Heikki Häiväoja: Concrete Symphony, 1955. © Photo: HAM Helsinki Art Museum Betonisinfonia / Concrete Symphony Artist Heikki Häiväoja Kadetintie 3, Munkkiniemi, Helsinki Heikki Häiväoja’s (b. 1929) relief “Concrete Symphony” is located on the façade of a residential building in Munkkiniemi’s Kadetintie. “Concrete Symphony” depicts a free-form event that looks like it has crashed into a massive concrete slab. What is taking place in the piece is in sharp contrast with its form and the rigidness of the figures’ outlines. This differentiation of internal event and external appearance is broken only by the group of birds taking off, unifying the piece and linking it to its surroundings. Other works by Heikki Häiväoja include “Urbanist”, “Memorial to Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld”, “Cooperation monument” and “Memorial to Women in Times of War”. The work doesn’t belong to the City of Helsinki’s art collection, which is managed by HAM. Read more.. At map
