Topic outline

  • General


    Welcome to WAT-E2060 Sustainable Built Environment!

    This course will be arranged both online and as hybrid teaching. The links to Course Zoom and Course Miro can be found under the course schedule below. Below the Zoom link, you will find 4 polls which will allow you to inform us whether you will be attending our live sessions in person or remotely. To help us plan the lectures and ensure a good learning experience to all, please answer them as soon as possible.
     

    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)

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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 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)

      "Problem-based learning" Matleena Muhonen, academic coordinator, Aalto EDUCase network & Avinash Dhital, project specialist, Aalto Global Impact

       
      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)

      "Public health during humanitarian crises" Sohaib Khan, assistant professor, University of Eastern Finland


      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

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        Final grades 2022 File
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        Course zoom URL
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        Course Miro URL
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        Questionnaire - 15.11.2021 File
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        Will you attend Lecture 2 (Nov 3) in person? Choice
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        Will attend lecture Lecture 3 (Nov 8) in person? Choice
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        *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!

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        Will you attend Lecture 7 (Nov 22) in person? Choice
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        Will you attend Lecture 9 (Nov 29) in person? Choice
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        Announcements Forum

    • Course materials

      Reading materials, lecture slides and other course materials will be published in weekly folders with the permission of the lecturer. They are only for the course use, do not distribute.

    • Assignments

      Small individual and group tasks (grading scale pass/fail) will be given on a weekly basis, with the exception of weeks 6-7 when there is only one assignment. A final individual assignment (graded 1-5)  and a peer evaluation  will be required after the course ends. Note that meeting deadlines may raise the final grade by + (0,25).