School as a Service Quality Innovation Award 2016

The project School as a Service (SaaS) where I contribute, developed conceptually by Group X at Aalto University Department of Architecture in collaboration with the City of Espoo, has been awarded with the Quality Innovation Award 2016 in the category of Education. More information about the prize here.

Master’s Thesis evaluation at the Department of Architecture

Tomorrow Tuesday February 28th I will participate in the evaluation of Master’s Thesis at the Department of Architecture. Presentations and examinations of student’s projects will be held in the lecture hall 211 at Miestentie 3 starting at 8:15.

Lecture at the University of Hong Kong

Tomorrow Wednesday February 15th I will lecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in the context of a visit with students from Aalto University, several workshops and critique sessions in collaboration with the design studio course run by Professor Weijen Wang. The lecture,…

Superimposed Verticality studio course presentation

The studio course on Housing Design and Diversifying Forms of Living titled Superimposed Verticality will be presented tomorrow Wednesday 11th at 14:15 in Paja building in Otaniemi. The course is organized by Group X in collaboration with the Housing Design chair (Prof. Hannu Huttunen) at Aalto University Department of…

Aalto University Department of Architecture Final Reviews

During this whole week we are holding the Final Reviews Week of Fall Semester at Aalto University Department of Architecture. I am participating in the final reviews of the studio courses Future Media Center (Prof. Pirjo Sanaksenaho) -13.12, 13:15, room 211-, Possible Cities (Prof. Kimmo Lapintie) -14.12, 16:30, room…

Final review Future Media Center studio course

Tomorrow Tuesday December 13th at 13:15 we will have the final review of the studio course at Master’s level Future Media Center at Aalto University Department of Architecture (Miestentie 3, seminar room 211). The project is based on a real initiative and a need for spaces for a media…

JIDA Texts on Architecture, Teaching and Innovation

The book Colección JIDA. Texts on Architecture, Teaching and Innovation 3 has just been published by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Iniciativa Digital Politècnica) and Grup per a la Innovació i la Logística Docent en l’Arquitectura (GILDA). It includes one of my papers titled “X-ing Disciplines from Architecture. The…

Final review Service Logic in Architecture studio course

Next Friday December 9th at 9:30 we will have the final review of the studio course at Master’s level Service Logic in Architecture at Aalto University Department of Architecture (Miestentie 3, seminar room 220). Basing on the School as a Service case in Otaniemi, Service Logic in Architecture course…

Arquia/Próxima 2016 catalogue published

The Arquia/Próxima 2016 catalogue has just been published, including the works Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works and Revista HipoTesis: Block|Buster where I have participated. They both have been shortlisted for their publication in the catalogue of the present edition in the competition for young architects Arquia/Próxima 2014-2015. You…

Service Logic in Architecture studio course

Service Logic in Architecture course welcomes students to design architectural solutions with a social, instrumental value for users, basing on the “School as a Service” case in Otaniemi. During the course, students will be familiarized with the concept of service architecture, will develop a method of using a service…