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  • You’re warmly welcome to explore housing design and related research methods!

    This is a lecture-based course:

    • We meet seven times on Wednesday at 9:15-12:00.
    • Please, notice that all lectures are compulsory

    Pre-assignment:

    Weekly assignments: 

    • Before lectures I–V, you are provided a text (article, book chapter) written by the next lecturer. 
    • Lectures and discussion are based on this material so it is necessary that you book time for reading this material. Make notes that you can use when writing the course assignment. 

    Course assignment: 


    Workload: 

    • Lectures, 14 hrs
    • Weekly assignments (5), 25 hrs
    • Course assignment (Reflection), 42 hrs


    Lectures:

    11.1. Course practicalities (Väre, F101), Anne Tervo, Lecturer, Aalto University

    Applying the research-by-design method to investigate adaptable apartment space (on-line, zoom link provided for participants), Anna Braide, Lecturer, Chalmers University of Technology

    18.1. Housing design as a tool for research: Analysing apartments' adjustment potential (ONLINE! Link: see Announcement), Sini Saarimaa, Research director, The Building Information Foundation RTS

     Course assignment: Choosing topics!   

    25.1. What can we share? A design game for developing the shared spaces in housing (Learning Centre, 233a Vilho), Anne Tervo, Lecturer, Aalto University

    1.2. Resident-driven housing – Insights from design studies (Learning Centre, 233a Vilho), Antti Pirinen, Lecturer, Aalto University

    8.2. Housing preferences – Case: Solo dwellers domestic spatial needs (Learning Centre, 233a Vilho), Anne Tervo, Lecturer, Aalto University

    14.2. Deadline for course assignment at 12:00 (noon). 

    15.2. In between research and practice (Learning Centre, 233a Vilho), Antti Lehto, professor, Aalto University 

    Starting peer-to-peer evaluation: 1 hour allocated for pairs that prepare peer-to-peer feedback presented and discussed next week. 

    22.2. Presentations (course assignment), peer-to-peer comments, feedback from teachers (Learning Centre, 233a Vilho), Anne Tervo & Antti Pirinen

    Teacher in charge: Anne Tervo (anne.tervo@aalto.fi)


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