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Design: Rainer Mahlamäki
Pateo (Latin for open passage)
The Pateo watch is 31mm square (1.2″) in size making it perfect for both men and women and comes in two versions.
The Museum will have a permanent exhibition space under the main
hall. Special built-in milieus will present the different aspects of
the history of the Polish Jews. The design vignette on the watch dial
is a two-dimensional representation of the most notable architectural
element found in the main hall of the museum; a pure and silent space
which literally carves a passage for visitors to discover the museum
and the history therein.
Rainer Mahlamäki
Over
the last 20 years, Rainer Mahlamäki has taught and chaired departments
of Architecture at Finland’s distinguished Tampere University of
Technology and Oulu University. He has been engaged internationally as
a guest lecturer of Architecture throughout Europe, the Far East,
Scandinavia and North America. He has served as Chairman and board
member of SAFA - Finnish Association of Architecture, the Museum of
Finnish Architecture, and on the National Architecture Arts Committee.
Awards and honours have included the SVRR1 Badge of Honour given by the
President of Finland, 4th Annual Biennial International from Brazil,
and the Triennial from Milan, Italy. Rainer Mahlamäki has had
Architecture firm together with Ilmari Lahdelma since 1997
(www.arklm.fi). Rainer Mahlamäki’s Architectural career has included
buildings for both Helsinki and Tampere Universities; Folk Art Centre
at Kaustinen; “Lusto” Finnish Forest Museum and Forest Information
Centre at Punkaharju and currently under construction in Warsaw,
Poland, the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. This museum project
has been the inspiration for Mahlamäki’s Pateo watch for Projects. Pateo (Latin for open passage)
aptly describes the design element of the watch, as well as the history
of the Jews in Poland. The Museum is located in what was the Warsaw
Ghetto during World War II and is scheduled to open in 2012. In Pateo
design process Mahlamäki has been assisted by Architect Jukka
Savolainen.
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