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…

Critique session in Design of Structures studio course

Next Thursday October 27th I will participate as guest critic in the Midterm Review of the studio course in Design of Structures by Professor Toni Kotnik. The review is at 13:15 in Otaniemi (Miestentie 3, seminar room 339).

V Forum arquia/próxima 2016: Imperfect Future in Málaga

The V Forum arquia/próxima 2016 “Imperfect Future” will take place in the Auditorium of the University of Málaga (Spain) next October 19-21, 2016. The works Aalto Festival 2015 – Final Works and Revista HipoTesis: Block|Buster have been shortlisted for the catalogue in the present edition of the competition for…

Laine on Aalto

“Laine on Aalto. An Experimental School on a University Campus” is my last contribution to the Human Cities stories. The experimental school “Laine” opened on Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus, and its ideation from the School as a Service (SaaS) concept, is one of the experimentation events proposed by the…

BaaS lecture

Next Thursday September 22th I will be lecturing in the PGP Post Graduate Programme in Kiinko Real Estate Education, with a lecture titled “Buildings as Service Platforms”. The lecture will be held in the Messukeskus Expo and Convention Centre in Helsinki, and it will include the explanation of the…

SaaS presentation

Tomorrow Tuesday September 20th I will present the SaaS concept in the new school Laine on Otaniemi campus, the first actual implementation of the concept as a collaboration between the City of Espoo and Aalto University. My presentation, titled “School as a Service. Learning as Service Innovation”, is targeted…

Future Media Center in Otaniemi studio course

The studio course at Master’s level Future Media Center on Otaniemi campus will start next Tuesday September 13th at Aalto University Department of Architecture. The project is based on a real initiative and a need for spaces for a media education center as part of Aalto University. Aalto University…