We generate impulses towards a renewed relationship with nature and an understanding of the deep interdependency between human and nature. We investigate how to respond to the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss and support wellbeing both for humans and non-humans. In the Laboratory, we boldly look into the future and tackle the questions related to the sustainability change in a concrete and societally impactful way. We also study the past and examine environmental changes and the evolvement of landscape architecture to understand the temporal continuum of our landscape.
As professionals of planning and design, we have skills to operate in the interface between practice and research and produce research-based and applicable solutions for urban and landscape planning. We have a broad and close collaboration with municipalities, governmental authorities, businesses, citizens, and other stakeholders. We also promote the link between research and education.
Contact:
Associate professor Ranja Hautamäki
Assistant professor Elisa Lähde
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.
Hankkeen päätavoitteena on säilyttää ja vahvistaa viherrakennetta tiiviisti rakennetuissa kaupungeissa ilmastonmuutokseen varautumiseksi ja sopeutumiseksi.
The multidisciplinary project quantifies the carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green and creates new carbon-smart planning solutions.
The project investigates the design discourses and changing conceptions of nature in Finnish post-war landscape architecture.
The project investigates and develops opportunities of Finnish coastal and marine areas to transition into regenerative socio-ecological systems.
The project examines the planning discourses and design practices of green structure and urban nature in a densifying city.
The goal of the project is to strengthen the multispecies cooperation in the Saaren kartano manor area and create impulses towards a regenerative relationship with nature.
The project examines the cultural heritage of landscape architecture and the evaluation and preservation of historical landscapes.
The project recognizes ecosystem services and cultural heritage as integral parts of the suburban landscapes and their development.
The Nordic research network examines how welfare and welfare society have been conceptualized and materialized in landscape architecture.
Hiilipuisto project launches scientific monitoring of biochar-based planting soils and develops sustainable practices in the green building sector.
The Nordic network explores the role of women in twentieth-century landscape architecture and its historiography.
The project investigates and mainstreams the Green Factor Tool to support climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as biodiversity.
The project develops practices and processes to support mainstreaming nature-based solutions in municipalities and regions.
In iWater-project new strategies, innovations and tools are developed for stormwater management.
The aim is to develope stormwater flood risk management in pilot project between Finland and China.
Minna Komulainen, 2010: Forestscapes – Forest Landscape Typology as an Integrated Planning Process Tool
Ranja Hautamäki, 2016: Kartanot kaupungissa: Helsingin kartanoympäristöjen kaupunkimaistuminen, säilyttäminen ja yhteensovittaminen kaupunkirakenteeseen
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/19504
Outi Tahvonen, 2019: Scalable green infrastructure and the water, vegetation, and soil system - Scaling-up from Finnish domestic gardens
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/40764
Elisa Lähde, 2020: Mission Blue-Green: The Significance of Co-Creation to Promote Multifunctional Green Infrastructure within Sustainable Landscape and Urban Planning and Design in Finland
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/46393
Maria Jaakkola, 2021: Understanding Green Urban Landscape — A Phenomenological Approach
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/110204
Mari Ariluoma: Optimizing the carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki, funding: Co-Carbon-project)
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Ariluoma, M., Kinnunen, A., Lampinen, J., Hautamäki, R. & Ottelin, J. 2024. Optimizing the co-benefits of biodiversity and carbon sinks in urban residential yards. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 6, 17. https://research.aalto.fi/fi/publications/optimizing-the-co-benefits-of-biodiversity-and-carbon-sinks-in-ur Ariluoma, M., Leppänen, P-K., Tahvonen, O., Hautamäki, R. & Ryymin, A. 2023. A framework for a carbon-based urban vegetation typology - A thematic review. Environmental Development. 47, 16. https://research.aalto.fi/fi/publications/a-framework-for-a-carbon-based-urban-vegetation-typology-a-themat Ariluoma, M., Ottelin J., Hautamäki, R., Tuhkanen, E-M. & Mänttäri, M. 2021. Carbon sequestration and storage potential of urban green in residential yards: A case study from Helsinki. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2020.126939 |
Miia Heikkilä: Restorative Experiences in Forests and Japanese Gardens. Holistic Approach for Healing Environmental Design (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki, funding: Koneen säätiö, Metsän puolella)
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Heikkilä, M., Verma, I., & Nenonen, S. (2024). Toward Restorative Hospital Environment: Nature and Art in Finnish Hospitals. HERD, 19375867241239320–19375867241239320. https://doi.org/10.1177/19375867241239320 . https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/19375867241239320 |
Jukka Jormola: Replacing the lost - planning of reproduction channels and rapid landscapes. Menetetyn korvaaminen – lisääntymisuomien ja koskimaiseman suunnittelu (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki)
| Articles: | Jormola, J., Haapala, A., Leinonen, K., Tapaninen, M., Vähänäkki, P. & Koljonen, S. 2022. Performance of constructed fish spawning and rearing channels : development of the Imatra City Brook in Finland. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/24705357.2022.2090456 |
Sofia Kangas: Improving the applicability and relevance of systemic approaches in the field of urban and landscape planning (responsible professor Elisa Lähde)
Leena Lahdenvesi-Korhonen: Maisematietoisuus ja elinkeinotoiminta kunnan kulttuuriympäristöohjelmissa (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki)
Paula-Kaisa Leppänen: Residential vegetation and its climate impacts - from plant-scale to properties and urban neighborhoods (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki)
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Ariluoma, M, Leppänen, P-K, Tahvonen, O, Hautamäki, R & Ryymin, A. (2023). A framework for a carbon-based urban vegetation typology - A thematic review. Environmental Development, vol. 47, 100899. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2023.100899 Leppänen, P.-K., Kinnunen, A., Hautamäki, R., Järvi, L., Havu, M., Junnila, S., & Tahvonen, O. (2024). Impact of changing urban typologies on residential vegetation and its climate-effects – A case study from Helsinki, Finland. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2024.128343 . https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1618866724001419?via%3Dihub |
Olivia Mahlio: Enhancing Urban Biodiversity through Landscape Architecture: Strategies for Mitigating Biodiversity Loss in Urban Areas (responsible professor Elisa Lähde, funding: ARVO-project)
Caroline Moinel: A life cycle approach to urban green spaces (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki, funding: Co-Carbon-project)
| Articles: | Malabi Eberhardt, L. C., Kuittinen, M., Häkkinen, T., Moinel, C., Nibel, S. & Birgisdottir, H. 2023. Carbon handprint – a review of potential climate benefits of buildings. BUILDING RESEARCH AND INFORMATION. https://research.aalto.fi/fi/publications/carbon-handprinta-review-of-potential-climate-benefits-of-buildin |
Saara Pyykkö: Colour design of new neighbourhoods based on the chromatic experience of environment (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki, funding: multiple sources of funding)
Nicolette Slagle: Citizen Engagement in Contaminated Land Restoration (responsible professor Elisa Lähde, funding: Nesslingin säätiö)
Maija Tiitu: Green space accessibility and walkability across urban fabrics – residents’ perspective (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki)
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Viinikka, A., Tiitu, M., Heikinheimo V., Halonen, J. I., Nyberg, E. & Vierikko, K. (2023). Associations of neighborhood-level socioeconomic status, accessibility, and quality of green spaces in Finnish urban regions. Applied Geography 157, 102973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.102973 |
Kati Wolff Susi: Katri Luostarinen ja luontoperustaisen maisemasuunnitelun tulo Suomeen toisen maailmansodan jälkeen (responsible professor Ranja Hautamäki)
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