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Lappset Prize to Landscape Architect Johanna Tuokko

In her Master's thesis, Tuokko investigates how virtual landscape modeling can be utilized in the participation of spatial planning.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Virtuaalimalli maisema-arkkitehti Johanna Tuokon tutkimuksesta, kohteena Uunisaari

(Ever)green Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar will be held as an virtual event in May

The presentations will be of interest to both professionals and students as well as anyone interested in the topic.
Cooperation
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Alvar Aalto -tutkijaseminaarin kuvabanneri

Aalto is a partner in the New European Bauhaus initiative

The EU initiative imagines future ways of living by combining design, culture, social inclusion, science and technology.
University
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Aalto_University Camilo Cortes' Reina banca Photo_Karoliina_Paappa.jpg

The potential of urban green spaces in climate change mitigation

Aalto University is involved in the CO-CARBON research project, which seeks ways to integrate the carbon sequestration of green spaces in urban planning and decision-making.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Kaksi poikaa leikkimässä ilta-auringossa kaupungin viheralueella, jonka keskellä on pieni lampi ja sen ympärillä kiviasetelma.

Eliisa Lotsari appointed assistant professor of water engineering

Lotsari will reinforce water engineering teaching and research in the fields of water resources engineering and hydraulic engineering while also expanding its scope to cover the challenges of northern river environments.
Appointments
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Eliisa Lotsari

Wooden Käpylä is an example of resource-wise wood construction

A new book celebrates the hundred-year-old unique wooden house area in Helsinki and tells the story of the multidimensional area.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Kesäinen pihanäkymä: istuinryhmä nurmikolla punaisten puutalojen edustalla

The Design Process Management course is truly multidisciplinary

In the Design Process Management course, organised for master's and doctoral students for the first time this autumn, students design and manage real-life construction projects in cooperation with companies of the field.
Studies
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Järvenpään toimistorakennuksen asemapiirrustus

Doctoral thesis: Humanitarian architecture creates security and protection in the midst of poverty and crises

When global crises drive people out of their homes, multidisciplinary cooperation can help make something out of very little.
Research & Art
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Saija Hollmén istumassa lattialla risti-istunnassa värikkäiden afrikkalaisten kankaiden päällä.

Real estate in service of crisis management – Academy of Finland grants funding to enhance crisis preparedness 

'The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the impact real estate and the built environment have on our wellbeing in a crisis', says Assistant Professor Saija Toivonen.  
Research & Art
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Saija Toivonen

Collaboration with Club For Five gave birth to a sonic installation

What does sound look like? How does art sound like? The art installation SOONI examines connections between sound and matter and their impact on well-being.
Cooperation
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Kuvassa taideinstallaatio SOONI vaaleassa aulatilassa. Teoksen värikkäät tekstiilit liikkuvat teoksesta kantautuvan äänivirran mukana.

Väre Building is an Architecture MasterPrize winner

Aalto University new campus complex has been awarded one of the international Architecture MasterPrize 2020 winners.
Campus
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Suorakulmiot muodostavat Väreeseen salmiakin muotoisia auloja, jotka tulvivat luonnonvaloa. Kuva: Aalto-yliopisto / Tuomas Uusheimo

Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions

Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years
Press releases
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Aikalava

Argumenta project for the professorship of history of architecture and architectural conservation

The project aims at deepening and increasing public discussion and societal impact on the fate of the modern building stock.
Research & Art
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Korkealta (Hotelli Clarionista) otettu maisemakuva Helsingin Hietalahdesta, etualalla merta

Professor Jarmo Suominen receives Magnolia Award

Professor Jarmo Suominen of Aalto University in Finland and Tongji University in China has been awarded the Shanghai Magnolia Award 2020.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition
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kuvassa kaksi miestä, joista toinen esittelee mitali kaulassa saamaansa kunniakirjaa punaisissa kansissa

Intensive course looks for sustainable design solutions following COVID-19

Health and Wellbeing Architecture Summer Intensive gathers multi-disciplinary perspectives to create new interventions, designs, and policy recommendations for pandemics.
Studies
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Aalto University Learning Centre

A quarter of the world’s lowland population depends critically on mountain water resources

Global water consumption has increased almost fourfold in the past 100 years, and many regions can only meet their water demand thanks to essential contributions from mountain regions
Press releases
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Rosegbach. Photo: Daniel Viviroli.

Designing the world belongs to everyone

The museum of Finnish architecture and design to be built in Helsinki invites us to change the world in the same way as designers do, says Tuomas Auvinen, Dean of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Research & Art
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Uuden museon konsepti

This is what a more sustainable world looks like: Wood-based glitter, electric-powered boats and printed solar cells

The Aalto University Designs for a Cooler Planet event will showcase inspiring future scenarios during this coming September. The exhibition aims to show that collaboration between designers, researchers and stakeholders will lead to better solutions for people and the environment.
Campus, Research & Art
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Designs for a Cooler Planet 2020: Race for the Future

Nine new Academy Research Fellows and 18 Postdoctoral Researchers

The research posts funded by the Academy of Finland strengthen the university's research by 8.6 million euros.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, University
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Lähikuva pinseteistä, jonka päässä nanoselluloosakalvoa, ja tutkijalla turkoosit hansikkaat

Resource-smart with a human touch

The project uses collaborative development methods to create new resource-smart, low-carbon products and services.
Research & Art
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Hanna Jahkonen