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(2022) Li, Xinyan
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | Master's thesis
The concept of industrialization of housing started early in the 1850s to establish an industrialized production system and experienced the development process from quantity, quality, and energy-saving to environmental protection. Timber as a material, due to its advantages in efficiency, and sustainability, has been applied to the modular design of prefabricated houses since 1970. The thesis attempts to discuss the relationship between the quality of space which concentrates on adaptability and flexibility, and the modular design of prefabricated houses in timber through research and design. In the literature part, this thesis first briefly introduces the development history of timber modular houses, briefly studies and analyzes the characteristics of timber modular houses in the process of module assembly from design to construction, such as structure, plan organization and the impact of modules on architectural form. Then it mainly focuses on the analysis and research of the relationship between adaptability and flexibility in architectural space and how to make modular space design have flexibility, and take this as the basis for the design part. In the design part, in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, the design of multi-storey modular timber houses explores the possibility of flexibility of modular space before and after residents move in. The method of adaptability and flexibility discussed in the theoretical part are applied to the design.
Interplay of Cultures Studio: Sámi. Contemplating Northern Indigenous Cultures in Present Global Challenges
(2021) Larsson, Nathanael (ed.); Dalheimer, Franziska; del Marmol, Gaspard; Diémé, Kathleen; Excell, Astria; Hollmén, Saija; Hwang, Jinook; Jänkälä, Matti; Kaarlamo, Valtteri; Krohn, Akileia; Grayston, Maria Luice; Lecerf, Louise; Li, Xinyan; Lähdesmäki, Ida; Minkkinen, Petra; Mäkinen, Raisa; Nieminen, Sirena; Niskanen, Taru; Olaortua, Patricia; Pitkänen, Meeri; Romero, Katherine; Savela, Emma; Suomi, Maiju; Schineis, Moritz; Uusi-Kilponen, Iiris
School of Arts, Design and Architecture | D4 Julkaistu kehittämis- tai tutkimusraportti tai -selvitys
The land of the Sámi, called the Sápmi, spreads over the northern areas of Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. As the only indigenous people in Europe, the Sámi have lived a nomadic life pursuing their traditional livelihoods. These continuous traditions have allowed them to develop a balance with nature unlike any other contemporary people in Europe. When the Aalto WiTLAB Interplay of Cultures Studio embarked on an exploration of the Sámi culture in spring 2021, we were humbled to realize how little we knew of the people that had inhabited the northern areas of Finnish Lapland for over 3000 years, and how much there was to learn. The studio instructions allowed multiple approaches, scales and perspectives, which is manifested in the variety of the completed projects. They grew into a rich and complex multitude, reflecting the challenging condition of being a designer, an architect and a human being in face of a new cultural setting. This publication presents the projects of 22 students, reflecting questions such as “How would I even start designing something from my privileged position, or use cultural inspirations without being guilty of cultural appropriation? How much have I thought of knowing something, that I don’t actually know? Or that I’m not even aware of not knowing? And how do I deal with the painful notion that knowing is not understanding?”