5x6anz22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3mgifbkdobk2xHello, sun.07 Mar 2026 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgifbkdobk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/franssaraste.bsky.social/post/3lgzme4s4qs2kThis dropped in the mailbox! Thanks MAJA for a beautiful issue and also for including an essay by me. Air, the theme of the issue is expanded on in many intriguing ways throughout it, including by my pal Ella Prokkola. Get a copy if you have the chance :)31 Jan 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:d53rg63nacxdfcfkxp6uc72n/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgzme4s4qs2k