General
Welcome to WAT-E2060 Sustainable Built Environment!
Contact: Anahita Rashidfarokhi and Julia Renko (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi)
- PERIOD II: 1.11 - 15.12
- Mondays & Wednesdays at 9-12. We start at 9:00 sharp! Note that there is no lecture on Dec 6.
- Prerequisite: WAT-E3020 State of the world and development
- Live lectures will be held in Q202 (Väre)
- 5 ECTS = 135h
Note: there is limited number of students that can be accepted in the course (60)
Sustainable Built Environment is part of Sustainable Global Technologies Programme (SGT) and World in Transition (WiT) Minor
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COURSE SCHEDULE 2021
WEEK 1: Working methods
Monday 1 Nov | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Human-centered design" Anni Hapuoja, co-founder, EtMay
Wednesday 3 Nov | 9-12 (CONTACT)
WEEK 2: Constructing resilient communities
Monday 8 Nov | 9-12 (CONTACT)
"Should architecture always be designed with empathy?" Helena Sandman, researcher & doctoral candidate, Aalto ARTS
Wednesday 10 Nov | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Crises in the built environment" Lassi Tähtinen, doctoral candidate, Aalto Department of Built Environment
WEEK 3: Constructing resilient communities
Monday 15 Nov | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Resilient built environment" Sara Wilkinson, professor, University of Technology Sydney
Wednesday 17 Nov | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"How can built environment support social resilience?" Anahita Rashidfarokhi, university teacher & Vitalija Danivska, post-doctoral researcher, Aalto Department of Built Environment
WEEK 4: Hazards and humanitarian response
Monday 22 Nov | 9-12 (CONTACT)
"Natural hazards" Philipp Schmidt-Thomé, International Operations Director, GTK
Wednesday 24 Nov | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"GIS" Babak Firoozi, doctoral candidate, Aalto Department of Built Environment
WEEK 5: Hazards and humanitarian response
Monday 29 Nov | 9-12 (CONTACT)
"Humanitarian logistics" Diego Vega, Deputy Director of HUMLOG Institute, Hanken School of Economics
Wednesday 1 Dec | 9-12 (ONLINE)
WEEK 6: Services for the built environment (note: no lecture on 6.12!)
Wednesday 8 Dec | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Providing services in rural areas" Bidemi Coker, Systems Strengthening Advisor, Pact
WEEK 7: Services for the built environment
Monday 13 Dec | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Sanitation and waste management" Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen
Wednesday 8 Dec | 9-12 (ONLINE)
"Sanitation and waste management" Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen
*UPDATE 29.10: This poll was previously titled 'Lecture 4 (Nov 10)' but this has been changed to 'Lecture 3 (Nov 8)' due to the lecturers' schedules. If you answered this before 29.10, please check that your response still applies to this new date.
Thank you, and apologies for the inconvenience!