Living+
Human-Centered Living
Environment Research
Programme
September 2, 2014
Antti Ahlava, The School of Arts, Design and Architecture ARTS
Living+ is one of the three strategic research
programmes of Aalto University
1) Aalto Energy Efficiency AEF 2012-16
2) Human-Based Living Environment Living+ 20143) Aalto Digital Platform 2014-
Living+
Living+ is led by Aalto University School of Arts, Design and
Architecture (ARTS), which has invited all theother schools of
Aalto University and external partners to join the programme.
ARTS pursues communicative and collaborative design in all of
its fields.
Communicative methods is the paradigm addressing many
fields of ARTS. Architects’ clients have always been in great
extent the users. The so-called communicative change has
taken place in urban planning already since 20 years.
Presently, co-design has entered also the traditionally industry
and product oriented design. Collaborative design has turned
the focus of the fields of design to collaboration and users.
The background of Living+ was
Aalto’s role in the World Design Capital
Helsinki year 2012 with the emphasis on
‘better life’.
Living+
Why?
–Aalto University
emphasises social
responsibility.
Living+
Who?
–Cross-disciplinary
groupwork is another
strategic emphasis ofthe
university.
How?
–The Living+ project preparation
suggested 4M €/year, equal with
the AEF program. Now the
university seems not to have the
adequate funding and external
support is needed.
Living+
Why?
–The Human-based environment is in itself an old
theme, connected to the solving of the problems
of the industralization in the 19th century,
developing housing circumstances and
humanitarian advancement. The solutions for
these challenges have been most of all laws, rules
and norms created by official authorities and
politicians.
Contrasting with this authoritarian top-down
principle, the Living+ targets to wellbeing from the
grassroots viewpoint of an active user.
Living+ is a multidisciplinary program of Aalto
University, drawing from research to enable
planning, design and testing of better
environment in all scales.
THE CULTURE OF
SHARING
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The future of more
responsible welfare and
everyday wellbeing
• Social sustainability,
diversity and tolerance of
life styles, multiculturalism
and
living preferences
• The urbanization of shared
spaces
• Shared services: health,
social care, aging population
• The quality of shared landuse and places
• Shared natural environment
Solving
problems of
human life,
from utopia to reality
User
experience,
quality of life
Communities,
place-making,
territories,
mobility
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Shared digitality
Shared technology
The future requirements of
shared housing, services
and work
Shared economy and
business
Housing,
workplaces,
services
Living+
THE FOCUS OF THE
PROGRAM IS IN
THE CULTURE OF
SHARING
Living+
Living+
Who?
–Key persons and capabilities have been mapped.
Aalto university:
ARTS Tuuli Mattelmäki, Antti Ahlava
ECON Johanna Moisander
ENG Raine Mäntysalo
SCI Kimmo Kaski (Mikko Sams, Erkki Oja, Samuel Kaski, Timo
Honkela, Tapio Takala)
ELEC Heikki Hämmäinen, Riku Jäntti, Peter Reichl, Raino
Sepponen, Arto Visala, Liisa Halonen
CHEM Kari Heiskanen, Olli Dahl, Markku Hurme
Service economy
Service innnovations
Service Factory
Corporate responsibility
Organization
and the
subjects of
study
Living+
Helsinki University
collaboration
/ Urban Academy
Aalto
University
/ Living+
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SCI
BIZ
ARTS
Usability
Management
and processes
ELEC
ENG
Responsible for
preparation:
AALTO ARTS
Building design
Landscape architecture
Urban planning
Urban design
SOTERA
Design
Service design
Co-design
Environmental art
• Minor studies program
• Research collaboration
Mathematics
and natural
sciences
Geosciences
Strategic
planning
Mobility
Construction
Geography
and geosciences
Environmental
sciences
Social
sciences
CHEM
Societal
collaborators
ACADEMY OF
FINLAND
TEKES
PRIVATE
SECTOR
PUBLIC
SECTOR
SHOK:S
THIRD
SECTOR
International
Design
Foundation,
Helsinki
SITRA
Project collaborators
Living+ network in
Aalto University
elec
pilot project 1
sci
62 experts from
all 6 schools
22 projects registered
in Living+ project bank
Network members join
projects coordinated by
each other
Pilot projects get seed
funding from Living+
2014 budget
pilot project 2
arts
eng
chem
pilot project 3
biz
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tot. 22 projects
registered in project bank
Ehdotetut pilottiprojektit / Suggested Pilot Projects 1/2
(red = with some Living+ funding)
1)
Sustainable Building Design with Shared Resources and Technology / Rakennustekniikan
yhteistyö Harvardin yliopiston kanssa. Alkanut elokuussa yhteistyöseminaarilla, aiheena
elinkaarirakentaminen ja kestävä rakennettu ympäristö. ARTS / Creative Sustainability / Tiina Laurila /
ENG Juha Paavola [human based construction and social sustainability]
2)
Human-Based Modular Systems: Housing and Resilient Development Aid Design /
Modulaarinen asuminen ja palveluiden kehittäminen Nagoya Institute of Technologyn, Filippiinien
hallituksen ja Toyota Home:n kanssa. ARTS / Creative Sustainability, Tiina Laurila ja CHEM / Daishi
Sakaguchi [environmental problem solving, future housing, communicative design]
3)
Exporting Future Wellbeing Cities / Yhteistyössä Tsinghua-yliopiston kanssa (Kiina) ARTS / Sari
Dhima / Muotoilun laitos ja Pirjo Sanaksenaho / Arkkitehtuurin laitos [future of wellbeing, social
and health care, rapid urbanization, communicative design]
1)
Shared Services: Service Design and Service Architecture / yhteistyössä Rio de Janeiron PUCyliopisto, Rion kaupunki ja Maailmanpankki. ARTS / Jarmo Suominen / BIZ Virpi Tuunainen
(tietojärjesteämät, mobiilipalvelut), Annukka Jyrämä [social sustainability, future services and
mobility, digital culture, communicative design]
2)
Shared Working Spaces and Shared Learning / yhteistyössä RCA:n (Dan Phillips, Lontoo), Rio
PUC:n, Harvard GSD:n (Mark Mulligan & Kiel Moe), MIT:n Media Labin (Kent Larsen) ja Tongjiyliopiston (Su Yinshang & Lou Yonqqi) kanssa. ARTS Jarmo Suominen / SCI Suvi Nenonen, Matti
Vartiainen, Marko Nieminen, Matti Hämäläinen [usability management, processes, services,
environment, communicative design, mobile everyday life]
Living+
Ehdotetut pilottiprojektit / Suggested Pilot Projects 2/2
(red = with some Living+ funding)
6) Shared Land-Use: The Arctic Dimension and Local Ecological Cultures / Maankäytön
pohjoinen ulottuvuus, yhteistyöhanke Harvardin yliopiston prof. Neil Brennerin ja Hokkaidon
yliopiston kanssa. Sis. Quileute-intiaaniheimon reservaatin kestävä kehittäminen, yhteistyössä
Harvard GSD:n Rahul Mehrotran ja Felipe Correan kanssa. ARTS / Arkkitehtuurin laitos /
Frances Hsu ja Trev Harris [social sustainability, environment, services, land-use,
aging population, communicative design]
7) Smart Shared City / Älykäs kaupunki jaettujen resurssien näkökulmasta. Sis. osallistuminen
Kalasataman älykäs kaupunginosa –hankkeeseen ja Forum Viriumin vetämään Fiksu kaupunki –
projektiin yhdessä Tongji-yliopiston kanssa. ARTS / Antti Pirinen / Muotoilun laitos / [smart
city, logistics, business, communicative design]
8) City on Demand / Tapauskohteena Pitäjänmäen palvelulähtöinen uudistaminen yhteistyössä
Havardin yliopiston (Allen Sayegh ja Nashid Nabien) Helsingin kaupungin, Flexim oy:n, Sweco
Oy:n ja Elisa Oy:n kanssa. ARTS / Jarmo Suominen, Arkkitehtuurin laitos [services, housing,
workplaces, communicativite design, service models, optimized resources]
Living+
How?
–Cross-disciplinary research viewpoints and
methods
Living+
Cross-disciplinary research
perspectives
Ontology
The definition of a central human being:
artist/designer (subjective), client
(mediative) or user (objective)
Teleology
The aim of human-centeredness:
needs or aspirations
Pragmatism
Solving wicked questions
Linkage to concrete urban projects
Hermeneutics
The production of new user-centered
knowledge and understanding utilized
in decision making
Metaphysics
Design and planning concepts and
solutions
Markets
Methodology
Inter-disciplinary
Participation, communication,
governance and advocacy
Cultural relativity
Culture and locality
Technology
Digital information, interfaces and
representation (GIS, GPS, simulations)
Normativity
Norms and regulations producing
wellbeing, safety and health
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Living+
Programme structure
Space
Physical locations
Urban Academy
Established between Aalto
and HU
Knowledge mapping
Defining focus & registering
existing expertise in Aalto
Learning Teams
Development of
common study modules
External national funding
Public and private
International
collaborators
Mapping the interest of
foreign universities
Research call
Internally at Aalto, crossdisciplinary teams
National collaborators
Mapping the interest of
Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa,
Pori, ministries, other cities
2013
Programme Manager,
Appointed a single contact point
and research leader
Steering Group
Nominated
management and
Research
monitoring
Common research
Postdoc/coordinator
Symposia
recruited
Dialogue between
the academia and
the society started
International funding
EU, World Bank
Visitors
Top specialists start to
pour in
2014
Evaluation of the
programme
Research Programme
3-4 (-7) yrs, xM€/year
funding from the university
2015 - 2018
2018 - 2019