Cities in Transition - Philippines

Exhibition at Nagoya Urban Institute, Japan, March 17th to April 1st, 2017

Since 2015 Aalto University, Nagoya Institute of Technology from Japan and Bohol Island State University from the Philippines have collaborated on the Cities in Transition field trip focusing on Bohol Island in the Philippines.

The exhibition showcases the work and student projects done during the three years in the Philippines.

Cities in Transition -course

Is a master’s degree level advanced studio course in the Aalto University, department of Architecture for students of architecture, landscape architecture and design.

It focuses on the reality of planning, architecture and product design outside Europe, with cultural understanding as the point of departure. The course highlights the environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainable development, using participatory and multidisciplinary approaches to problem solving.

Real life cases in a city in the developing world.

Cities in Transition 2016 E-Book is found at: http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-60-7026-1

Link to a video KaliPLAY – intervention done during the field trip in January 2017 in the Philippines: https://youtu.be/N-82nyeF8Ho