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Pop-up Metropolia Campus
The end of spring semester 2017 sees a new Pop-up Metropolia Campus in Myllypuro! What happens when you combine two weeks, 71,5 sqm, 32 + 1 degree programmes, one suburban neighborhood, ERDF project and lots of student power into the mix? Come and find out at the Pop-up Campus! The Pop-up Metropolia Campus aims to simulate campus life in Myllypuro while the actual campus is still under construction as well as to introduce students and staff of Metropolia to the…
Find out more »Seminar: How to make our academic centres more sustainable
“The approach of socio-ecological urbanism that is even more applied to urban planning enables the creation of much better academic centres. This good practice has been used in developing Albano Campus in Sweden, and we would like to use the approaches and ideas created by our Swedish colleagues in order to develop academic centres also in Riga.” Emils Rode, Riga Planning Region At the seminar 'Socio-ecological urbanism – How to make our academic centres more sustainable' Liva Baltic Campus partners…
Find out more »Living Campus Library at the Myllypuro Day
Live Baltic Campus participates the Myllypuro Neighborhood Day festivities with organising a Living Campus Library event as part of Metropolia UAS's programme. Living Campus Library consists of human books, that can be borrowed for a set time for discussion: familiarise with different - and sometimes cryptic sounding - professions and fields of study. Welcome to get to know the future campus and its people!
Find out more »Livable City Forum Riga + R.Schmaeling Conference
Livable City Forum Riga is taking place on 4-6 October 2017. It is organized in cooperation with the annual Reinhold Schmaeling Conference, traditionally hosted by Riga City Architect's Office, and it will invite you to consider and discuss how sustainable architecture and smart urban planning can contribute to such areas as science, innovation, knowledge economy, as well as regional and national competitiveness. Detailed programme and practical info
Find out more »City-University partnerships – boosting smart and innovative cities
What makes a city worthy of the title European Capital of Innovation? What kind of models are there for city-university partnerships and how do they pay off? How to create impactful encounters by re-thinking physical campus space in the era of smart cities? Programme Welcome Keynote: Smart specialisation - the role of universities Katja Reppel, DG REGIO, Smart and Sustainable Growth, European Commission Strategic City-University cooperation – Making an impact together, Case Helsinki region Senior Advisor Ida Björkbacka, City of…
Find out more »New Myllypuro! Participatory Workshop
The new campus of Metropolia UAS will bring 6000 students and 500 staff members to Myllypuro. What is future Myllypuro going to be like, when the city and university of applied sciences work together? As part of the project Live Baltic Campus, architect collective 'Uusi Kaupunki' organises a workshop for creating visions of further development of Myllypuro. The participatory workshop takes place at the foyer of Mylläri, resident house of Myllypuro. You can pop in to the workshop quickly to…
Find out more »Seminar: Myllypuro Campus & Local Vitality
Metropolia UAS and the City of Helsinki have collaborated to create a plan and recommendations to take full advantage of the business potential new Myllypuro campus offers and maximize the economic impact of the campus to further boost the vitality of Eastern Helsinki in general. The plan will be presented to Economic Development Sub-committee of the City of Helsinki November-December 2017. At seminar the proposed contents for development plan are presented and discussed, followed by a longer-term visionary workshop organised…
Find out more »New Myllypuro! Presenting workshop results
Presentation of results of New Myllypuro! Workshop held in mid-October!
Find out more »Live Baltic Campus – Final Conference
The Live Baltic Campus Final Conference will take place in Stockholm, Sweden PROGRAMME (with reservation for changes) Venue: Stockholm Resilience Centre, Kräftriket 2B, 11419 Stockholm WEDNESDAY - 13 DEC 2017 09:00 - 09:30 Coffee & welcome, practical info on the following days 09:30 - 11:00 Welcoming by Prof. Johan Rockström, Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre Urbanization and urban research from a global perspective Prof. Thomas Elmqvist, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University Johan Genneby, National Contact Point Sweden of Central Baltic…
Find out more »Live Baltic Campus Helsinki Wrap-up
Wrap-up gathering for all involved in the Helsinki activities of project Live Baltic Campus - joint reflections on what was achieved as well as the presenting visions and next steps for Myllypuro Campus of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Welcome! NOTE: The event will be mainly held in Finnish noon Snacks and discussion 12:30 - 15 pm Welcome Concluding Live Baltic Campus activities and results Päivi Keränen, Metropolia University of Applied Science The foreseen effects of the Myllypuro Campus…
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