General
Welcome to WAT-E2060 Sustainable Built Environment!
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Contact: Anahita Rashidfarokhi and Julia Renko (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi)
- PERIOD II (26.10. - 11.12.). Course starts on Monday 26 October 2020.
- Mondays & Wednesdays at 9:00 - 12:00. Please note that we start at 9:00 sharp!
- 5 ECTS = 135h
- Prerequisite: WAT-E3020 State of the world and development
- Note: there is limited number of students that can be accepted in the course (60)
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Sustainable Built Environment is part of Sustainable Global Technologies Programme (SGT) and World in Transition (WiT) Minor
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COURSE SCHEDULE 2020
WEEK 1
Monday 26 Oct | 9-12
‘Sustainable built environment: Social sustainability in urban planning’ (lecture & groupwork)
Anahita Rashidfarokhi Fathabadi, University Teacher, Aalto – Built Environment
Wednesday 28 Oct | 9-12
‘Shouldn’t all architecture be designed with empathy?’ (lecture & groupwork)
Helena Sandman, architect, Aalto – New Global
WEEK 2
Monday 2 Nov | 9-12
‘Electricity, connectivity, and digital services for developing communities’ (lecture & groupwork)
Marko Nieminen, professor of usability and user interfaces, Aalto & Antti Pinomaa, post-doctoral researcher at laboratory of electricity market and power systems, LUT
Wednesday 4 Nov | 9-12
‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ (lecture & groupwork)
Virpi Stucki, UNIDO
WEEK 3
Monday 9 Nov | 9-12
‘Providing services in rural areas’ (lecture)
Dr. Bidemi Coker, social policy & research consultant
Wednesday 11 Nov | 9-12
‘Providing services in rural areas’ (groupwork)
Dr. Bidemi Coker, social policy & research consultant
WEEK 4
Monday 16 Nov | 9-12
‘Sanitation & waste management’ (lecture)
Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen
Wednesday 18 Nov | 9-12
‘Sanitation & waste management’ (groupwork)
Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen
WEEK 5
Monday 23 Nov | 9-12
'Humanitarian logistics' (lecture & groupwork)
Diego Vega, HUMLOG Institute, Hanken
Wednesday 25 Nov | 9-12
'Public health during humanitarian crises' (lecture & groupwork)
Sohaib Khan, assistant professor in international health, UEF
WEEK 6
Monday 30 Nov | 9-12
'Natural hazards' (lecture & groupwork)
Dr. Philipp Schmidt-Thome, Geological Survey of Finland
Wednesday 2 Dec | 9-12
'GIS' (lecture & groupwork)
Babak Firoozi, department of built environment, Aalto ENG
WEEK 7
Monday 7 Dec | 9-12
‘Working methods I: Human-centered design & human rights-based approach’ (lecture & groupwork)
Anni Hapuoja, EtMay & Riina Subra, Aalto Global Impact
Wednesday 9 Dec | 9-12
‘Working methods II: Transdisciplinary approaches and problem-based Learning’ (lecture & groupwork)
Laura Verbrugge, Aalto ENG & Riina Subra,
Aalto Global Impact
- The same link will be used for all lectures.
- The host will admit you from the waiting room until 9:20. After that new participants are not admitted. Note that course has attendance requirement.