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  • Course schedule

    The pdf document 'course schedule' details the course sessions, the work students are expected to carry out and an estimation of the workload including the the readings and exercises for each session.  You can check daily teaching events from the list below. 

    Besides teaching sessions, student tasks consist of selected readings that need to be read before the sessions,  specific exercises that are linked to precede or follow selected sessions, and written reflections in learning diary (around one page per week).

    If you have any general questions, please email Mikko Jalas. if you have questions about a particular session, please email the respective teacher (Sessions 1-5 Mikko Jalas, 5-7 Tatu Marttila and 8-11 Pirjo Kääriäinen

    Sustainable design course – sessions (9:15-12) and teaching locations:

    ·     Tue 19.4. (F102, Väre) Intro to course & sustainability

    ·     Thu 21.4. (U356, Otakaari 1) Multi-level design model: Positioning design strategies 

    ·     Tue 26.4. (A123 A1, Otakaari 1) Tools to guide product design and certify performance

    ·     Thu 28.4. (A123 A1, Otakaari 1) Communicate sustainability with design

    ·     Tue 3.5. (Maari C-D (Win) 184-186, Maarintalo) Sustainability assessment exercise

    ·     Thu 5.5. (M232 M1, Otakaari 1) ‘Redesign’ for sustainability

    ·     Tue 10.5. (U121a, U250a, U262) Assessment & redesign exercise presentations 

    ·     Thu 12.5. NOTE: in zoom NEW: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67139760288 Plastics: problems and possibilities. Groupwork begins

    ·     Tue 17.5. (U405a, U410b, Otakaari 1) Materials focus and the groupwork continues.

    ·     Thu 19.5 (independent case work)

    ·     Tue 24.5. NOTE: in zoom NEW: https://aalto.zoom.us/j/67139760288 Groupwork interim presentations.

    ·     Tue 31.5. (9:15-12:00) (U119, Otakaari 1) Final presentations


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