Pasi Aalto
+4798025519
Sentralbygg 1, NTNU Wood (220, 2.etg), Gløshaugen
About
Hello,
I am the Centre Director of NTNU Wood, a cross-disciplinary centre that advances projects, studies and initiatives at NTNU with wood and forests as their primary resource base. We gather researchers, students, industry, public bodies and NGOs to develop best possible pathways towards a just, circular and sustainable 2050 society where forests and wood plays a significant role in our lives.
My formal background is in Architecture, as well as Organisation and Leadership. I have a habit of getting involved in new endeavours quite regularly and enjoy a cross-disciplinary setting where new knowledge can be found unexpectedly. I have a firm belief in drastically reducing the amount of resources we consume in everyday life and especially in our buildings. This makes me an avid promoter of circular strategies and hands-on solutions as both action and knowledge is needed.
Current endeavours:
- Whenever possible, I do active research at TrollLabs where I am trying to quantify different human responses to the built environment.
- I am coordinating the SusRes Project Circular City, where my interest lies in circularity in the context of buildings and cities, especially quantified models that describe the materials and elements in our existing buildings as well as the socio-cultural aspects that govern the change in such a building stock.
- In the H2020 project Dialogues, I am examining the role of Energy Citizenship in the energy transition by coordinating the Norway Citizen Action Labs in Overhalla and Oppdal. Here we are looking into the roles of first, second and third places as well as second home ownership.
- I am happily part of the NFR research project Balance, where we are working hard to combine demographic and socio-economic metabolism models at a systems level in Trøndelag.
- In terms of education research, I am part of the SUPER project, looking into how wicked problems can be taught at a universities level.
- Every once in a while, I get involved in research looking at cabins / second homes in Norway.
- I am very fond of making things and do work with parametric design as well as the automated fabrication associated with that (cnc, lasercutting, robotics, etc).
- Two pet projects for research include the AD Microhouse and the AD Experiment box, both designed to be research infrastructure.
- I am coordinating a new cross-discplinary venture, the NTNU Mobile Sensory Lab, which is very cool.
- I teach in the course Design in Context
- I supervise masters students from Architecture, Sustainable Architecture, Design, Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Industrial Ecology and Machine Engineering, among others.
Sustainability Statement:
- I have a no-flight policy and promote this policy in all my projects.
- I have a strict do-no-harm policy in projects and evaluate all my participation towards the SDGs.
- I actively promote circular practices at NTNU in studies, research and daily activities.
Competencies
Publications
2022
- Boccacci, Giulia; Frasca, Francesca; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Bertolin, Chiara; Siani, Anna Maria. (2022) Exploring the capability of Acoustic Emission Technique in early detecting Mode I and Mixed Mode Fractures. Construction and Building Materials. Construction and Building Materials.
- Dybvik, Henrikke; Abelson, Filip Gornitzka; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Goucher-Lambert, Kosa; Steinert, Ralf Martin. (2022) Inspirational Stimuli Improve Idea Fluency during Ideation: A Replication and Extension Study with Eye-Tracking. Proceedings of the Design Society. volum 2.
- Piccardo, Chiara; Goto, Yutaka; Koca, Deniz; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Hughes, Mark. (2022) Challenge-based, interdisciplinary learning for sustainability in doctoral education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
2021
- Samdal, Ina; Rintala, Sami Juhani; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Berntsen, Per; Teichroeb, Kaja Linnea; Jundt, Anna Marie; Kledtke, Daniel; Walter, Daniel; Collignon, Emeline; Reinaas, Guro; Petry, Jannik; Jalbert, Lucas; Bye, Marie Sjue; Lacasa, Matias Mas; Welin-Larsen, Pernille; Ongstad, Ragnhild; Hassan, Rahma; Rosenberg, Sofie; Hillario, Marine. (2021) Studio What - final exhibition. Studio What - final exhibition [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU, Department of architecture and technology, AAR4528 - Design in Context / Studio What / Havet Arena; Havet Arena, Nyhavna, Trondheim. 2021-12-03 - 2021-12-05.
2020
- Kohtala, Sampsa Matias Ilmari; Kaland, Thomas Colin Guo; Jacobsen, Live; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Steinert, Martin. (2020) Bringing Reality Back to Virtual Reality - A Collaborative Tool for Multidisciplinary Teams. Proceedings of the NordDesign 2020 conference August 11 – 14, 2020 Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
2019
- Bertolin, Chiara; De Ferri, Lavinia; grottesi, giulia; Berto, Filippo; Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2019) Measuring Protocol in coupling tests on wood using the acoustic emission no-destructive technique. Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures, SHATiS’2019.
2016
- Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2016) Skogen. Arkitektur N.
- Aalto, Pasi Olav; Rintala, Sami Juhani. (2016) Phases of intensive design and build workshops in architectural education. Structures and Architecture Beyond their Limits.
UTSTILLING
- Samdal, Ina; Rintala, Sami Juhani; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Berntsen, Per; Teichroeb, Kaja Linnea; Jundt, Anna Marie; Kledtke, Daniel; Walter, Daniel; Collignon, Emeline; Reinaas, Guro; Petry, Jannik; Jalbert, Lucas; Bye, Marie Sjue; Lacasa, Matias Mas; Welin-Larsen, Pernille; Ongstad, Ragnhild; Hassan, Rahma; Rosenberg, Sofie; Hillario, Marine. (2021) Studio What - final exhibition. Studio What - final exhibition [Kunstnerisk og museal presentasjon] . NTNU, Department of architecture and technology, AAR4528 - Design in Context / Studio What / Havet Arena; Havet Arena, Nyhavna, Trondheim. 2021-12-03 - 2021-12-05.
Journal publications
- Boccacci, Giulia; Frasca, Francesca; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Bertolin, Chiara; Siani, Anna Maria. (2022) Exploring the capability of Acoustic Emission Technique in early detecting Mode I and Mixed Mode Fractures. Construction and Building Materials. Construction and Building Materials.
- Dybvik, Henrikke; Abelson, Filip Gornitzka; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Goucher-Lambert, Kosa; Steinert, Ralf Martin. (2022) Inspirational Stimuli Improve Idea Fluency during Ideation: A Replication and Extension Study with Eye-Tracking. Proceedings of the Design Society. volum 2.
- Piccardo, Chiara; Goto, Yutaka; Koca, Deniz; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Hughes, Mark. (2022) Challenge-based, interdisciplinary learning for sustainability in doctoral education. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education.
- Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2016) Skogen. Arkitektur N.
Part of book/report
- Kohtala, Sampsa Matias Ilmari; Kaland, Thomas Colin Guo; Jacobsen, Live; Aalto, Pasi Olav; Steinert, Martin. (2020) Bringing Reality Back to Virtual Reality - A Collaborative Tool for Multidisciplinary Teams. Proceedings of the NordDesign 2020 conference August 11 – 14, 2020 Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
- Bertolin, Chiara; De Ferri, Lavinia; grottesi, giulia; Berto, Filippo; Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2019) Measuring Protocol in coupling tests on wood using the acoustic emission no-destructive technique. Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Health Assessment of Timber Structures, SHATiS’2019.
- Aalto, Pasi Olav; Rintala, Sami Juhani. (2016) Phases of intensive design and build workshops in architectural education. Structures and Architecture Beyond their Limits.
Teaching
Courses
Media
2021
- Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2021) Circularity in Focus - Expert Panel Sessions. Innovasjon Norge / Nordic Council of ministers m.fl. [Internett]. 2021-06-09.
- Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2021) De Store Spørsmålene - er hytta en klimaversting?. NTNU Podcast [Internett]. 2021-01-06.
- Aalto, Pasi Olav. (2021) Grønn Hyttelab. Nasjonalparken Næringshage, NTNU og Oppdal kommune [Internett]. 2021-04-27.