The first stage of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’s large campus in Helsinki, Building A, was inaugurated in January 2019. Elina Koivisto visits the building.
Along with the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in the impact of the living environment on health and wellbeing. A research consortium led by the University of Oulu is trying to find out how future epidemics can be tackled by means of urban planning.