Topic outline

  • Schedule

    Groups:

    Group 1
    Anderle, Mattia
    Heiskari, Kirsikka
    Uuttera, Soli 
    Aguet, Dario 

    Group 2
    Brynjólfsdóttir, Birta Rós
    Martiskin, Johanna
    Wu, Jie
    Komaki, Yutaro

    Group 3
    Chutijirawong, Matchima
    Nwajei Wenla
    Arnold, Luise
    Ballschuh, Greta 

    Group 4
    Floréncio Justino, João Pedro
    Rantala, Kauri
    Varis, Paulina 
    Rantanen, Saga Loviisa

    Group 5
    Huang, Xuanpu
    Tashakorinia, Mana
    Salminen, Jenni
    Rehorčíková, Hana

    Group 6
    Stenersen, Minchen Haga
    Schiechl, Daniel Georg
    Tamminen, Suvi
    Oikarinen, Katri 


    Week 1 

    05.09. TUE (Q203, Väre) 

    Kick-off Materials and Living Systems 

    10:00 - 12:00 PechaKucha
    If you were a Baltic species, which one would it be? Introduce yourself by choosing one you feel related to.

    Your introduction will be in PechaKucha format, meaning you can show 5 images and you have 20 seconds per image. 

    13:15 - 16:00 Introduction to Materials and Living Systems course, brief, learning diary, groups and readings. 

    07.09. THU (Q203 & 113 Väre)

    09:00 - 10:15 Reading Group 1&2 (Jule) room R113 Väre
    09:00 - 10:15 tutoring 3&4 (Anna+Julia) room Q203 Väre
    10:30 - 11:45 Reading Group 3&4 (Jule) room R113 Väre
    10:30 - 11:45 tutoring 5&6 (Anna+Julia) room Q203 Väre
    13:15 - 14:30 Reading Group 5&6 (Jule) room R113 Väre
    13:15 - 14:30 Tutoring 1&2 (Anna+Julia) room Q203 Väre

    During this week you will visit Helsinki Biennaali with your group https://helsinkibiennaali.fi/ Please arrange a suitable date and time amongst yourselves and complete the research task as a group. 

    Task: Select an artwork that resonates with you as a group. Reflect together why it speaks to you and what topics and thoughts it raises. How did the artist craft this moment of engagement? What role do the materials play, the form, the context in which the piece is viewed? Please take some images and research the artist and present your findings to us on Tuesday 12th of September. 

    08.09.2023 FRI

    Optional: Aalto Symposium: From Self-Assembly to Biomimetics

    (especially from 14h-16h, in particular Mari Granström’s lecture on Origin by Ocean)

    Sign up by Monday, 4th of September

    Week 2 

    12.09. Tuesday (Q203 Väre) 09:15-15:00

    09:15 - 10:00 Discussion around findings from Helsinki Biennaali 10:15 - 12:00 Workshop, what does it mean to study at master level? What does self-study entail? Writing your own brief, how does it work? 

    13:00-16.00: Engaging with the Sea: Group exercise
    Lapinlahde: More than Human Festival
    Lecture: Gloria Lauterbach

    13.09. Wednesday

    CoDe alumni day at Helsinki Design Week. 

    Main venue: Merikortteli; exhibition is on 1st floor (featuring 14 CoDe graduates

    5-6.30pm STORIES FROM ARTEFAKTI (presentation and conversation), talk takes place on ground floor 


    14.09. Thursday (Q203 & R113 Väre)

    09:00 - 10:15 Reading group 1&6 (R113 Väre)
    09:00 - 10:15 tutoring group 3&2 (Q203 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 Reading group 3&2 (R113 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 tutoring group 5&4 (Q203 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 Reading group 5&4 (R113 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 tutoring group 1&6 (Q203 Väre)


    16.09.Saturday (optional)

    Festival: Living with feral Ecologies in Lapinlahde, 11-23h  (programme below)


    Week 3 


    Monday 18.9. (optional for MaLS students) 

    13:00 guided tour Cooler Planet Exhibition 

    15:00 visit to ChemArts LAB 

    Seili schedule 

    Tuesday 19.9. 

    13:00 bus leaves from Marintie 8 (250m walk from Väre)

    17.55 arrival + accommodation arrangements 

    18.45 dinner 

    20.00 introductions  

     Wednesday 20.9. 

    8-9 breakfast 

    09:00 - 09:45 Julia Lohmann

    09:45 - 10:00 break

    10:00 - 10:45 Jaanika Blomster

    10:45 - 11:00 break 

    11:00 - 11:45 Fredrik Gröndahl 

    12-13 lunch  

    13.00 - 14.00 water encounter 1A

    13:00 - 13:45 walk 2B 

    14.00 - 15:00 water encounter 2A

    14.00 - 15:00 walk 1B

    15.00 - 16:00 coffee break

    16:00 - 17:45 Katja Mäkinen & Ilppo Vuorinen   

    18-19 dinner 

    20-22 sauna 

    Thursday 21.9. 

    8-9 breakfast 

    9.00 -10:30 boat trip (group 1A&1B + Fredrik, Ilpo, Juss, Julia & Anna ) 

    10:30 - 12:00 boat trip (group 2A&2B + Taru, Jaanika, Elin, Jule & Kärt ) 

    12-13 lunch  

    13:00 - 13:45 lab 1A 

    13.00- 14.00 water encounter 2B

    13:00 - 13:45 walk 2A

    13:45 - 14:30 lab 1B

    14:30 - 15:30 coffee break

    15:30 - 16:15 lab 2A

    15.30 - 16.30 water encounter 1B

    15:30 - 16:15 walk 1A

    16:15 - 17:00 lab 2B

    17:00 - 17:45 Kärt Ovajee 

    18-19 dinner 

    20-22 sauna

    Friday 22.9. 

    8-9 breakfast 

    9-10 pack bags + empty rooms 

    10-11 Sharing session 

    11-12 lunch 

    12.50 boat leaves 

    Return back to Aalto University, arrival approx. 17.30 

    Group 1A 
    Anderle, Mattia
    Heiskari, Kirsikka
    Uuttera, Soli 
    Aguet, Dario 
    Brynjólfsdóttir, Birta Rós
    Martiskin, Johanna

    Wu, Jie

    Komaki, Yutaro

    Hekla Dís Pálsdóttir

    Kristrún Hulda Sigurðardóttir

     

    Group 1B 

    Chutijirawong, Matchima
    Nwajei Wenla
    Arnold, Luise
    Ballschuh, Greta 

    Floréncio Justino, João Pedro
    Rantala, Kauri
    Varis, Paulina 
    Rantanen, Saga Loviisa
    Elias Sormanen

    Group 2A
    Huang, Xuanpu
    Tashakorinia, Mana
    Salminen, Jenni
    Rehorčíková, Hana
    Stenersen, Minchen Haga
    Schiechl, Daniel Georg
    Tamminen, Suvi
    Alyona Movko
    Iohan Figueroa
    Juulia Aleksandra Mikson


    Group 2B
    Elín Margot Ármannsdóttir
    Kati Saarits
    Hannah Segerkrantz
    Maarja Mäemets
    Sofiya Babiy
    Aman Asif 
    Ríkey Magnúsdóttir
    Sigurður Einarsson Mantyla
    Katariin Mudist

    Week 4

    26.09. Tuesday (Q203, Väre) 

    09:15 - 16:00 (all groups are present) Writing as a Design Method Workshop, Zoe Robertson

    28.09. Thursday (Q203 & R113 Väre)

    09:00 - 10:15 Reading group 6&2 (R113 Väre)
    09:00 - 10:15 tutoring group 1&4 (Q203 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 Reading group 1&4 (R113 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 tutoring group 5&3 (Q203 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 Reading group 5&3 (R113 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 tutoring group 6&2 (Q203 Väre)

    Week 5

    03.10. Tuesday (Q203, Väre)

    Writing as a Design Method Workshop Part 2
    09:15 - 12:00 group 1,2 & 3
    13:15 - 16:00 group 4,5 & 6

    05.10. Thursday (Q203 & R106 Väre)

    09:00 - 10:15 Reading group 3&2 (R106 Väre)
    09:00 - 10:15 tutoring group 6&4 (Q203 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 Reading group 6&4 (R106 Väre)
    10:30 - 11:45 tutoring group 5&1 (Q203 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 Reading group 5&1 (R106 Väre)
    13:15 - 14:30 tutoring group 3&2 (Q203 Väre)


    Week 6 

    10.10. Thursday (we start in room Q203)

    Final Presentations

    10:00 – 10:30 Group 4 

    10:30 – 11:00 Group 3 

    11:00 – 11:15 Break 

    11:15 – 11:45 Group 1  

    11:45 – 13:00 Lunch 

    13:00 – 13:30 Group 5  

    13:30 – 14:00 Group 6 

    14:00 – 14:15 Break

    14:15 – 14:45 Group 2  


    Week 7
    20th hand in diary and website material 


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    Living with feral ecologies, 16.09.23, 11-23.00h

    The more-than-human festival explores ways of knowing, caring and relating to our lives as integrated into more-than-human ecosystems.

    The festival program consists of two parts. The first part – taking place in the daytime (diurnal) – is structured as a design symposium consisting of talks, panels, and sharing circles addressing themes and issues in multispecies care, synthetic sensing, algorithmic agencies, ocean literacy, forest data and more. The second part of the festival – taking place in the evening (nocturnal) – is a series of workshops, experimental walks and material engagements thematically built around darkness, multispecies perception, and co-habitation in urban environments.

    Both festival parts are thematically and conceptually intertwined and invite the participation of citizens interested in these topics. Children are warmly welcome to the festival as talented multispecies storytellers of our time.


    Date, 16th of Sept, 11-23 (preliminary time)

    Location: Lapinlahden Lähde (Puutarhapiha)