- Aalto University

Antenna Design Challenge

Network antennas form part of the invisible backbone of any modern urban environment; we call, we surf—we don‘t even remember what life was like without mobile networks. Nokia Siemens Networks came up with a challenge for Aalto students: “What would an antenna look like in a future (2020) urban environment? Create an antenna that we don‘t need to hide!”

Builders of the Future

Aalto University, the Association of Professional Graphic Designers in Finland and the Finnish Association of Designers are cooperatively organizing a design contest. The aim of the contest is to create a memorial to the donors who provided funds for the University’s endowment capital. The contest is open to Aalto students, staff members and alumni.

spACE - design business programs for Aalto community and start-ups

spACE is a facility and series of design business programs for Aalto community and start-ups. ACE organizes several events, competitions and projects, which aim to bring up and promote design based growth oriented ideas and teams.

365 Wellbeing

365 Wellbeing contains of 12 projects which represent actual services or processes in the cities of Helsinki, Espoo, Kauniainen and Lahti. Projects address different dimensions of wellbeing, focusing in particular on municipal wellbeing services and patient-centered health care solutions.

Designer Sofia Tigerstedt. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Aalto Otaniemi Garden

Aalto University Degree Programmes in Environmental Art and Landscape Architecture launched a student challenge with the aim of designing a campus garden for the area between Otakaari and the Rakentajanaukio square in the Otaniemi campus.

Pavilion

12.05.-16.09.2012 / 11:00 - 21:00

Students of Aalto University designed a wooden pavilion which was placed in an empty lot between Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum in Helsinki in spring 2012. The Pavilion is a temporary construction and serves as a World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 as a hub and a meeting place for the general public, the media and visiting international experts during the summer months. The Pavilion house also an café.

The Renewal of the Maternity Pack

29.06.-02.09.2012 / 09:00 - 19:00

Maternity pack is the first benefit that the society offers for a family with a new born baby in Finland. The pack is given to around 40 000 families every year.

Wastelands

16.-29.07.2012 / 09:00 - 19:00

EASA (European Architecture Students Assembly) is an independent event of architecture students, with an annually changing venue country. EASA can be described as a two-week long architecture festival for about 500 architecture students taking part. Over 42 countries and over 240 architecture schools are represented from all over Europe.