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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

Hollywood costume design goes sustainable

A textile artist sees natural materials as the future for costumes in television and film.
Research & Art
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Urs Dieker working with wood, kuva Eren Öztekin

Nordic project to enhance circularity of textiles

Doubling the life of textiles will reduce the climate impact by 40-50%. Still most of the used textiles generated in the Nordic region is incinerated instead of being reused, remanufactured and recycled. To enhance circularity of textiles a two-year Nordic project has been initiated.
Research & Art
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Kuva: Eeva Suorlahti

Alum Ksenia Avetisova is a human at the heart of technology

Ksenia Avetisova moves around the virtual world as part of her job, but what brought her to Finland was a live rock gig.
Aalto Magazine
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Aallon alumni Ksenia Avetisova katsoo peiliin järven rannalla, kuva: Aleksi Poutanen

Several Finnish Film awards ɫɫÀ² alumni

At this year's Jussi Gala for Finnish Film many alumni from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography as well as the Department of Design were awarded.
Awards and Recognition, University
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Three people sitting in a taxi

Aalto University's 10th anniversary was celebrated on 10 October

After Aalto University President Ilkka Niemelä's greetings, Alumni Studio featured three Aalto alumni discussing sustainable development and the most pressing global challenges of our time. The event was concluded with an entertaining science show where Aalto's top researchers stepped into the limelight to explain why their research is important right now.
Awards and Recognition, University
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Kuva Aalto-yliopiston kymmenvuotisjuhlasta

Aalto students and employers connected during the Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week

Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week was organised between 5th - 9th of October 2020. The virtual week substituted the physical Aalto Talent Expo fair that was postponed from October 2020 to January 2021.
Cooperation
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Man using computer on a bean bag chair while people are in line on the background

Two new surveys confirm: gender exclusion is still common in the Finnish audiovisual industry

Employment is hindered by lack of networks. Women are also faced with gender-specific negative assessment in funding and production negotiations.
Press releases
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Aalto-yliopiston alumni Ulla Heikkilä on ohjannut ja käsikirjoittanut lyhytelokuvan Let her speak. Se on osa Yksittäistapaus-elokuvasarjaa, joka tuo esiin naisiin kohdistuvaa näkymätöntä vallankäyttöä niin yksityiselämässä kuin yhteiskunnassa. Kuvassa näyttelijä Iida-MariaHeinonen. Kuva: JohannaOnnismaa/TuffiFilms2019

Otaniemi already has 1,800 metres of track

The construction of Jokeri Light Rail is under way in Otaniemi. A total of 1,800 metres of track has already been laid on Maarintie, Maarinrannatie and on Lahdenpohjanraitio next to Ring Road I.
Campus
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Korkeakoulunaukio

New Media Master's Thesis presentations / Mon 12.10.2020

Welcome to follow New Media Master’s Thesis presentations – Monday 12.10.2020!
Studies
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new media

New Aalto University Open Science and Research Policy was published

The guiding principle of Aalto University Open Science and Research policy is ‘as open as possible, as closed as necessary’. This means that research outputs should be open if there is no valid reason to restrict access to them. Aalto University Research Services provides help in research data management and opening publications, data, protocols and code.
Research & Art
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Aalto University BIZ main building, photographer Mika Huisman

Aalto ARTS Books participates in the Helsinki and Frankfurt Book Fairs

Both the Helsinki Book Fair and the world's largest book fair, the Frankfurt Book Fair, will take place online this year due to the covid-19 pandemic.
Research & Art
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auki olevan kirjan aukeamalla on pastellisävyisiä kuvia pienistä keramiikkaesineistä

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation granted Aalto University EUR 10.5 million to establish a bioinnovation centre

The centre will accelerate the transition to a circular economy and bioeconomy, and create opportunities for sustainable economic growth in Finland.
Cooperation, Press releases, Research & Art, University
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green wall

7 Experiences Summit giving birth to multidisciplinary experience research as a field

The conference brought together experience researchers from different fields for the first time worldwide.
Research & Art
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nainen ja kaksi miestä seisovat studiossa kuvan etualalla, taaempana mies odottaa kameran käynnistymistä virtuaalikonferenssissa

Aalto University joins Node by Slush as the main partner

In the role of the main partner, Aalto will visibly present our university’s expertise in the field of multidisciplinary research and entrepreneurship.
Cooperation
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Slushin ja Aallon yhteistyöbanneeri

To experiment and explore

Curiosity breeds creativity says professor of practice Tua Björklund.
Research & Art, University
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Professor of practice Tua Björklund. Photo: Mortti Saarnia

From not knowing to new knowledge via imagining

Julia Lohmann considers design a bridge-building discipline that enables collaboration and communication across disciplines.
Research & Art
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Julia Lohmann and Department of Seaweed. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

How can design thinking improve Enterprise Architecture?

ITP students brought a human-centric perspective to the City of Espoo’s change management.
Cooperation, Research & Art, Studies
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Students working together with laptops.

Aalto film students awarded at the HIFF short film awards

Three movies by students from the Department of Film, Television and Scenography were awarded at the HIFF short film awards.
Studies, University
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Still image from movie with a man and a woman embracing in front of a window displaying fireworks

'Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality' aims to develop novel solutions for the accessible documentation and presentation of exhibitions

Beyond Matter is an international, interdisciplinary project on the revival of past landmark exhibitions, the documentation of current exhibitions and the dissemination of documentation along with actual artworks –
both materially and immaterially present – in innovative ways.
Research & Art
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beyond matter