A summary of our most current research projects and research project involvement below. Project leads are in brackets.
Previous projects:
- 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 Saarima)
- 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 in collaboration with international and other TAU colleagues in Natural Sciences and Social Sciences)
- 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; floor void conditions and unintended consequences of building upgrades. (Sofie Pelsmakers)
- 2016-2019: Dwellers in Agile Cities & https://housingcookbook.com/ (Jyrki Tarpio and Katja Maununaho, Sini Saarima)
- 2016-present: Characteristics of adaptive apartments in order to support person-environment fit (Sini Saarima)
- 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 Saarima)
- ModCons: ‘Development of Modular Construction for Sustainable Design, Stability and Seismic Applications‘. (Sini Saarima)
- ModuLakea: ‘Asukaslähtöiset ratkaisut Lakea Oy:nmodulaarisessa asuntorakentamisessa‘ (Sini Saarima)
- Concells: ‘Innovative Modular Cell Design for Residential and Renovation Applications‘. (Sini Saarima)
- RYM Indoor Environment project’s work package on ‘User-centric indoor environment‘. (Sini Saarima)
