“What does an architect do in a war zone?” was the headline of an interview with Kristjana Adalgeirsdottir in the Aalto University Magazine, published in September 2024, where she talked about her doctoral research on humanitarian construction and cultural sustainability in responses to emergencies and crises and about her work in the humanitarian field in […]

During the International Conference on Architecture, Research, Care and Health, ARCH24, in Finland in June 2024, Kristjana  presented the research paper titled: “Cultivating Wellbeing – Sheltering of the Global Displaced Population” co-written with dr. Helena Sandman, and participated in an interesting Global Round table discussion with Tarna Klitzner and Humphrey Kalanje facilitated byProfessor Jenni Reuter […]

At the conference ”The Presence of Past Disaster”, organized by INTBAU at Cambridge University in May 2024,  Kristjana shared her research on the Disaster Relief Houses built in Iceland after the Heimaey volcano eruption in 1973.While each recovery and disaster response project is unique, the study of the Nordic modular wooden houses give valuable insights, […]

JOHANNA TALASTERÄ Arkkitehti Pasi Aaltonen tottui Ukrainassa sotaan: ”Ohjushälytyksen kuultuani en aina jaksanut lähteä pommisuojaan” Ukrainan sota on kestänyt jo kauan, ja maata on jälleenrakennettava jatkuvista ohjushyökkäyksistä huolimatta. Pasi Aaltosen työskentely keskeytyi päivittäin ilmahälytysten takia. Arkkitehti Pasi Aaltonen tottui Ukrainassa sotaan: ”Ohjushälytyksen kuultuani en aina jaksanut lähteä pommisuojaan” Ukrainan sota on kestänyt jo kauan, ja […]