Satu Huuhka

building stocks, renovation, conservation and adaptation, adaptive reuse, flexibility and adaptability, design for deconstruction and adaptability, circular economy, circularity, reuse of buildings and their parts, demolition and deconstruction, material flow analysis, environmental impacts, life cycle assessment, policy and steering instruments

Research group: Renovation and Circular Economy transition (ReCET)

architecture: renovation and conservation of buildings, circular economy

Huuhka, S., Moisio, M., Salmio, E., Köliö, A., & Lahdensivu, J. (2023). Renovate or replace? Consequential Replacement LCA framework for buildings. Buildings and Cities, 4(1), 212–228. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.309  

Tarpio, J., Huuhka, S., & Vestergaard, I. (2022). Barriers to implementing adaptable housing: architects' perceptions in Finland and Denmark. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 37(4), 1859-1881. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10901-021-09913-1  

Kolkwitz, M., Luotonen, E., & Huuhka, S. (2022). How changes in urban morphology translate into urban metabolisms of building stocks: A framework for spatiotemporal material flow analysis and a case study. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/23998083221140892  

Räsänen, A., Huuhka, S., Pakkala, T., & Lahdensivu, J. (2022). Methods for evaluating the technical performance of reclaimed bricks. Case Studies in Construction Materials, 17, 1-19. [e01504]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2022.e01504  

Tarpio, J., & Huuhka, S. (2022). Residents’ views on adaptable housing: A virtual reality-based study. Buildings and Cities, 3(1), 93-110. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.184  

Huuhka, S., & Kolkwitz, M. (2021). Stocks and Flows of Buildings: Analysis of Existing, Demolished and Constructed Buildings in Tampere, Finland, 2000–2018. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 25(4), 948-960. https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13107  

Kaasalainen, T., & Huuhka, S. (2020). Existing Apartment Buildings as a Spatial Reserve for Assisted Living. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 38(5), 753-769. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-02-2020-0015  

Huuhka, S. and Vestergaard, I. (2019). Building conservation and the circular economy: A theoretical consideration. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, 10: 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCHMSD-06-2019-0081  

Kalakoski, I., Huuhka, S. and Koponen, O.-P. (2019). From obscurity to heritage: Canonisation of the Nordic Wooden Town. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 26: 790–805. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2019.1693417  

Huuhka, S., Naber, N., Asam, C., & Caldenby, C. (2019). Architectural potential of deconstruction and reuse in declining mass housing estates. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research, 31(1), 139-179. http://arkitekturforskning.net/na/article/view/1173  

Huuhka, S. and Saarimaa, S. (2018). Adaptability of mass housing: Size modification of flats as a response to segregation. International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, 36: 408–426. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-01-2018-0011  

Huuhka, S. (2018). Tectonic use of reclaimed timber: Design principles for turning scrap into architecture. Architectural Research in Finland, 2: 130–151. https://journal.fi/architecturalresearchfinland/article/view/73183/35051  

Kalakoski, I. and Huuhka, S. (2018). Spolia revisited and extended: The potential for contemporary architecture. Journal of Material Culture, 23: 187–213. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359183517742946  

Kaasalainen, T. and Huuhka, S. (2016). Accessibility improvement models for typical flats: Mass-customizable design for individual circumstances. Journal of Housing for the Elderly, 30: 271–294. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763893.2016.1198739  

Huuhka, S. (2016). Vacant residential buildings as potential reserves: a geographical and statistical study. Building Research and Information, 44: 816–839. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1107316  

Kaasalainen, T. and Huuhka, S. (2016). Homogenous homes of Finland: 'standard' flats in non-standardized blocks. Building Research and Information, 44: 229–347. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2015.1055168  

Huuhka, S. and Lahdensivu, J. (2016). A statistical and geographical study on demolished buildings. Building Research and Information, 44: 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2014.980101 

Huuhka, S., Kaasalainen, T., Hakanen, J. H. and Lahdensivu, J. (2015). Reusing concrete panels from building for buildings: potential in Finnish 1970s mass housing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 101: 105–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.05.017