Environment

Programme - Helsinki Encounters 2012 IFME World Congress on Municipal Engineering 04/06/2012 We will be discussing ang developing sustainability in the cities. IFME World Congress brings every three years together the global community of municipal...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI 07/08/2012 Aalto Camp for Societal Innovation ACSI brings together field experts, researchers, entrepreneurs, students and artists from all over the world to co-create...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Abattoir 01/09/2012 We are opening a food and design meeting place open to all in the Tukkutori Wholesale Market in Helsinki. The market will be open for four months, and we...	News - Helsinki Food Abattoir looking for shopkeeper to run grocery store The Abattoir in Helsinki is going to be turned into an oasis for a new kind of food culture. The search is on for an ambitious and open-minded shopkeeper.	Columns - Andreas Schmidl Alvar Aalto and Hans Arp – Two men and their manifest of the naive form It may not appear as huge surprise that both men were continuously experimenting with form and composition.
News - Helsinki Event An illustrated city The Yellow City exhibition recounts and illustrates stories about Helsinki. The first exhibition provides opportunities to play as well as to read.	News - Partnership Environment An international magazine gives a cross-section of the design capital year World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 publishes a high-class magazine in cooperation with Sanoma Custom Publishing.	News - Other City Event Are you bold? The Peloton Innovation Camp (“peloton” is Finnish for “bold”), to be held in June in the rural municipality of Kaustinen, is calling...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Armi OPEN Workshop - URBS1 (Urban BrainStream) 06/09/2012 We will discuss urban planning. How can multiculturalism be taken into account in the planning of urban environments or accessibility considered in an old...	News - Espoo Event Art Marathon collecting funds for the Red Nose campaign Our meeting point in Espoo, WeeGee, is reaching the age of five years, and celebrating its anniversary with a four-day Art Marathon from 13 to 16 October...
News - Helsinki Environment Attacking rubbish through data The Curious Life of Trash, a documentary film based on open data and its visualisation, looks at what rubbish says about us. Just what sort of rubbish...	News - Urban planning Environment Awarded Illuminations for 2011 from World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 The best illuminations for 2011 were announced and awarded at the Valo Lighting event, arranged in conjunction with the Habitare fair. The Chapel of Saint...	Programme - Web Rethinking design Beibamboo – baby’s best bamboo basics also for hire! 01/01/2012 We are responsible for our children’s future and environment too.	Blogs - Off to Milan! Bye-bye Helsinki! We’ve got 27 hours to find out more about design traditions on freight ships while sailing with Finnlines.	News - Helsinki Architecture Central Library competition entries on display at the Bunker The Central Library project in Helsinki is moving ahead. The public will now be given a chance to see the entries submitted to the first phase of the...
News - Helsinki Architecture Event Children’s Guggenheim is daring and open-minded Students at Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth, shared their playful visions for the Guggenheim Museum, proposed to be built in the...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions City and the Sacred – Unrealized Visions 19/11/2012 Church design contests have often been used to decide on new churches. The entries that have become reality have had an essential role in modifying the urban...	News - Helsinki Art City of stories in illustrations Opening in the Napa Gallery today, the Yellow City exhibition dives into the depths of the art of illustration.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Cityshops 01/01/2012 We promote the operational preconditions of city shops. The aim is to develop and ensure that diverse shopping options and commercial services remain in the...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design CleanDesign Center 01/12/2011 We are developing solutions for the creation of a better and more sustainable living environment. The CleanDesign Centre aims to improve cooperation between...
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Climateinfo’s Block-project 01/12/2011 We will provide residents with opportunities to develop their own daily environments. By using the Block operating model, residents as well as businesses...	Programme - International Rethinking design Club of Helsinki 01/09/2011 We are developing a more sustainable world. Club of Helsinki offers possibilities to expand the lifespan of products in accordance with the principles of...	News - International Competition Community Cooker cleans rubbish-filled streets and produces energy A Kenyan invention which was awarded the first World Impact Prize will ensure cleaner streets, hot water and an important meeting place for the residents of...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Creative Entrepreneurship – Sustainable Innovations 01/10/2012 The project makes creative skills and entrepreneurship more visible. Omnia, which provides multidisciplinary vocational education, will open its new,...	News - Vantaa Urban planning Event Culture and urban planning in Vantaa Hurry up, there’s still time to catch the action-packed Vantaa Urban Festival!
News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Cycle to the city, to campus and then to a street festival! This week, the Design Capital will be filled with cycling-related events. We will kick off on Tuesday to celebrate national 'Cycle to work' day.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Design Capital's market blocks fill with music on Saturday Music will be taking over the blocks near Senate Square on Saturday 24 September at the Soiva Kortteli (Musical Block) event jointly arranged by We Love...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Design Helps – LIVING ROOM 25/06/2012 We want to generate ideas on the ways that design can bring about wellbeing. Living Room acts as the meeting place for everyone who is interested in design...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Design Your Own City and Urban Stage 11/11/2011 We will create a new look in areas surrounding youth houses, on fences in building sites, rug washing jetties, and in other locations where young people tend...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Designers’ Village 01/09/2011 We are promoting wood construction and wood architecture. Designers’ Village is an innovation park and a testing ground for wood construction. Its...
Programme - Helsinki Year of events Designing for New Realities -seminar 06/03/2012 A world that is becoming ever more unpredictable touches us all. Things happening on the other side of the globe affect our everyday life. At the same...	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions Designwindow 01/01/2012 In Vantaa, we meet at the Designwindow. Even a random visitor can quickly find the space located near the railroad station, with the WDC 2012 theme colours...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Designworld 27/01/2012 The international thematic review of contemporary design, DesignWorld, illuminates the meanings of design on societal, ecological and individual levels.	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions Ekolandia 03/02/2012 Lahti Art Museum’s Ekolandia exhibition presents Finnish design and visual art by means of spatial entities.	News - Lahti Art Environment Ekolandia at Lahti Art Museum looks into the future through spaces The Ekolandia exhibition showcases Finnish design and fine art through spatial entities.
News - Espoo Architecture Environmentally friendly wooden construction progresses In Nuuksio, Espoo, the Nature Centre Haltia is currently under construction. It represents a new kind of ecological and economical use of wood.	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Espoo's WDC year exhibition "Design Espoo!" 04/02/2012 The City of Espoo WDC Helsinki 2012 exhibition will introduce visitors to Espoo and the top projects in the city during this important year. Themes to be...	News - Helsinki Media and Communication Environment Even the rubbish bins will draw attention to WDC Helsinki 2012 WDC Helsinki 2012 has began the campaign to decorate the city for the important year - banderols, flags, posters and display windows have recently popped up...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Fifth Dimension - innovative solutions and ecosystem services to benefit our cities 01/07/2011 An upcoming trend in the world’s metropoles is urban retrofitting – development of cities towards more sustainability, where the use of urban...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Fiilari 15/03/2012 The city is shaped by how we move around in it. Cycling is an important part of city planning and design.
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Finnish Design Market 01/06/2012 We are livening up market trade and creating new conditions for finding Finnish products. Finnish Design Market is a special area to be opened at the...	News - International Event Finnish design on display in Dutch Design Week Ten internationally successful Finnish illustrators are taking part in one of Holland’s largest design events in Eindhoven from 22 to 30 October 2011....	International events - Environment Finnish sustainable design on show in Rome 21/04/2012 The 'Fast Forward Design, Young Designers for a Sustainable Future' exhibition will be displaying new sustainable design by young Finns and Italians.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Fortum energy bench 01/10/2011 Our events include an illuminated and heated park bench. Visitors can sit for a while and send their event greetings online via a filming crew.	Programme - Web Rethinking design From neighborhoods to village communities 01/01/2012 We will help people to share resources, get to know each other and act in a more environmentally-friendly manner.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Future home Habitare 2012 12/09/2012 We will open the doors to future homes. The section to be built at the 2012 Habitare fair uses design to introduce energy solutions for homes of the future...	Programme - Espoo Transforming the city Gardens For All 03/10/2011 We are turning Espoo into a more friendly and pleasant city. Gardens For All will provide three allotments for residents’ use within the Espoo T3 area...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Global environmental change – University of Helsinki designing a sustainable future 01/09/2011 We aim to highlight the top- scientific research on the wide global environmental problems as well as the innovative solutions to solve them. The project...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Green roofs, urban farming and vegetable gardens take over Helsinki Exhibition and Convention Centre The OwnYard fair offers glimpses into a greener World Design Capital.	News - Helsinki Environment Green Zone taking over Think Corner The Think Corner’s new science theme offers a peek into the fascinating world of plants.
Programme - Rethinking design Greening Events - From Guidelines to Practice 15/09/2011 We are creating WDC Helsinki 2012 greening events. This project organised by Aalto PRO and the City of Helsinki Environment Centre will help to control...	News - Helsinki Product Design Guided tours of the INDEX: Award Exhibition You can now take an expert-guided tour of the outdoor exhibition on Helsinki's Keskuskatu.	News - Helsinki Environment Habitare Promotes Ecological Values The EcoDesign special exhibition at Finland’s largest design fair Habitare introduces the views of leading designers on ecological furniture.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 17 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 19 Here are some of our events taking place this week.
News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 20 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Event Happening in WDC Helsinki 2012 during week 21 Here are some of our events taking place this week.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Harvesting honey in your own balcony This Saturday, it's time to learn about urban bees.	Columns - Päivi Rosqvist Healthy youth - naturally What does a forest feel and smell like? What does it look like? Many youths today can no longer answer these questions.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Helsinki Beyond Dreams tells of a thriving city The right of public access is strongly applicable to urban spaces. The Helsinki Beyond Dreams book acts as a guide to the rebirth of the city culture.
News - Helsinki Event Helsinki to become the world’s best student metropolis The Helsinki University World Student Capital(WSC) project starting today will turn our capital into a unique and desirable college town.	News - Other City Urban culture Food Hit product returns to shop shelves to mark World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 The original HOK-Elanto Kaurakakku multigrain oat bread will be returning to shops in the Design Capital. It was a popular product manufactured from 1960...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Hoas-laboratory 01/12/2010 We will make good living easier. Hoas-laboratory is looking to discover effective and attractive ways to support community spirit and find better ways to...	News - Helsinki Competition Environment Housing Market Innovation Prize for HOAS Laboratory working for better student living The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Tekes and Suomen Asuntotietokeskus [Finnish centre for housing information] have awarded the Housing...	Programme - Lahti Transforming the city Ideas Competition for the Areas Alongside the Lahti City Centre Railway 01/04/2012 We are seeking to find the best solutions for our cities with regard to cityscape and operations. An ideas competition will be used to develop the area...
News - Helsinki Urban planning Ideas for a city of dreams on Pasilaan day The Pasila of tomorrow designed through a collaborative effort.	News - Helsinki Urban planning Competition Ideas for the future of South Harbour The 200 works submitted to the international ideas competition for the design of the Helsinki South Harbour have been published for commenting online. The...	News - Espoo Services Sport Improved enjoyment and functionality in exercise and nature through design Innovative, creative solutions in the sport and fitness sector are important when seeking solutions to big problems in population health and wellbeing.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions INDEX: Award Exhibition 10/05/2012 Today, a widening field of designers and manufacturers is turning inspiration, skills and industrial capabilities to issues of improving life – both in...	News - Helsinki Event Product Design INDEX: Award Exhibition – an open-air exhibition highlighting significant design Danish design organisation INDEX: is taking to the street on Keskuskatu, Helsinki, with design that has the capacity to improve people's lives all across...
Programme - International Exhibitions INDEX: Design to Improve Life 28/03/2011 The City of Helsinki has launched a partnership with the Danish organisation INDEX: to improve quality of life through design. INDEX: is a non-profit...	News - International Environment Influencing our environment through design In October, we publicised several WDC 2012 projects on the topic of the environment as part of our programme. Most of these are located in the region of the...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Itä-Pasila rising! 01/11/2011 We are creating a better city. As indicated by its name, Itä-Pasila rising! will focus on the Itä-Pasila area of Helsinki, improving its aesthetic...	News - Kauniainen Urban culture Art Kauniainen residents construct their own environmental artwork Next weekend, a community environmental artwork, Rhythm, will be planted in the garden city of Kauniainen. It will consist of more than 20,000 white and...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Kulttuurisauna 01/08/2012 We are building a new culture. Kulttuurisauna is a new urban, contemporary Finnish public sauna on the Helsinki waterfront, in Hakaniemenranta.
News - Lahti Art Lahti's colour chart An exhibition at Muotohuoltamo is presenting the graphic interpretation of Lahti's colour chart by the city residents.	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Laituri exhibitions 15/04/2011 The programme entity at the Helsinki City Planning Department’s Information and Exhibition Hall Laituri is centred on the theme of Open City – a...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Lapin Kulta Events 01/01/2012 We are combining design, food, drink and nature into a new, even surprising, experience. The unique Lapin Kulta Events are part of Lapin Kulta's Design...	Programme - Other City Rethinking design Lapland Snow Design Event 01/01/2012 We aim to promote Lapland as the expert and trendsetter in arctic design. University of Lapland, the Faculty of Art and Design and Rovaniemi University of...	News - Other City Food Learn about the design of food at the Fiskars Granary The "Taste & Form" exhibition will display objects and spaces related to food culture.
News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Learn more about the future of Helsinki at Narinkkatori Square in Kamppi The Helsinki Horizon 2030 exhibition container presents development plans for the seafront suburbs of the Design Capital.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Living Canvas 01/03/2012 We seek to develop new kinds of decoration solutions that are sustainable and ecological.	News - Other City Event Environment Local food festival in Fiskars Village at the weekend Slow Food local food market will be arranged in Fiskars Village on Saturday and Sunday 1 -2 October 2011, between 10 am and 4 pm.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Low2No – A new model of sustainable construction and design 01/10/2011 We are working towards developing an innovative city block and concept complying with sustainable development. ‘Low2No’ is abbreviated from the...	Programme - International Rethinking design M/S Viking Grace 28/09/2011 We are designing new means of transport. The new passenger ship of our main partner Viking Line is currently being built in Turku at the STX Finland OY...
News - Helsinki Megapolis Festival discusses energy challenges Our living environment is full of design in its tangible and intangible forms. City dwellers continuously use, enjoy, consume and experience design in their...	News - Helsinki Event Product Design MoA’12 – designing the future Opening today, in Jätkäsaari's Rantamakasiini L3 building, Masters of Aalto (MoA’12) is an exhibition showcasing the theses, diploma...	Programme - Kauniainen Transforming the city MY WORDS - Dynamic facade illumination of Kauniainen City Hall 01/01/2012 We plan to make our cities brighter. The communal art illumination of Kauniainen City Hall and its park will be initiated in 2012. The aim is to create...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design NatureGate 01/10/2011 We are making nature more visible and comprehensible, and this way increasing the appreciation of nature. Through the NatureGate online service, users can...	News - Helsinki Urban planning New signs are ideated in workshops The signage system of the City is Helsinki is under renewal. The experiences and ideas of residents are collected in workshops.
Blogs - 925 Ninetofive – redesigning the work week Each of us has to grapple with the problems of the work week. We’re always busy. There are too many emails.	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Nordic Building Forum 01/09/2011 What is our energy-efficient society like, or what could it be like? This Nordic congress addresses the topic from the perspectives of urban planning,...	Programme - Other City Rethinking design Now, Citizen meets Sustainable Design 01/08/2011 We are highlighting the diversity of design and how products, services and the environment can be improved through design. Now, Citizen meets Sustainable...	Programme - Lahti Exhibitions NowHere Finland 2012 design exhibition 28/01/2012 The national NowHere Finland 2012 design exhibition is being organised by the Regional Arts Councils, Arts Council of Finland and the Craft Museum of Finland.	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Old Harbour to be Revitalised for Residential Use The Telakkaranta area, an old shipyard in Helsinki, is to be revitalised and turned into a living room for the citizens of the World Design Capital. The...
News - Helsinki Event On the waterfront The Museum of Finnish Architecture exhibition, "Shorelines – Urban living by the water", takes visitors on a journey through Finland's...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Opinions about Helsinki Park are being collected online City residents can go to http://www.ksv.hel.fi/keskustelut to express their opinions about how the design capital’s vast Helsinki Park recreation area...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Park volunteers needed in Helsinki Beautiful parks play a vital role for the wellbeing of people living in cities. Residents of Helsinki can make a difference in maintaining their local parks...	Programme - Espoo Transforming the city People Developing Suurpelto 01/08/2011 In Espoo, we want to encourage people to participate in developing their own residential area. Approximately 600 people live in the Suurpelto neighbourhood,...	News - Lahti Urban planning People of Lahti designing their own bicycle shelters Bicycle shelters will soon spring up in Lahti with local people being encouraged to participate in their design.
Programme - Lahti Exhibitions PYHÄNIEMI 2012 29/06/2012 We will explore the fields of design and visual arts as well as what lies between the two. An exhibition will be set up in the grounds of Pyhäniemi...	Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Ready Steady GO! Finland 01/01/2012 We’re colliding design with exercise. Ready Steady Go! Finland creates an activity model that aims at improving competitiveness and promoting co-...	News - Helsinki Event Environment Recycled fashion and culinary treats at brunch Fashion Brunch, which will be held on 8-9 October 2011 in the downtown area of the Design Capital, is an opportunity to enjoy great food and fashion shows....	News - Helsinki Event Recycled Fashion on the Catwalk The Cellar to Catwalk recycled fashion show will present repurposed clothes and accessories at the Climateinfo point of the World Design Capital.	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Responsible design – Series of Exhibitions and Events 01/02/2012 How can design improve the world? Finnish design professionals have created innovative operating models to support the activities of local organisations in...
Programme - Espoo Transforming the city Rusetti – Espoo Central Park 01/07/2011 We will give the large Central Park in Espoo a boost and turn it into an oasis for the residents to enjoy. The Rusetti project will create unique emblems and...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Shorelines – Urban living by the water 28/03/2012 Finland has 320,000 kilometres of shoreline – that’s eight times the Earth’s circumference! Seas, lakes and rivers are everywhere, with...	News - Espoo Event Socially responsible design This exhibition at the Helinä Rautavaara Museum highlights the communal effects of design, responsible design and ethics in business.	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Soft tower 01/01/2012 Is it possible to develop better, more exciting, ecological and humane high-rise typologies? Is there a potential for a friendly, soft skyscraper?	News - Helsinki Urban culture Food Solar delicacies delight people at Kalasatama The combination of summer sun, a love for food and innovative design are capturing the hearts of Helsinki residents in a completely new way. The Kalasatama...
News - Helsinki Event Partnership Students of architecture to chart Design Capital wasteland areas in summer The largest, most international architecture event of the Design Capital year will be arranged next summer in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The two-week festival...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Suburb 2072: an Expedition to Mellunkylä An international group of students from Aalto University spent a couple of intensive months studying the large Helsinki suburb of Mellunmäki. The...	Programme - Vantaa Encounters Suburban Design – Future of post-war neighbourhoods 12/09/2012 We’re focusing on the development of the suburbs. The multiprofessional planning seminar Suburban Design approaches the functional development of...	News - Helsinki Event Suomenlinna celebrates the 200-year-old Helsinki The exhibition Searching for the city’s soul dives into the history of the urban planning of our capital.	Programme - Espoo Encounters Technology Days 13/01/2012 Technology Days is a popular science event that presents technology and the natural sciences in addition to inspiring discussion about technology's place...
Blogs - Imu The Egg I have recently made a commitment to start biking again. This has resulted in 3 things:	Programme - Espoo Transforming the city The Finnish Nature Centre Haltia 01/09/2011 We are developing a unique Nature Centre, in which new architecture will meet with Finnish nature and the public. The aim of the Centre is to offer visitors...	Blogs - 925 The hold of the past The duty of museums and other memory organisations is to preserve, promote and interpret the heritage left by the human race. Information on the past is...	News - Helsinki Travel Environment The hunt for hidden travel treasures in Finland begins Which travel treasure in Finland would you like to save? Does your favourite café need more pleasant furnishings or improved online visibility? Is the...	News - Helsinki Event The Itä-Pasila rising! project will bring life and joy to the residents every day Bird box and wash graffiti workshops, shell suit discos and parkour training – the World Design Capital year of Itä-Pasila is full of activity.
News - Helsinki Urban culture The Pavilion has opened! This weekend we celebrate the opening of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012's new living room – come and party with us!	News - Lahti Event The Spring Sawing in Lahti brings together people from the city and carpenters At this wood-themed event in Lahti, skilled wood industry professionals meet people's building needs and wood from their plots.	Programme - Helsinki Year of events The Viikki Environment 15/02/2012 The City of Helsinki Environment Centre exhibition introduces the various aspects of nature within Helsinki and Viikki, Viikki area planning and ecological...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Those who seek design shall find it in Arabianranta The Arabianranta neighbourhood in Helsinki is focusing on improving tourist information boards in the area. The new information boards will make it easier...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Transform a container or pumping station 22/09/2011 We are running the ‘Transform a container or pumping station’ competition to design a more welcoming urban environment.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Transformation: Towards a sustainable future 06/06/2012 The home you choose may be the most important ecological decision you ever make. The built environment has been calculated as accounting for up to 60%...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Travelling companions on offer Kiitos kyydistä!, or "Thanks for the ride!" is a new kind of car-sharing service, which offers company on business and shopping trips.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Turn Table - The Urban Garden 01/01/2011 Turn table – The Urban Garden is a gardening and activity oasis in the middle of Helsinki, in the railway milieu of the old engine bays.	News - Helsinki Event Turn Table – The Urban Garden opening on Saturday! An urban oasis for cultivation run by Dodo ry., Turn Table – The Urban Garden will be kicking off the spring season with planting and cultivation tips...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Union Axis 01/01/2012 We will enliven the urban landscape and pay attention to our environment. In the Union Line project, the line formed by Unioninkatu and Siltasaarenkatu...
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Urban beauty 10/06/2011 Vi visar betydelsen av små saker i stadsmiljön. Skönhet på hemvägen skapar nya former i säsongsväxtplanteringarna samt...	News - Helsinki Urban culture Urban farmers taking over the courtyard of a former abattoir Plans are presently in progress to redevelop the site of an old abattoir and turn it into an oasis for food and urban culture. Urban farmers will be given an...	News - Helsinki Sport Urban outdoor fitness facility to open by the Töölönlahti Bay Get in Form, a project, part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, brings exercise equipment along a jogging path in Helsinki.	News - Helsinki Urban planning Urban planning for a better life An exhibition at Laituri highlights the role of urban environments in people's quality of life.	Programme - Rethinking design Water and Design 03/03/2012 We will highlight the continuous connection that exists between water and the population. The Water and Design project will promote the development of a...
Programme - Vantaa Rethinking design Where does the soil come from? (Urban farming) 06/02/2012 We will study the subject of urban farming and the livening up of our own neighbourhoods. The Where does the soil come from? (Urban farming) project is a...	International events - Architecture Winning Finnish architecture in China 30/04/2012 The Wuxi Grand Theatre, designed by PES-Architects, is a great example of Finnish architecture around the world today.	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design WONDERWATER 01/01/2012 We need to design the future of water. Wonderwater is an initiative designed to communicate global and local water issues, and raise awareness of the...	International events - Event Environment WONDERWATER AT TIAN HAI – How much water do you eat? 25/09/2011 Wonderwater at Tian Hai is a pop-up event taking place at an existing restaurant in Beijing exploring the relationship between food and water consumption....	News - Other City Event Environment Wonderwater illustrates the water footprint of food For Finns, limited access to drinking water seems like an unfamiliar and distant problem. However, on a global scale only 1% of water is drinkable and...
News - Other City World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 on display in St Petersburg Helsinki is presenting itself as the World Design Capital at Helsinki Days in St Petersburg from 5 to 15 October 2011. This ten-day festival culminates in a...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters World Student Capital 2012 01/11/2011 The objective of World Student Capital (WSC) is to create the metropolitan area into a truly attractive metropolis of students, where students together with...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Youth Food Festival 20/02/2012 We enable and facilitate a sense of community and the learning of new skills. The Youth Food Festival will see young people organising some 50 different...