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Ecological fertilizer from wastewater nutrients
By using the innovative NPHarvest-process wastewater treatment plants can get an efficient pretreatment while producing ecological fertilizer simultaneously.
Finland’s exhibition in the Biennale Architettura 2020 honors the Finnish prefabricated wooden houses of the WWII era
The exhibition will be conceived and curated by three researchers and teachers at Aalto University.
Food for thought – rethinking Singapore’s Hawker Centres
Singapore’s traditional open-air cooked food centres or hawker centres presented a perfect case to be explored jointly by the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Aalto University.
'Care environments should be planned more user-friendly'
Dissertation of the month: The Aesthetics and Architecture of Care Environments by architect Freja Ståhlberg-Aalto. New series presents current dissertations at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.
Albedo matters for the climate and forestry can have an impact on it
A research project conducted by Aalto University found that favoring broadleaved species in boreal forestry is a climate-friendly option when considering the forest albedo. Therefore, forest management actions can directly affect forest albedo, and hence the climate, without decreasing forest productivity.
Sustainable Materials for Future Mobility Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Future Mobility is powered by Sustainable Raw Materials
Sustainable Discovery and Supply Lighthouse (EIT RawMaterials)
Minerals and metals for a modern and sustainable society
Everyday choices: How would you fill waste land, Tuukka Saarimaa?
Whether land gets used to build a park or a high-rise, this Professor of Urban Economics would ensure that any solution is the result of careful consideration.
Results in review: DiCtion is digitalising construction workflows
The DiCtion seminar explored reasons for why digitalisation has thus far done little to increase productivity at construction sites.
Better design
The new frontier in design is about finding ways to better serve the needs of the people. From building hospitals and libraries, to developing home-care services for the aging, the principles of design can be used to give everyone a voice.
Professor Ray Sterling: Worldwide developments in urban underground planning
Watch the video recording of Professor Sterling's lecture.
Maaria Nordman appointed as Assistant Professor of geoinformatics
Nordman’s research focuses on geodynamics, geodesy and positioning.
Elias Oikarinen appointed as Associate Professor of Real Estate Economics
Oikarinen’s main research interests are price formation and dynamics in the housing
market and real estate investment.
market and real estate investment.
The work of landscape architects can be seen everywhere
For 30 years already, it has been possible to study in Finland to become a landscape architect. The Degree Programme in Landscape Architecture at Aalto University will be celebrating its thirtieth anniversary from 7 to 11 October 2019.
Safe and healthy walking: A theory driven cross cultural comparison study
Welcome to participate in a research project that undertakes a cross-cultural comparison of the perceived risk involved in walking near or crossing roads when using a smart phone or when affected by alcohol.
'At the heart of transport system design are people, not technology'
Designing a sustainable transport system means recognising societal values
Tomorrow's Sustainable Lifestyles Showcased in Otaniemi
One of Helsinki Design Week's main events, Designs for a Cooler Planet, will showcase Aalto University's cross-cutting future prototypes, such as a nanocellulose bicycle, microbial headphones and Ioncell clothes
'We must look to the past, for a lesson in designing buildings for the future'
Architect Karin Krokfors says buildings should be designed to be adaptable over time. And that history holds plenty of examples for us to study.
Architecture students designed a wooden pavilion in front of the Design Museum
The pavilion is a Finnish-British modern interpretation of a tea house.
20 new Academy Projects ÄûÃʵ¼º½
The total funding granted by the Academy of Finland’s Research Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering is 8.9 million euros.
