Aalto Built Environment Laboratory
The Story of ABE
In the spring of 2012 the Department of Real Estate, Planning and Geoinformatics and Department of Applied Mechanics started to plan for a facility that would offer state-of-the-art methods and tools for designing and studying built environment.
ABE offers a space and technology for interactive human-centred co-creation of the built environment. The aim of ABE is to investigate new digitally supported and interactive planning and design methodology. Immersive modeling and simulation technologies, process modeling and data visualisations are developed to serve decision making and present ideas, visions and plans. ABE caters to the needs of multidisciplinary teams and people with different backgrounds working towards a shared goal.
Our research
The following projects have utilized the ABE platform, technology or expertise. The projects have been based in different research groups and funded from various sources. Common denominator for them is the development and usage of new methods for studying and developing our built environment.
