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Hybrid Stage now in action

The Hybrid Stage pilot project has started on Harald Herlin Learning Center’s K-floor, serving the Aalto University community and its extended network of partners.
University
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Creative Technologies event on Hybrid Stage

Tomek Rygalik: ‘We need to design less but better things for longer’

Meet our new professors: Professor in Furniture Design Tomek Rygalik
Appointments, University
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Man with glasses and a black blouse looking at the camera

Architecture of Necessity Award to Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects

The project presents systemic approach in sustainable architecture
Awards and Recognition
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Hostels for School girls project in Tanzania by Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects_Architecture of Necessity Award 2022

Hossam Hewidy: ‘Increasing multiculturalism must be taken into account in urban planning’

I claim series presents architect, lecturer Hossam Hewidy
Research & Art
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Hossam Hewidy_pieni

A human-friendly, giant insect hotel emerged in the middle of the city

Alusta, built from clay and populated by plants, is a sanctuary for pollinators and a meeting place for all living things
Aalto Magazine, Research & Art
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TiiliseinÀ, jonka vieressÀ vaaleanpunaisia kukkia, taustalle korkeita, vanhoja taloja.

New minor: Aalto Wood

For students in any field interested in wood!
Studies
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Cross-cut wood disk on a wooden table

Online course “Forests, wood, and carbon” starts 5.9.2022

You may follow the course independently whenever it is suitable for you during period I.
Studies
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Pine forest

Flexibility and community support for people with memory problems

What are the future housing solutions for people with memory decline, and what should they be?
Research & Art, Studies
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Elderly people spending time outdoors in the yard and garden, a student work Outdoors by Luiza Sevele

Susa ErÀranta has been appointed Professor of Practice in new land use planning practices

'The future of cities is constantly being influenced by planning, the effects of which will extend for decades to come,'
Appointments
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Susa ErÀranta

Wood Studio meets with success in WantedDesign New York

Aalto University takes part in the international WantedDesign online exhibition 2022. WantedDesign is a platform for creative talent, and it organises digital exhibitions featuring great design from around the world.
Research & Art
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Rulpa_Anna Aleksejeva in WantedDesign

Kone Foundation donates 800 000 euros to Aalto University's area of art and design

With this donation, the foundation wants to support research in the arts and artistic research in particular. The aim is to safeguard the diversity of disciplines and freedom of research in fields of education that have suffered from funding cuts and educational policy prioritisation.
Press releases
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Professor Heidi Salonen's Installation Talk: Indoor air quality – Importance and threats

Aalto University celebrates its tenured professors with popular talks by the new tenure track professors on 27.4.
Appointments
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Professori Heidi Salonen. Kuva: Matias Salonen

Wooden-structured Little Finlandia opened its doors in Töölönlahti Bay

The building erected in the Töölö Bay area to temporarily house Finlandia Hall’s functions during its renovation is, in the words of architect Jaakko Torvinen, like a forest in the centre of Helsinki.
Aalto Magazine
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LÀhikuva Pikku-Finlandia vÀistörakennuksen vaaleasta mÀnnyn rungosta

The Annual Review provided an overview of the achievements in 2021

The virtual event presented the key results and achievements of the School.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, University
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Aalto ARTSin vuosikatselmus vuoteen 2021

Landscape architect Kaisla Rahkola receives Lappset prize

Rahkola examines landscape history and landscape impacts of the mining industry.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Maisema-arkkitehti Kaisla Rahkolan diplomityö sai Lappset-stipendin 2022

Rafaela SeppÀlÀ donates 500 000 euros to Aalto University's area of art and design

The substantial donation is part of the government matching funding campaign that will run until the end of June 2022.
University
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Tuomas Auvinen, Rafaela SeppÀlÀ ja Marjo Miettinen_kuva Mikko Raskinen

Wood products Online course starts 3.3.2022

You may follow the course independently whenever it is suitable for you during periods IV-V.
Studies
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Tree cut in the forest showing the growth rings in the cross-cut section.

Kone Foundation provides major funding for research into Finland's medieval wooden building heritage

Assistant Professor Panu Savolainen's research group receives 347 000 euros in funding.
Research & Art
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Research group members at Karjaa medieval church in May 2020. Photo: Panu Savolainen

Toni Kotnik: Thinking in Structures

Kotnik wants to reform the traditional way of designing the built environment.  
Research & Art
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Toni Kotnik_professor_Dept of Architecture_photo Mika Vartiainen_Aalto Studios

Insulation from old jeans, walls from waste concrete – less guilt and more solutions are needed for construction

The biggest environmental act would be not building at all. But a circular economy can also mitigate the environmental impact of construction.
Aalto Magazine
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Yhteiskuvassa Juudit Ottelin ja Matti Kuittinen seisovat vierekkÀin ja katsovat kohti kameraa. Ottelinin kÀdessÀ on pieni musta 3d-tulostettu pÀÀkallo, Kuittinen pitelee kÀsissÀÀn työmaakypÀrÀÀ, jossa on kuulosuojaimet.