Dipoli
Dipoli is a conference center located in Espoo, Finland as a part of the Otaniemi campus of the Aalto University (successor of Helsinki University of Technology, TKK). It was designed by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä and completed in 1966.
Name
The name of the building is a pun: it can mean dipole in Finnish, but also "the second Poli", the second building of the polytechnic students. The original students' clubhouse, "the Old Poli" (Finnish: Vanha Poli), was an Art Nouveau building located on Lönnrotinkatu in Helsinki that was left behind when the university moved to Otaniemi.
History
When Helsinki University of Technology moved from Helsinki to Espoo in the early 1960s, an architecture competition was held for what would become the new building for the Student Union of the university. The competition was won by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä, and their 1961 design was used as the basis for the design of the Dipoli building. Work began in 1965, and the building was ready for use in autumn 1966.
In Sorrow We Trust
(NO ONE KNOWS NO ONE SEES NO ONE CAN SHARE NO ONE CAN FEEL IT BUT WE DON'T CARE
THE DESTINATION IS UNKNOWN FOR US BUT IN SORROW WE TRUST)
I know a man who's still brave enough to say things straight without
Hiding behind those cryptic words and that strength will last until the world burns
I will always remember those words he used to say better not to have been born
Than to live without glory and that man has now reached the point of no return
He's got nothing to lose nothing to win he doesn't have to pretend anything
Against our lives yours and mine is lady fortune not so kind