Designs for a Cooler Planet
This fall, the festival celebrates innovative and collaborative designs addressing the impossible sustainability challenges. Experience tomorrow in Otaniemi on 6 Sept – 3 Oct 2024!
Marsio. Experience tomorrow!
Marsio, the campus open-to-all meeting place, will open its doors in September 2024.
Marsio is a new meeting place on the Aalto University campus right next to the metro station and light rail stop. You can step in anytime and immerse yourself in Aalto’s research and activities – in exhibitions and events, open lectures, movies, the restaurant and the Aalto University Shop.
The building’s name is a tribute to Aino Marsio-Aalto (pictured below/above), a creative pioneer, architect, designer, entrepreneur and Aalto University's alum. Let her inspire you while you experience tomorrow at Marsio today.
Photo: Aino Marsio-Aalto family collection.
How to find there
Marsio is located right in the heart of the campus at Otakaari 2. When coming from the direction of Väre and the metro station, walk across Korkeakoulu square and cross the light rail tracks. Marsio is the first building on the left after the tracks. You can also recognise it by the glass corner of the building.
Marsio is in the centre of the picture. On the right is the amphitheatre of Otakaari 1 (Undergraduate Centre). On the left is the Väre building, and the light trail tracks situate between Väre and Marsio. The metro station exit is at the bottom left of the picture.
Designs for a Cooler Planet festival in Marsio on 6 Sept – 3 Oct 2024
The annual Designs for a Cooler Planet festival will showcase the Aalto community's projects, combining research and design for a more sustainable future. The festival is part of Helsinki Design Week.
Events at Marsio in autumn 2024
- 3 Sept 2024 Aalto Day One: Aalto awards and reception - the opening ceremony of the academic year will take place in Marsio at 14.15
- 6 Sept – 3 Oct 2024 Designs for Cooler Planet - a festival showcasing research and design for a more sustainable future
- 8 Oct, 22 Oct and 5 Nov 2024 ‘Astronomy Tuesday’ Lectures - bringing astronomy close to everyday life
- 3 Oct 2024 LASER talks - a relaxed after work event series with inspiring talks, the latest research, food, drinks, and music.
- 16 Dec 2024 Installation talks - new tenured professors talk about their research or teaching field
The calendar of events will be updated during the summer – follow the event calendar below.
Events at Marsio
Aalto Day One 3.9.2024 (external link)
Let’s start the new academic year of Aalto University together!
Cybersecurity skills for Europeans
Learn to safely navigate in the digital world.
Future visions in fashion
Imagining ethical fashion futures and making them a reality.
BioColour: sustainable colour aesthetics
Transforming fashion by getting rid of toxic colours.
The Makers of the Impossible exhibition takes a peek into Aalto's research
The world is made better by action!
Finland's first satellite, a quantum garden, the sustainable fashion revolution and other fascinating examples in the exhibition show how the impossible can become possible. All it takes is a solid foundation built on research, a spark of learning that lasts a lifetime, creative collaboration between disciplines - and the courage to aim high, even if the outcome is uncertain.
The exhibition will open in the Marsio lobby in September 2024 and will remain open until the end of 2025.
Public art - Sharing Imaginations
The art theme in the Marsio building is Sharing Imaginations, which refers to sharing imagination and experiences with others. The aim of Marsio's public art collection was to make extensive use of Aalto's different disciplines. The collection is open to the public from 4 September during the opening hours of the building.
Organising an event in Marsio
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News
Marsio will open in September - read more about facilities and services
What happens there, what kind of facilities and services are there and what kinds of events can be organised? Read more from this news piece.
From space technology and shimmering wood to shapeshifting textiles – explore world-changing research in the brand new Marsio building
The Makers of the Impossible exhibition and the Designs for a Cooler Planet festival will kick off the autumn season at Marsio – Aalto University’s brand new, open-to-all campus venue.
Aalto University's open-to-all meeting place Marsio will open in September
Opening exhibitions present the Aalto community’s solutions for shaping a sustainable future
Tähtitiistait event series in autumn 2024
Aalto University's Metsähovi radio observatory turns 50 this year. To mark the anniversary, an open lecture series "Tähtitiistait" will be held in the new Marsio building in autumn 2024. Welcome!- Published:
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