INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS
Our international connections and the management’s membership of the International Union of Architects’ (UIA) Public Health Group and other bodies enable the latest in health facilities design to be applied in the firm’s projects.
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANCY
M. Paatela e.g.:
2007 Specialist advisor in the design development of the new hospital
complex for the Academic Invasive Medical Centre / Medical University of Gdansk, Poland
2007 Specialist advisor in the design development of the Finnish Well-being
Centre in Agano, Japan
2005 Specialist advisor in the design development of the new hospital
building and renovation of the Pohja-Eesti Regional Hospital in Mustamäki, Tallin, Estonia
2002 Consultant and specialist for the City of Sendai, Japan, in the
development of the Well-being Centre Complex in Sendai, Japan
1999 WHO short-term consultant, preparation of a Feasibility Study and
Development Plan for the Luganville District Hospital, Luganville, Vanuatu
1999 WHO short-term consultant, preparation of a Feasibility Study for
a 400-bed hospital for Sulemaniyah, Iraq
1999 Health care planning specialist in the evaluation committee of architect
Alan Dilani‘s doctor‘s thesis, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 - 2000
Scientific and technological co-operation agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of Finland. Permanent Advisor in Hospital Design. Client: Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland / Helsinki University of Technology / Research Institute for Health Care Facilities SOTERA.
1988 - 1994
Member of Finnish expert’s team for technical and scientific co-operation between the USSR and Finland in the programming and design of health care buildings
1990 Building construction specialist in the Health Project Identification and
Planning Mission, Namibia, FINNIDA
LECTURER IN INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
M. Paatela e.g.:
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2012 Lecturer at the International Conference for Hospital Planning and
Building, NHHA/UIA, Oslo, Norway
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2011 Lecturer at the Design & Health, 7th World Congress, Boston, USA
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2010 Lecturer at the Design & Health Malaysia, International Academy
for Design and Health Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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2010 Lecturer at the International Symposium on Excellent Design and
Planning of Contemporary Healthcare and Wellfare Architecture, Beijing Union Friendship Exchange Center for Architecture, Beijing, P.R.China
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2010 Lecturer at the Design & Health / Elderly Care, International Academy
for Design and Health Seminar, London UK
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2009 Lecturer at the Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
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2008 Lecturer at the UIA / Public Health Group Conference, Florance, Italy
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2002 Lecturer at the UIA / Public Health Group Conference, Frankfurt,
Germany
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2002 Lecturer at the 7th Congress of the International Federation of
Hospital Engineering, Trondheim, Norway
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2001 Lecturer at the “Forum för Vårdbyggnad”-conference, Malmö, Sweden
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2000 Lecturer at the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Academy
of Architecture for Health Conference “Beyond 2000”, Vancouver, Canada
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2000 Lecturer at the UIA / Public Health Group Conference, Stockholm,
Sweden
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1998 Lecture at “98 Beijing International Symposium on Hospital Planning,
Design and Exhibition of Medical Equipment”, Beiging, P. R. China