Sotera Team

Laura Arpiainen
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Laura is the Professor of Health and Wellbeing Architecture at Aalto University and director of SOTERA.  Her interests lie in diversity, wellbeing, integrated and human-centered care, and the effects of the built environment on health.

Ira Verma
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Ira is a researcher (D.Sc. in Architecture) in SOTERA. Her research focus is on the housing and living environments for older people, and inclusive user-centered design. The topic of her doctoral dissertation was “Housing Design for All – The challenges of ageing in urban planning and housing design”. 

Pirjo Sanaksenaho
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Pirjo is the Professor of Building Design at Aalto University, the Department Head of the School of Architecture and former director of SOTERA. Pirjo’s 2017 dissertation was titled ‘Moderni Koti’.