Dipoli, the listed iconic and experimental student union building of Helsinki University of Technology designed by Raili and Reima Pietilä and completed in 1966 has gone through a complete renovation and gotten a new life as the main building of Aalto University. The building reopened for fall semester 2017.

Dipoli大楼将用作大学行政部门、学术团体和学生们的集会地点，不同的空间在重新设计的过程中得到激活，共同组成一个可持续的、灵活的工作场所。除了容纳行政办公空间之外，大楼还将继续作为举办重要讲座和节日活动的场地，同时为学校的研究成果和设计作品提供展示的平台。Dipoli大楼的餐厅、咖啡厅和酒吧也将为学生和工作人员开放。

    Dipoli will function as a meeting place for the university administration, the academic community, the students and other stake holders. All of these parties have been activated in the spatial re-design process that turned the building into a sustainable, flexible workspace of the future. In addition to housing the administration, Dipoli will also continue to function as the prime location for important lecture events and university festivities, as well as act as a display platform for the university’s research and design projects. Dipoli’s restaurants, cafeterias and bar cater for both students and staff members.

    作为阿尔托大学的“实验室”，Dipoli大楼将为大学行政部门的200位员工提供灵活的工作方式和可移动的工作环境。设计团队的目标是通过构建新鲜、开放而动态的使用体验，在尊重原设计者观点的基础上，使Dipoli大楼重新散发活力。

    Dipoli is Aalto University’s test lab for flexible working methods and mobile work. Two hundred of the university’s administrative employees will use the building as their base. The design team’s aim was to re-radicalize Dipoli by creating a fresh, open and dynamic user experience, not forgetting the original designers’ vision.

    大楼坐落在由阿尔瓦·阿尔托设计的Otaniemi校区，最初方案产生于1961年的建筑竞赛，Pietiläs的方案原先获得了并列第二名，后来于第二次竞赛中获胜。本次的翻新方案是校区重建项目的一部分。新的校区将与原先的赫尔辛基理工大学校区合并为阿尔托大学的主校区——后者本身就是由赫尔辛基的三所大学合并而来。在改建之前，Dipoli大楼曾作为会议中心使用了20年之久。

    The building, located on the edge of the Alvar Aalto designed Otaniemi campus, is the result of an architectural competition organized in 1961, where the Pietiläs’ entry was originally awarded shared 2nd prize and later selected as the winner of the second competition organized between the two 2nd prize winners. The renovation was part of the larger campus reorganization project linked to the former Helsinki University of Technology campus becoming the main campus of Aalto University, born out of the merger of three Helsinki area universities. Prior to the renovation Dipoli functioned as a conference center for a period of 20 years.