Landscape architecture
Landscape Architecture
The skill of making the shared landscape sustainable, functional and beautiful
Landscape Architecture
The skill of making the shared landscape sustainable, functional and beautiful
Landscape Architecture
The skill of making the shared landscape sustainable, functional and beautiful
Landscape Architecture
The skill of making the shared landscape sustainable, functional and beautiful
Landscape Architecture
The skill of making the shared landscape sustainable, functional and beautiful
Landscape Research Laboratory
Landscape laboratory brings together landscape architecture research projects, collaboration networks, publication projects and dissertations
Ongoing research projects
Arboretum Otaniemi
Our aim is to raise public awareness of the variety and significance of trees in the campus landscape.
CoolGreen
The project examines cooling benefits of urban nature in dense urban environments.
Just Trees
The project examines multispecies well-being and accessibility of urban nature in densifying cities.
Laajasalo Nature Visions
This research engages with urban stakeholders and explores various future scenarios in which human-nature interactions in Helsinki urban area have transitioned towards sustainable, participatory, and resilient states.
Maisemablogi
In the "Landscape Blog", our doctoral researchers present their research topics. The themes explored in their work include issues related to climate change, biodiversity loss, and the well-being of humans and other species in relation to landscapes and green infrastructure, as well as methods of urban and landscape planning, and both historical and current developments.
IFLA Declaration“The landscape architectural profession seeks to increase awareness of the relationship between natural and cultural aspects of design”
News
Professor Pauliina Ilmonen: Learning mathematical software in upper secondary school takes time away from learning the basics
Pauliina Ilmonen, Professor of Statistics at Aalto University, will step into the role of Dean of the School of Science at the beginning of June. She wants to emphasize the fundamentals in the study of mathematics.Students’ opportunities for language learning to expand from autumn 2026
Founded in 2025, KiePe – Network for Language Centre Pedagogy, Teaching and Research – will broaden the range of language courses available to students at universities in the Helsinki metropolitan area. The KiePe network, composed of the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Hanken School of Economics, will offer their students the chance to take elective language courses at any of the network universities in the future.Students will be able register for courses via the cross-institutional studies service (RIPA) from autumn 2026. By autumn 2028, the study paths of the network universities will be harmonised to some extent, which will make cross-institutional studies even easier.
Students wishing to take language courses outside their home university can register for language courses offered by the network universities through the cross-institutional studies service and view the course offerings on the universities’ websites. More detailed information about the course offering and registration practices will be provided in August 2026.
Nordea and Aalto University to explore the future of AI and human-machine interaction
Aalto University and Nordea are launching a long term research and education partnership to explore how machine agency will shape the future of services.