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Michael Hensel @ Aalto

Michael Hensel @ Aalto

On Wednesday 28 October 2026, Michael Hensel will visit our research group and give a public talk titled Eco Geo Cities: The Role of Ecology, Geology, and Landscape in Envisioning Fundamentally Greener and Equitable Urban Futures. Michael is professor at TU Vienna and...

Pablo Zamorano @ Aalto

Pablo Zamorano @ Aalto

On Thursday 10 September 2026, Pablo Zamorano will visit our research group and give a public talk titled Augmented Craftmanship. Pablo is an architect, technologist and academic. He currently leads Applied Research, Computational Design and the strategic vision and...

IASS 2026

IASS 2026

Ming Fang and Sichen Dong will present their research at the IASS 2026 in Torino. Ming will show her Parametric study on the climate–force constraints of folded roof structures in stilted timber dwellings: a case study in southern Yunnan, a project conducted in...

Best Presentation Award

Best Presentation Award

Kwong Lau Hung and Toni Kotnik have received the Best Presentation Award at the CAADRIA 2026 conference at Hsinchu, Taiwan for the paper Root-Inspired Generative Network. The paper was selected amongst 216 research presentations. Congratulations.