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Antti Ahlava, Professor of Emergent Design Methodologies

+358503241179

antti.ahlava@aalto.fi

Antti Ahlava’s task is to develop architectural design and planning methods, including interdisciplinary activities. He is the director of Group X. Ahlava has been teaching urban design at Aalto University and has been a Visiting Professor in Architectural Design at Århus School of Architecture, Royal Art Academy in Copenhagen and TU Vienna, and collaborated also with the architecture schools of UCLA, MIT, Columbia, Yale, Keio and Tokio. He was recently a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design. His work has been featured in several architectural exhibitions. Ahlava has been a jury member in several international architectural competitions in Estonia and Finland and has been a member of specialist boards in Tallinn, Estonia and Eskilstuna, Sweden. Ahlava is also an architect and partner at the prizewinning Helsinki Zürich Office Ltd (helsinkizurich), located in Helsinki, Finland and Zürich, Switzerland.

Jarmo Suominen, Adjunct Professor of Service Architecture

+358443049465

ext-jarmo.suominen@aalto.fi

Jarmo Suominen scrutinizes service-based logic in architecture in relation to users, value creation, experiences and urban ecosystems.

Claudia Auer, Lecturer and Doctoral Student

Claudia Auer studied architecture at Graz University of Technology (Ba arc) and at Helsinki University of Technology. (M. Sc.). She is teacher and coordinator of the Public Building Studio at Aalto University School of Architecture, Art and Design. Since 2014 she is a PhD Candidate and holds a research position at the chair of Building Design at Aalto University. Her work focus is on practice related and artistic research in architecture, on creative practices in public building processes and on learning environments. As practicing architect she has been working on pilot projects for sustainable and energy efficient architecture in Finland and has planned buildings and interiors for the schools of architecture at Oulu University and Aalto University. She is architect and partner in the Helsinki based office Auer & Sandås architects Ltd. Her work as architect has won several awards and has been exhibited internationally. She has also been jury member in several architectural competitions.

Natalia Vladykina, Project Manager and PhD Candidate

Natalia’s interests are service-oriented architecture and user experience in the space. She is a teacher in Art of Heat studio for architecture and interior design students.

Pekka Ijäs, Course Assistant

Pekka Ijäs is a multidisciplinary designer with a background in architecture, working in the fields of spatial design, urban culture and visual communication. He has experience across European architectural education networks, Finnish arts and design cooperatives, and creative projects engaging with local communities, urban environments and city centres. His interests lie in the relationship between the built environment, contemporary cultural practices and the ways people create and inhabit urban space.