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    Welcome to WAT-E2060 Sustainable Built Environment!


    We are all online! Zoom link will be published for students under the course schedule below. Please follow these MyCourses pages for course schedule updates and further communication.

    Contact: Anahita Rashidfarokhi and Julia Renko (firstname.lastname@aalto.fi)

    • PERIOD II (26.10. - 11.12.). Course starts on Monday 26 October 2020.
    • Mondays & Wednesdays at 9:00 - 12:00. Please note that we start at 9:00 sharp!
    • 5 ECTS = 135h
    • Prerequisite: WAT-E3020 State of the world and development
    • 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 2020


    WEEK 1

    Monday 26 Oct | 9-12

    ‘Sustainable built environment: Social sustainability in urban planning’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Anahita Rashidfarokhi Fathabadi, University Teacher, Aalto – Built Environment


    Wednesday 28 Oct | 9-12

    ‘Shouldn’t all architecture be designed with empathy?’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Helena Sandman, architect, Aalto – New Global


    WEEK 2

    Monday 2 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Electricity, connectivity, and digital services for developing communities’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Marko Nieminen, professor of usability and user interfaces, Aalto & Antti Pinomaa, post-doctoral researcher at laboratory of electricity market and power systems, LUT


    Wednesday 4 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Virpi Stucki, UNIDO


    WEEK 3

    Monday 9 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Providing services in rural areas’ (lecture)

    Dr. Bidemi Coker, social policy & research consultant


    Wednesday 11 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Providing services in rural areas’ (groupwork)

    Dr. Bidemi Coker, social policy & research consultant


    WEEK 4

    Monday 16 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Sanitation & waste management’ (lecture)

    Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen


    Wednesday 18 Nov | 9-12

    ‘Sanitation & waste management’ (groupwork)

    Eva Kagiri & Johanna Laaksonen


    WEEK 5

    Monday 23 Nov | 9-12

    'Humanitarian logistics' (lecture & groupwork)

    Diego Vega, HUMLOG Institute, Hanken


    Wednesday 25 Nov | 9-12

    'Public health during humanitarian crises' (lecture & groupwork)

    Sohaib Khan, assistant professor in international health, UEF


    WEEK 6

    Monday 30 Nov | 9-12

    'Natural hazards' (lecture & groupwork)

    Dr. Philipp Schmidt-Thome, Geological Survey of Finland


    Wednesday 2 Dec | 9-12

    'GIS' (lecture & groupwork)

    Babak Firoozi,  department of built environment, Aalto ENG



    WEEK 7

    Monday 7 Dec | 9-12

    ‘Working methods I: Human-centered design & human rights-based approach’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Anni Hapuoja, EtMay & Riina Subra, Aalto Global Impact


    Wednesday 9 Dec | 9-12

    ‘Working methods II: Transdisciplinary approaches and problem-based Learning’ (lecture & groupwork)

    Laura Verbrugge, Aalto ENG & Riina Subra, Aalto Global Impact


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