{"id":22825,"date":"2026-06-01T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/?p=22825"},"modified":"2026-06-10T11:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:29:19","slug":"aalto-university-presents-circular-economy-solutions-at-the-new-european-bauhaus-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finncult.be\/fi\/aalto-university-presents-circular-economy-solutions-at-the-new-european-bauhaus-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Aalto University presents circular economy solutions at The Festival of the New European Bauhaus 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new-european-bauhaus.europa.eu\/festival_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Festival of the New European Bauhaus<\/a> in Brussels is back for its third edition. The European Commission\u2019s initiative brings together leading names in EU policymaking, researchers, designers and grassroots actors to discuss and learn from each other. The biennial event showcases sustainable projects from across Europe. One of NEB\u2019s guiding ideas is to help imagine a better future within the limits of the planet and thereby normalise efforts to advance it.<\/p>\n<p>Finnish participation in the festival programme in Brussels includes Aalto University, University of Oulu, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, and Archinfo. Satellite events will take place in Helsinki, Turku and Oulu. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archinfo.fi\/en\/events\/new-european-bauhaus-festivaali-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out the round up from Archinfo.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Aalto University presents the exhibition: <em>The Pathfinders<\/em> <em>\u2014 overcoming circular economy bottlenecks<\/em><\/h2>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> 10\u201312.6.2026<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> NEB 2026 Fair, Museum of Art &amp; History, Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels<br \/>\n<strong>Event language:<\/strong> English<br \/>\nThe event is free and open to all and \u00a0takes place under Aalto University\u2019s principles for a safer space.<\/p>\n<p>Aalto University takes part in NEB with the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aalto.fi\/en\/events\/the-pathfinders-overcoming-circular-economy-bottlenecks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Pathfinders: Overcoming circular economy bottlenecks<\/em><\/a>. It presents multidisciplinary research that tackles bottlenecks in the circular economy relating to construction materials, battery metals and textiles.<\/p>\n<p>Although the circular economy has been a hot topic for discussion for more than a decade, its practical implementation is still in its infancy. The staggering truth is that nearly 93% of all materials used globally are still from virgin resources, with only about 7% of the world economy functioning circularly.(Source: Circularity Gap Report 2025 by Circle Economy &amp; Deloitte Global)<\/p>\n<p>Circular models hit into many speed bumps, such as the high cost of developing recyclable products and processes, the complexity of global supply chains, a weak secondary raw materials market, and social norms that still do not fully accept the worn and torn.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Pathfinders<\/em> exhibition takes the circular economy from theory to practice and presents projects that seek to solve the circular economy\u2019s difficult challenges and bring about a paradigm shift for entire sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition features the project <em>Closing Loops<\/em>, led by assistant professor and architect<strong> Antti Lehto<\/strong>, which studies a circular economy storage concept, the European <em>T-REX<\/em> textile recycling project, whose social impact has been studied at Aalto University under the leadership of professor <strong>Kirsi Niinim\u00e4ki<\/strong>, and the<em> BATCircle3.0<\/em> consortium, which researches the recycling of battery metals and whose principal investigator is professor <strong>Mari Lundstr\u00f6m<\/strong> and project director is doctor <strong>Sipi Seisko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/assets\/jrc\/NEB\/neb-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discover the full NEB 2026 programme.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cover image courtesy of Aalto University. 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