A summary of our most current research projects and research project involvement below. Project leads are in brackets.
Previous projects:
- 2020: Tall Residential Timber Buildings in Finland (Emre Ilgin with Markku Karjalainen, Sofie Pelsmakers, Jyrki Tarpio)
- 2019- present: What is holistic Nordic Sustainable housing? (Sofie Pelsmakers & Jyrki Tarpio, with transnational research group Nordic Sustainable Architecture)
- 2018- present: Nordic Sustainable Architecture (Transnational research group, Finland member Sofie Pelsmakers)
- 2019-2020: Miksi Turkuun? Kaupunkiasumisen houkuttelevuus asukkaan näkökulmasta. Multidimensional understanding of housing aspirations (Sini Saarimaa)
- 2019-present: summer-time building overheating: vulnerability and building solutions, focus on Nordic region (Raul Castano Rosa, Sofie Pelsmakers)
- 2018-present: Re-imagining ageing society, health and well-being and infrastructural renewal (Sofie Pelsmakers and Tapio Kaasalainen in collaboration with international and other TAU colleagues in Natural Sciences and Social Sciences) Sustainable Welfare Systems seed funding awarded by Tampere University.
- 2018- present: The role and value of architecture and architects in climate contingency, adaptation and our role in design, architectural design pedagogy and performance validation to support a more resilient world. (Sofie Pelsmakers)
- 2017 – present: Suspended timber ground floor heat loss and unintended consequences of building upgrades. (Sofie Pelsmakers)
- 2016-2019: Dwellers in Agile Cities & https://housingcookbook.com/ (Jyrki Tarpio and Katja Maununaho, Sini Saarimaa)
- 2016-present: Characteristics of adaptive apartments in order to support person-environment fit (Sini Saarimaa)
- 2019-present: Cultural Encounters in Housing Environments – Cultural Diversity of Everyday Life in Urban Housing Design (Katja Maununaho)
- 2016-present: Current and future housing related challenges posed by population ageing (Tapio Kaasalianen)
- 2016-present: Architectural, spatial and passive design solutions for ecological sustainability in housing design (Taru Lehtinen)
- 2015- present: Energy, People Buildings: Architecture for a Changing World (Judit Kimpian, Hattie Hartman, Sofie Pelsmakers)
Previous projects:
- Lähiökerrostalojen ja -asuntojen muutossuunnittelun mallit (MuutosMallit) Modification models for mass housing blocks and flats (ModificationModels)(Tapio Kaasalianen)
- Comprehensive development of nearly zero-energy municipal service buildings (COMBI)(Tapio Kaasalianen and Taru Lehtinen)
- International architectural workshop EmpatiAInternational. Empathy in architecture (Sini Saarimaa)
- ModCons: ‘Development of Modular Construction for Sustainable Design, Stability and Seismic Applications‘. (Sini Saarimaa)
- ModuLakea: ‘Asukaslähtöiset ratkaisut Lakea Oy:nmodulaarisessa asuntorakentamisessa‘ (Sini Saarimaa)
- Concells: ‘Innovative Modular Cell Design for Residential and Renovation Applications‘. (Sini Saarimaa)
- RYM Indoor Environment project’s work package on ‘User-centric indoor environment‘. (Sini Saarimaa)
