Antti Pirinen

Senior University Lecturer
Senior University Lecturer
T201 Dept. Architecture

I work as lecturer and researcher in the intersection of spatial design and service design. My research interests include human-centered, participatory and collaborative design in the context of (interior) space and the built enviroment; housing concepts, resident-driven housing development and critical study of dwellings and homes; relationship between service design and spatial design; emerging design activities in the public sector; and role of design in governance.

Full researcher profile
https://research.aalto.fi/...

Honors and awards

Nomination for 2023 History Book of the Year award

The book Perkeleitä ja enkeleitä – Ahlqvistien maailmat shortlisted for the 2023 History Book of the Year award by Historian Ystäväin Liitto.
Award or honor granted for a specific work Department of Architecture Nov 2023

Publications

Sharing space, time, and technology : the lived experience of smart home technologies in cohousing

Antti Pirinen, Nils Ehrenberg, Raisa Mäkinen 2025 Housing Studies

Design types in diversified city administration: The case City of Helsinki

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2023 Design Journal

Design types in diversified city administration

Sampsa Hyysalo, Kaisa Savolainen, Antti Pirinen, Tuuli Mattelmäki, Päivi Hietanen, Meri Virta 2022 The Design Research Society Conference (DRS2022)

Design Enters the City

Antti Pirinen, Kaisa Savolainen, Sampsa Hyysalo, Tuuli Mattelmäki 2022 International Journal of Design

Housing Development for All?: Learnings from the Ars Longa Case

Antti Pirinen 2022 Transforming our World through Universal Design for Human Development

Jaetut tilat

Anne Tervo, Sanna Meriläinen, Antti Pirinen 2018