Aalto Arts Summer School: Spatial Practices Beyond New Construction

In the face of severe sustainability crises, there is a need for fundamental change in how we approach cities and built environments. Given the significant environmental impacts of construction, we urgently need to develop alternatives for demolition and new construction to answer spatial needs in more sustainable ways. This also opens opportunities for new spatial practices, stakeholders, and voices beyond the construction sector. 
 
The Summer School on Spatial Practices Beyond New Construction invited students from different fields to develop alternative ways of shaping built environments and engaging with related environmental, material, and sociopolitical questions. The summer school employed transformative futures methods to address a vacant building on Aalto campus. 

The empty spaces of Maarintalo will be transformed into an exhibition that presents the students’ final works from the summer school. The exhibition is open between Monday August 18th and Friday 22nd from 1pm to 5pm. Read more here.