TY - JOUR T1 - Scaling Spatial Transformation: Smart Specialization of Urban Capabilities in the Helsinki Region JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Renita Niemi A1 - Eelis Rytkönen A1 - Robert Eriksson A1 - Suvi Nenonen KW - campus management KW - hybrid spaces KW - mobile work KW - scaling businesses KW - urban development and management AB - Societies are shifting towards more complex structures and agile networks through spatial transformation. That shift affects the ways in which citizens interact with and within their physical and virtual surroundings. The interactions define purposes for the modern hybrid spaces, depending on individual demands in relation to space and time. As facilities per se are becoming less relevant, spatial concepts and service that support, attract, and engage modern individuals must be invented. The capabilities of user-orientated processes are important in terms of connectivity, co-creation, and communication, involvement in change, and control as well as governance. This article explores the potential scaling in diverse spatial transformations and summarizes the lessons learned from managing a campus as a small city to managing a larger-scale urban area. The study uses a case study methodology: the data was collected through interviews and document analysis. The framework of five urban capabilities (5Cs), which were initially introduced by the urbanist John Worthington, guided the content analysis of data. The results indicate that the lessons learned in the diverse urban projects can be scaled from a minor urban-area campus to a large urban area. Users of spaces have a need and will to collaborate, co-create, and impact their environments. This view expands the roles of decision makers and planners to controlling the uses of spaces for supporting grassroot initiatives. Consequently, active citizens engage and contribute, which can be a driving force for co-creation, shared ownership, and attractiveness of small- and large-scale areas. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/936 IS - 10 U1 - Aalto University Renita Niemi is a design strategist for human-centered change. She is a creative professional who graduated in 2004 from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (TaiK) in Finland. She has major in Industrial and Strategic Design and minor in International Design Business Management (IDBM). Currently, she focuses on her part-time PhD studies at Aalto University. Having several years of academic background working at TaiK and Aalto University, she is experienced at multidisciplinary research, concept development, and design. She has completed a diverse range of design research projects related to housing and living. Her ambition is to form broad initiatives to facilitate further innovation, which involves networking between people with different perspectives, as well as rapid experimentation and creative collaboration. Her passions are greatly connected to planning, design, services, and innovation in context of the urban environment. U2 - Aalto University Eelis Rytkönen is interested in socio-technical phenomena, managerial practices, and spatial design in organizational settings. Currently, he works as a researcher for the BES research group in Aalto University, Finland, where he is finishing his doctorate research on dynamics of campus management in spatial transformation. He holds a BSc in Real Estate Economics and an interdisciplinary MSc degree in International Design Business Management (IDBM). U3 - Robert Eriksson graduated as an architect from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2005. Currently, he works as a senior advisor in a consultancy solving problems related to the built environment. He has extensive experience in city planning, renewable energy, and open data. Robert has also been active in research, having published scientific publications related to, for example, user empowerment and future campus development. U4 - Aalto University Suvi Nenonen has worked as a Research Manager in Aalto University, Finland, since finishing her doctorate in 2005 on work environments that support new knowledge creation. She has published over a hundred scientific publications and acts actively in multiple international facilities management networks such as EuroFM and NewWOW. Suvi also acts as a docent in the Tampere University of Technology, Finland. ER -