Living+ initiative represents the human-centered living environments key research area of Aalto University.
We base our activities on research, education and societal networking. Living+ is Aalto University’s multi-disciplinary initiative that grew out of the Living+ project during the Design Capital year in 2012. It focuses on planning, design and testing of human-centered living environments in all scales. Living+ enables to draw from world class research to facilitate the planning, design and develop
01/06/2022
Welcome to discuss the latest research on urban digital twins:
Urban Twins Conference 2022 Urban Twins as the most promising approach for the digitalization of cities, what have we learned so far?
08/11/2021
Registration to Liveable Nordic Cities webinar is still open. Join us next week to hear what we can learn from the forefront of Nordic urban developments. 🏘 🌱
Registration, agenda and speaker information is available at: aalto.fi/cities
See you there!
Liveable Nordic Cities | Aalto University Human-centred living environments key research area organises an online event where research meets practice
15/10/2021
Nordic societies have set extremely ambitious sustainability goals. How does urban planning and development meet these objectives?
How alike are ongoing Nordic urban developments? Is there a place for uniqueness and diversity in current urban development?
Liveable Nordic Cities is an online event where research meets practice. More information and registration details:
Liveable Nordic Cities | Aalto University Sustainable for people and the environment – How can future cities help people and nature flourish? What can we learn from the forefront of Nordic urban developments?
19/04/2021
Webinar on carbon-smart urban landscape coming up soon! You are warmly welcome to join us on 6.5.2021 10.30-12.00 (UCT +3).
The event is part of New European Bauhaus Nordic initiative and is organised in collaboration with Aalto University's SmartLand -research project, Co-Carbon -research project and Living+ Aalto University.
Speakers from Denmark, Sweden and Finland have been invited to discuss what is carbon-smart urban green infrastructure and what does it look like.
Speakers include:
-Dr Seppo Junnila, Professor of Real Estate Business, Aalto University
-Landscape Architect MAA MDL Bjørn Ginman, Project Director, SLA
-Landscape Architect Ulrika Åkerlund, Boverket – National Board of Housing, Building and Planning
Moderator:
D.Sc. Aija Staffans, Aalto University, Living+
https://www.aalto.fi/en/events/carbon-smart-urban-landscape
Carbon-smart urban landscape | Aalto University Welcome to the Carbon-smart Urban Landscape on-line seminar!
19/02/2021
Viikonloppukuuntelemista:
Living+ podcastin toisessa jaksossa Katja Hagman Espoon kaupungilta kertoo meille, kuinka Espoossa edistetään ihmislähtöisyyttä muun muassa yhteiskehittämällä kaupunkia ja sen palveluita aktiivisesti asukkaiden sekä muiden toimijoiden kanssa.
Keskustelussa myös mm. seuraavat aiheet:
Kuinka ihmislähtöisyys edistää kaupungin kilpailukykyä ja houkuttelevuutta?
Millä tavoin yhteiskehittäminen kytkeytyy kestävyyteen?
Mitä tarkoitetaan City as a Service (=Kaupunki palveluna) -mallilla?
Kuuntele jakso täällä (suomeksi): https://soundcloud.com/user-870828057/livingplus-podcast-human-centered-approach-katja-hagman
In the second episode of Living+ podcast (IN FINNISH), Katja Hagman from City of Espoo shares how Espoo promotes human-centeredness in its strategy and by actively co-developing the city and the services together with citizens as well as other stakeholders.
Available here: https://soundcloud.com/user-870828057/livingplus-podcast-human-centered-approach-katja-hagman
Why is a human-centered approach important? Osa 2: Yhteiskehittäminen & "Kaupunki palveluna" Tämä jakso on suomeksi. Note: This episode is IN FINNISH. Living+ podcastin toisessa jaksossa Katja Hagman Espoon kaupungilta kertoo kuinka Espoo edistää ihmislähtöisyyttä yhteiskehittämällä kaupunk
Aalto Living+ podcast is out! Living+ recorded a podcast where we interviewed 3 experts on their thoughts about human-centered approach to living environments.
In the first episode (in English), Maria Malho from a think tank Demos Helsinki is sharing her perspectives on human-centeredness in the context of Nordic smart cities.
What are the strengths and limits of the "people-centered" concept?
How are Nordic countries doing in developing human-centered cities?
Give a listen to learn about the People first -vision, a human-centered smart city model of the future, developed by Demos Helsinki together with 4 biggest cities in Finland, as well as Demos' ongoing work in building a Nordic smart city -vision in collaboration with other Nordic countries.
Available here: https://soundcloud.com/user-870828057/livingplus-podcast-human-centered-approach-maria-malho
31/12/2020
How to create attractive cities? During the Nordic CityMaking Week in September, the Living+ manager & architect Aija Staffans gave a presentation on recent overarching themes in city planning and on creating lively urban spaces, focusing especially on Nordic cities.
Check out the video (in Finnish) here ➡ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc3MdIcpJ2E
Tip: On NCM's Youtube channel, you can also find other videos of interesting urban talks - mostly in English - from the first edition of Nordic CityMaking Week: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5lvF8zosj90sNM9yYKA3kQ
Aija Staffans D.Sc./Aalto Living+ Platform - NCMWeek: New Agenda For N. Cities, 18/9 KYMP Helsinki
24/12/2020
Living+ Platform wishes everyone happy holidays and a joyful new year! 🎄Special thanks for the past year to our key collaborators and everyone who have taken part in Living+ program.
@ Institute of Urban and Regional Studies
@ Kaupunkiakatemia - Urban Academy
@ Aalto University
18/12/2020
"Is dense always better?"
Living+ Platform Manager, Architect Aija Staffans was recently talking about urban densification on “Vartin kaupunki” podcast by Juha Kostiainen (YIT). What are its pros and cons, what things to consider, and in which ways does it connect to human-centered and sustainable urban space / cities?
You can listen to the interesting discussion on Spotify (unfortunately in Finnish only):
Onko tiiviimpi parempi? - Vartin kaupunki Onko tiiviimpi kaupunki toimivampi? Jakson vieraana arkkitehti ja tutkija Aija Staffans, joka ei pidä kaupunkirakenteen tiiviyttä oikotienä onneen. Oman näkökulmansa keskusteluun tuo Helsingin kaupungin yleiskaavapäällikkö Pasi Rajala. Podcastin isäntänä toimii YIT:n kaupunkikehityksestä...