Suomi/Koivisto is an architectural duo working in the field of environmental architecture. We are based in Helsinki, Finland.
We wish to create enjoyable living environments for both humans and non human beings. For us architecture is a force of change towards more sustainable living.
We make spaces, we research, teach, discuss and write. We believe in multidisciplinary co-operation. We search for new ways of studying societal questions through multisensory spatial experiences.
We explore and strech the boundaries of architecture. We are interested in values guiding architectural decisions. The climate emergency and loss of biodiversity demand us to re-evaluate our place as part of the ecosystem. We want to build possible futures from the basis of the entanglement of human culture and nature.
Projects
Vanhaa pihapiiriä täydentävä loma-asunto Luumäellä Yhteistyössä Tuukka Päivärinne.
Helinä Rautavaaran etnografinen museo Tilasuunnittelu ja näyttelyarkkitehtuuri
Kouk Khleang Youth Center Ekologisesti ja kulttuurisesti kestävä nuorisokeskus Kambodzhaan Komitu Arkkitehdit: Noora Aaltonen, Sisko Hovila, Tuuli Kassi, Elina Koivisto, Maiju Suomi ja Inari Virkkala
Contact
Elina Koivisto
Architect M.Sc.
+358 40 703 5865
Elina Koivisto is an architect (M.Sc. Aalto University 2013). She is an educator, writer and a practicing architect. She has been involved in projects ranging from public buildings and adaptive reuse projects in Finland to an ecologically and socially sustainable youth center in Cambodia. Her interests lie in the possibilities of natural building materials in encouraging care and agency for and of the built environment.
Maiju Suomi
Architect M.Sc.
+358 40 831 9811
Maiju Suomi is an architect (MSc), a doctoral researcher and an educator at Aalto University working in the field of environmental architecture. In her practice and teaching she focuses on bridging nature and culture through the creation of multisensory spatial experiences. In her practice-led research she explores how moving beyond a human-centered world-view affects architectural practice.