Writing by and about SPIN Unit.
Papers, press, talks and exhibitions, 2013—2026.
Papers & book chapters
2026Assessing parallel urban dynamics through local-scale morphological and activity indicators in GCity, Culture and Society, vol. 45, art. 100PAPER
2025Making room for the future? Half-emptiness and the ordered demolition of Soviet housing in EstonJournal of Baltic Studies (Taylor & Francis)PAPER
2025Lecturers and tutors — TURNS International PhD School (Panu Lehtovuori bio)Tampere University — TURNS (Tampere Urban RePAPER
2021Implementing Gehl's Theory to Study Urban Space. The Case of MonotownsSustainability (MDPI), 13(9):5105PAPER
2021Feminist Futures Helsinki Hackathon: Transdisciplinary co-creation of socially engaged projects Aalto University (Aaltodoc)PAPER
2020Optional and necessary activities: operationalising Jan Gehl's analysis of urban space with FourInternational Journal of Knowledge-Based DevPAPER
2018Simulating Pedestrian Movement (in: Humanizing Digital Reality — Design Modelling Symposium PariSpringer (book chapter)PAPER
2017Making Sense of the City: Exploring the Use of Social Media Data for Urban Planning and Place BrAnais do Workshop de Computacao Urbana (CoUrPAPER
2017Transience and Permanence in Urban Development (contributor credit; incl. chapter by Lehtovuori Wiley-Blackwell (ed. John Henneberry)PAPER
2016Assessing Quality of City Development by the Acquired Criteria of Landscape UrbanismArchitecture and Urban Planning 2016/12 (RTUPAPER
2016Semantic and Geospatial Mapping of Instagram Images in Saint-PetersburgAINL FRUCT 2016 Conference (IEEE) / Tampere PAPER
2015A Sense of Place: Exploring the potentials and possible uses of Location Based Social Network DaTurku Urban Research Programme, Research RepPAPER
2013Spacial Intelligence Unit (SPIN UNIT), Tallinn (External organisation) — activity recordUniversity of Helsinki Research PortalPAPER
Press & features
2023metaPARK: A Performance-based Parking Policy for the City of TallinnurbanNext (Actar publishing platform)PRESS
2022Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022 will explore 'Edible; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism'World Architecture Community (worldarchitectPRESS
2022"Edible; Or, The Architecture of Metabolism": TAB 2022 reveals participating projects and "EDIBLArchisearchPRESS
2020Beyond Smart Cities | How e-Residency supports urban transformatione-Residency blog (e-resident.gov.ee)PRESS
2020Parkimine on säästliku linna loomise tööriist (Parking is a tool for creating a sustainable citySirp (Estonian cultural weekly)PRESS
Talks, exhibitions & film
2026What About Scale and Complexity in Analytical Time Geography? (invited talk slides, Toronto, JulHarvey J. Miller, Ohio State University (u.oTALK
2023Damiano Cerrone: AI for Participatory Planning (lecture and workshop, LINA 2023 programme)VI PER Gallery, PragueTALK
2022'Tallinna Aed' — SPIN Unit in the TAB 2022 Curatorial Exhibition 'Edible' participants listTallinn Architecture Biennale (2022.tab.ee)EXHIB
2022Curatorial Exhibition EDIBLE opening at the Estonian Museum of Architecture (TAB 2022, with SPINTallinn Architecture Biennale (2022.tab.ee)EXHIB
2022Tallinn 1.5 — A vision for a planetary city (SPIN Unit project for the Tallinn Architecture BienLINA European Architecture Platform (lina.coEXHIB
2015TAB-Lab Research and Development Exhibition, Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2015 (SPIN Unit as cuTallinn Architecture Biennale (2015.tab.ee)EXHIB
Institutional citations & awards
2024Reimagining Helsinki: Participatory urban planning with Generative AIInteroperable Europe Portal (European CommisCITED
2022Üleriigiliste regionaalse arengu, ruumiplaneerimise ja kahanemisega kohandamise uuringud (NationPlaneerimine.ee (Estonian Ministry of FinancCITED
2022SPIN Unit — LINA fellow profile (Tallinn 1.5 – A vision for a planetary city)LINA — European Architecture PlatformAWARD
2021Socio-Spatial Analytics of Yerevan (report authored by SPINUNIT Lab Oy, published by UNDP ArmeniUNDP ArmeniaCITED
2015SPIN, SPAN, SPUN - SPUNK! (ESRI Young Scholar Award 2015 and ESRI Most Unique Map, 2nd place)Estonian Academy of Arts (artun.ee news)AWARD