Anni Saviaro is a Finnish architect whose PhD research studies shrinking context within the field of urban planning focusing on growth dependency and justification of urban planning.
She is into peer learning and working collaboratively and that has led her to create and be part of different communities such as jeesjeesgood collective, and various associations in the field of art and architecture. She is a dreamer who loves R&B music and is interested in degrowth.
Anni Saviaro’s interest and focus in her research lies in urban planning in a shrinking context, its justification, and its connection to growth. The purpose of her research is to increase understanding of urban planning in a shrinking context, through which it is possible to make planning processes more democratic and to create tools for finding appropriate planning goals and approaches in a shrinking context. The research emphasizes the need for urban planning that considers different growth contexts, where different starting points of cities and municipalities are identified.
From the residency period in VARES, she hopes to find inspiration, peer support, meet new people and possible collaborators as well as an inspiring and calming environment to work in. In her research, the focus will be on writing a paper that deals with an analysis framework she is developing concerning the relationship between growth and justification in urban planning.
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