AEC Business Aarni Heiskanen

In this special episode of the AEC Business podcast, Aarni Heiskanen’s guest is Aki Päivärinne, Sound Designer at OiOi.







Aki is a versatile professional. He is a Sound Designer (TeM), Musician, Composer, UX-Sound Designer, and Taste-Sound Designer at OiOi.







OiOi crafts meaningful, immersive, and interactive installations in the built environment by using the latest digital technology.







In the interview, Aki and Aarni discuss









* Aki’s path to becoming a sound designer







* OiOi, the company







* The psychology of sound and how sounds affect us







* The potential of sound in the built environment and architecture







* Technologies Aki uses to provide sound-powered experiences







* Examples of Aki’s work







* How to incorporate sound design in a project







* The future of sound design









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In this episode of WDBE Talks, Vappu Id of KIRAHub interviews Aarni Heiskanen. They discuss communication, construction tech, and the World of Digital Built Environment WDBE Summit.







The discussion topics include:









* Aarni’s career path







* Why great construction stories often remain untold and how to fix it







* Examples of good communicators







* Memorable WDBE moments







* What WDBE is as an event, and is the WDBE community like







* The digital transformation of the industry







* Awarding industry trailblazers







* Expectations for WDBE 2023









About Aarni Heiskanen







Aarni Heiskanen is a Construction Innovation Agent and the co-founder of AE Partners and AEC Business.







He has a master’s degree in architecture and worked as an architect and architectural R&D manager for over a decade. He was one of the pioneers in integrated computer-aided design in the Nordics. In mid-1990s, Aarni became an internet entrepreneur and, in the 2000s, a Certified Management Consultant (CMC) helping IT organizations in strategic planning and change programs.







At Thinking Portfolio, a company Aarni co-founded, he developed the first version of SaaS software for business portfolio management. It now has 400,000 users globally.







Today, Aarni specializes in AECO product commercialization and communication.







Aarni has authored business books and written articles for local and international magazines. He runs an award-winning blog and podcast at AEC-Business.com.







You can connect with Aarni on LinkedIn.







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How do you take the learnings from Apple’s way of innovating products and apply them to housing? On WDBE Talks, you’ll hear how BJ Siegel pivoted from Apple to follow his passion at Juno, a proptech company. He will be a keynote speaker at WDBE 2023.







In this episode, Aarni Heiskanen and his guest JB Siegel discuss:









* How BJ, an architect, became a commercial concept developer







* What did years with Apple teach him







* Who is Juno for, and how is it different from a traditional way of housing construction







* Digitalization can make a building environmentally sustainable over its life cycle







* What are the biggest challenges in developing industrialized construction







* What can make Juno a succeed







* What’s in the future for BJ and Juno









BJ will deliver his keynote at WDBE in September. On the podcast, he gives a glimpse of what he will cover in his keynote.







About BJ Siegel, Co-Founder & Head of Design at Juno







BJ Siegel is an internationally award-winning architect with over 30 years of experience delivering innovative projects worldwide. In April 2019, BJ co-founded Juno, a venture-backed proptech company focusing on designing, developing, and delivering urban multifamily housing as a branded consumer product. 







Previously, as the Studio Director at the multi-disciplinary experience design firm Eight Inc, BJ served as the original concept architect for the first eight years of the Apple Retail Program. 







In 2009, he joined Apple Real Estate and Development to lead their Innovation Group. Within two years, BJ became the Senior Design Director for all Apple retail stores worldwide, directing the program through its flagship development and International expansion. 







BJ holds a Master’s in Architecture from Tulane University and Yale University and over 40 design and utility patents for innovative design work at Apple.







You can connect with BJ on LinkedIn and learn more about Juno at juno.co.







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In this episode of WDBE Talks, Aarni Heiskanen’s guest is Sebastien Michaud, VC at Foundamental. They discuss investing in climate through technology, the theme of this year’s WDBE.







The discussion topics include:









* Sebastien’s background and what led him to become a VC







* What is Foundamental, and what’s in its portfolio at the moment







* What makes up a startup that he’d invest in







* Application areas with the most significant positive impact on climate







* What drives climate-aware investments







* Whether investing in the environment is a viable strategy when it comes to financial gain







* What’s in the future for Sebastien as a VC







* A sneak peek into Sebastien’s WDBE upcoming keynote









About Sebastien and Foundamental







Sebastien Michaud is Investor at Foundamental, joining from a British-Italian background and having previously worked in Product and Commercial strategy in FinTech. Sebastien works with early-stage construction tech startups in Europe, with a particular focus on teams tackling the climate emergency.







Foundamental is the largest global investor in construction tech and architecture, engineering, and design technology. Foundamental backs ambitious, early-stage founders across the Americas, Asia-Pacific, and Europe and is an early investor in several category leaders in construction technology and design technology, including Infra.Market, Wiz, Speckle, Baupal, Welcome Homes, and Mighty Buildings.







You can connect with Sebastien on Twitter (seb.vc) and LinkedIn. Get your ticket and meet Sebastien at WDBE 2023.







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Ready to get inspired and learn more about sustainable construction practices? Join us for this WDBE Talks interview with Marzia Bolpagni of Mace, who shares her insights on the importance of BIM in reaching climate goals.







In the interview, Marzia and Aarni Heiskanen discuss









* Marzia’s current position at Mace and how she advances digital transformation as a leader and influencer







* How standardization makes information flow across the life cycle of a building







* How well do BIM mandates actually work







* If clients already want data on a project’s carbon emissions and circularity







* The best strategies for getting this very inhomogeneous industry to use digitalization to become more sustainable







* Women in construction and how digitalization could advance their entry into the industry







* Marzia’s coming WDBE 2023 keynote topic.









About Marzia







Marzia is Head of Building Information Modelling (BIM) International at Mace, where she develops and implements Digital Construction Strategies for international clients in five different hubs using Digital Engineering. 







She is passionate about Digital Transformation for the Built Environment and dedicated to filling the gap between academia and industry to inspire the next generation of professionals.







She has won numerous professional awards and is a lead author of EN 17412-1, the European standard on Level of Information Need, and a TEDx Speaker.







Join Marzia at WDBE 2023 where she’ll be a keynote speaker, and connect with her on LinkedIn and Twitter.







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In this episode of WDBE Talks, Daniel M. Hall, Assistant Professor at TU Delft, talks about circularity and how to boost it with digital technologies and industrialized construction. Daniel is a keynote speaker at WDBE 2023.







In the interview, Aarni Heiskanen and Daniel Hall discuss









* How big a challenge and opportunity is circularity in the built environment







* Why Daniel has extended his focus from the circularity of individual buildings to the urban level







* What are the building blocks of systematic information management for circularity for construction; what do we already have, and what needs to be developed?







* How blockchain is a potential solution for retaining data of built assets over their decades-long life cycle







* How a product-like, industrialized way of building will support circularity







* What’s next on Daniel’s research agenda









About Daniel







Daniel is the lead of the Chair of Innovative and Industrial Construction, researching how to increase innovation in the built environment.







His research and teaching focus includes lean management processes to improve productivity, digital building information modeling to improve coordination, new forms of project delivery to govern complex projects, and new organizational orientations to spark entrepreneurship for industrialized construction in the developed and developing world. 







Daniel’s two main research themes are decentralized governance of the built environment and industrialized construction. One recent area of application is exploring solutions to sustainably solve the global housing crisis.







Register now!







Go to WBDE.org to register for the event and connect with Daniel on LinkedIn.







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