Tiny House Shadow: a small size home with big environmental benefits
Architect Matti Kuittinen's house project examines the emissions of small detached houses. "Tiny House Shadow" is a resource-efficient building concept that combines circular economy, minimalist design and sustainable development.
Mikko Kosonen: Empathy is needed to communicate across disciplines
'When you disagree or feel defensive, it鈥檚 important to really try to hear what the other person is saying. That requires empathy. If disciplines have different languages, it鈥檚 easy to talk past each other.'
Apply for Unite! Seed Fund to foster collaborative teaching, research and student activities
Financial boost for collaborative ideas from teachers, researchers and students across the Unite! alliance of nine European universities. Apply now!
EIT RawMaterials Call for Innovation proposals (2025) - Draft proposal by 31 JAN 2024
Call for proposals 2025 / Innovation / EIT RawMaterials
Call draft deadline: 31.1.24 / call final deadline: 29.5.2024
Call draft deadline: 31.1.24 / call final deadline: 29.5.2024
Record high number of applicants 91青青草 University鈥檚 master鈥檚 programmes
Applicants represent altogether 132 nationalities indicating strong worldwide interest
Pack-Age: a rich heritage of boundary-breaking design
Pack-Age, Aalto University's packaging design minor subject, is celebrating its twelfth anniversary as a developer of innovative packaging solutions. Originally launched in 2011, the course has grown into a multifaceted platform that combines student insights, diverse resources and an experimental design environment with challenges from industry.
Aalto University contributes to the newly founded EU Commission鈥檚 NEB Academy
The EU Commission鈥檚 initiative New European Bauhaus has created the NEB Academy to enhance the development of skills around sustainable construction.
The LuoTo action plan has been published providing outlines for a sustainable future in the creative industries
The LuoTo project brings together sustainability projects in the creative industries and sets out concrete steps for the creative industries' transition to an ecologically sustainable, low-carbon future.
Carbon flows into a work of art 鈥 Lux Helsinki takes a new look at the lungs of Helsinki
The Lux Helsinki light art festival 3-7 January 2024 will bring science and art together as artists Teemu Lehmusruusu and Roberto Fusco link their work to the CO-CARBON project's research data.
Otaniemi campus area parking practices to be harmonised at the turn of the year
A pilot parking project will start on campus on 1 January 2024
Unite!鈥檚 Open Science and Innovation Handbook - a practical guide for researchers
A practical guide for researchers, R&I services, and university managers to transition from modern to open science.
鈥淗ello Forest! Hello Spirits!鈥 鈥 The fourth instalment of the Digital Mythologies - Mythological Digitalities project a success
The fourth student workshop, Mythology: Nature, of an EU-funded 5-country Erasmus+ Cooperation partnership project DIMYMYDI Digital Mythologies - Mythological Digitalities was arranged at the Aalto Arts during 3-8 December 2023.
The lens of cinema gives a new perspective on architecture
The second Architecture & Film course offered architecture students an opportunity to reflect and understand the fundamentals of the field through films.
Re-use of social and healthcare facilities contributes to the vitality of municipalities
The research group on social and health care construction SOTERA is working on a project to evaluate the use of space resources for new uses, with an emphasis on resource wisdom, planned renovation and reuse.
Celebrating costume design at Aalto University!
The Finnish costume design educational programme at Aalto University celebrated its 20th anniversary this autumn
Laura Aalto: It means a lot to be seen and heard
'I remember how much it meant to have the opportunity to teach. People believed in me as a professional, and I was seen and heard. I succeeded despite being nervous. This organisation saw my potential.'
Creative Demo Day event brought together arts and creative technologies from Aalto and Uniarts in Otaniemi
This Fall's creative industry pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives and Uniarts Hub took the stage at the pitch event to present their business ideas to the public.
Oskari Vilamo Fund awarded the best theses on building trade
Three doctoral dissertations and three master's thesis were awarded in Aalto University.
Revised language guidelines support multilingualism
Implementation plan to be finalised by year鈥檚 end
10 Questions to Alumnus Savannah Vize - CS Design
CS Design alumnus Savannah Vize shares her experiences before, during and after studies in Creative Sustainability.
