Introduction : Social Innovation as Business

Antti Ahlava; Fernando Nieto

Introduction : Social Innovation as Business

Antti Ahlava, Fernando Nieto

Department of Architecture

Tampere University of Technology

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Abstract

The challenge in the green transition for architecture companies is that they have difficulties in operating in the new realm of sustainable objectives. In the present context, it is not enough to design aesthetic or purely functional artefacts, but also to support significantly higher environmental and societal goals through creative work. This includes facilitating evolutionary projects, where local networks support sustainable, long-term life-cycle development, and designing with communities to facilitate sustainable transitions that are embedded in local cultural practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Visualising Our Future : Designing the Public Realm Together
Editors	Antti Ahlava
Place of Publication	Helsinki
Publisher	Aalto University
Pages	4-13
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	978-952-64-2212-1
ISBN (Print)	978-952-64-2211-4
Publication status	Published - 18 Dec 2024
MoE publication type	D2 Article in a professional research book (incl. an introduction by the editor)

Publication series

Name	Aalto University Publication Series Art + Design + Architecture
Publisher	Aalto University
Number	7
Volume	2024
ISSN (Print)	1799-4853
ISSN (Electronic)	1799-4861

Keywords

urban design
building design
mobility design
sustainability
business
qualitative evolutionary design
design methods
digital tools

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Introduction : Social Innovation as Business. / Ahlava, Antti; Nieto, Fernando.
Visualising Our Future : Designing the Public Realm Together. ed. / Antti Ahlava. Helsinki: Aalto University, 2024. p. 4-13 (Aalto University Publication Series Art + Design + Architecture; Vol. 2024, No. 7).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Professional

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Introduction : Social Innovation as Business

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Publication series

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