JKMM Architects
Topical Research Presentation ARCH678D: Scandinavian Architecture and Urbanism Professor Noonan 08/13/2020 Danny Peragine
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Table of Contents Thesis
Ethos
Background Information Architect Bios Educational Background Work Experience
About the Practice Statistics Integrated Design Design Principles Timeline
Project Overview
Knowledge Turku City Library Seinajoki City Library Saunalahti Daycare Wellbeing Viikki Church Kivaaripuisto Housing Culture Amos Rex Finland Pavilion Steam of Life Pavilion National Museum of Finland
Conclusion Bibliography
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Thesis
Designing happiness for an inclusive society
Ethos -Finland is ranked as the happiest country in the world -Architecture’s social responsibility is to increase happiness in society -The question is where does this happiness come from, and how can JKMM implement it? -Buildings are built for technology and business; instead, culture, knowledge, and wellbeing are needed for a sustainable and happy society
-Happiness > Wellbeing, Knowledge, Culture -By following their principles, the firm experiments with all typologies of work, at many scales, while sticking to tradition when appropriate but adding a contemporary feel to emphasize the existing
Background Information Architect Bios, Educational Background, Work Experience
Asmo Jaaksi
Teemu Kurkela
Samuli Mietinen
Juha Maki-Jyllila
-Gullichsen Kairamo Vormala Architects, 1990–99
-Jokela Kareoja Architects, 1990–92; Kurkela Studio, 1994; Suderlund Architects, 1997–99
-Paavilainen Architects, 1990– 97; Lahdelma Mahlamaki Architects, 1997–99
-8 studio, 1988–92; Lahdelma Mahlamaki Architects, 1992–99
-Tampere University of Technology; Tampere, Finland, Class of 1995, Master of Science in Architecture
-Columbia College 1990, Helsinki University of Technology 1997, Master of Science in Architecture
-Tampere University of Technology; Tampere, Finland, Class of 1995, Master of Science in Architecture
-Tampere University of Technology; Tampere, Finland, Class of 1995, Master of Science in Architecture
-created their firm after winning a competition while students before graduating -Other Design Leads: Paivi Meuronen, Teemu Toivio, Samppa Lappalainen
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About the Practice Statistics
-founded in 1998 -approx. 100 designers -47 First Prize wins for competitions, the most for a Finnish firm
Integrated Design
-studio is comprised of furniture, lighting, landscape, interior, & graphic designers -produce publications -interdisciplinary approach to projects by including investors, users, clients, & government
Design Principles
-Connection to nature -Human Scale -All senses -Talking < Doing Experimentation -Total design: contextual and detailed -Diverse projects, methods, and styles
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2009
Project Overview Timeline
Notable Places Viikki Church
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Finland Pavilion
2007
JKMM Founded
Finland Pavilion
2010
2011
2008
2009
2010
Turku City Library
Kivaaripuisto Housing
Seinajoki City Library
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2011
Kivaaripuisto Housing
Seinajoki City Library
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
House of Children in Saunalahti
2017
2018
2020 Seinajoki Jyvaskyla
House of Children in Saunalahti
Amos Rex
Tempere
National Museum of Finland
Turku
Nevada
2019
Amos Rex
Steam of Life Pavilion
2019
Steam o
Espoo
Helsinki Shanghai
Turku City Library Turku, Finland 9,600 sq. meters Knowledge -Concrete Structure of 2007 -Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 nominee -1st Prize in Competition
-Transparency
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Image Source: Michael Perlmutter, Asmo Jaaksi, Patrik Rastenberger; https://jkmm.fi/work/turku-library/
Image Source: Michael Perlmutter, Arnon de la Chapelle; https://jkmm.fi/work/turku-library/
Seinajoki City Library Seinajoki, Finland 4,430 sq. meters Knowledge -Mies van der Rohe Award 2013 nominee -Concrete Structure of 2012 -Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2014 nominee -1st Prize in Competition
-Complimenting Aalto
Image Source: Hannu Vallas; https://jkmm.fi/work/seinajoki-library/
Image Source: Tuomad Uushelmo, Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/seinajoki-library/
Image Source: Tuomad Uushelmo, Hannu Vallas; https://jkmm.fi/work/seinajoki-library/
Saunalahti Daycare Espoo, Finland 1,750 sq. meters Knowledge - Lighting project of the year 2011 -1st Prize in Competition
-”Lowly worm”
Image Source: Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/saunalahti-daycare/
Viikki Church Helsinki, Finland 2,000 sq. meters Wellbeing -Wood Award 2006 nominee -Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 nominee -Frame The Great Indoors Award 2007 nominee, Serve & Facilitate category -Chicago Athenaeum 2006, International Architecture Award -1st Prize in Competition
-Gathering in the forest
Image Source: Kimmo Raisanen; https://jkmm.fi/work/viikki-church/
Image Source: Arno de la Chapelle; https://jkmm.fi/work/viikki-church/
Image Source: Arno de la Chapelle; https://jkmm.fi/work/viikki-church/
Kivaaripuisto Housing Jyvaskyla, Finland 2,220-2,500 sq. meters Wellbeing -Wood Award 2006 nominee -Mies van der Rohe Award 2007 nominee -Frame The Great Indoors Award 2007 nominee, Serve & Facilitate category -Chicago Athenaeum 2006, International Architecture Award -1st Prize in Competition
-Old and new collide
Image Source: Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/kivaaripuisto-housing/
Image Source: Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/kivaaripuisto-housing/
Amos Rex Museum Helsinki, Finland 13,000 sq. meters Culture -Interior Designâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best of Year 2019 Award Honoree -New into Old Awards 2019, The Architectural Review, Shortlist -Dezeen Awards 2019, Cultural building, Longlisted -WAF Awards 2019, Completed buildings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Culture, Shortlisted -Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 nominee -Concrete Structure of 2018 -Rose for Building 2018 -RIL Award 2018 -2020 Interior Design Competition, IIDA, Best of Competition -AIT-Award 2020 Best in Interior and Architecture, finalist in Public Buildings / Culture category -Frame Award 2019, in Learning Space of the Year category
-Inviting playfulness into the city center
Image Source: Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/amos-rex-museum/
Image Source: JKMM, Tuomas Uushelmo; https://jkmm.fi/work/amos-rex-museum/
Image Source: Tuomas Uushelmo, Mika Huisman; https://jkmm.fi/work/amos-rex-museum/
Finland Pavilion Shanghai, China 3,400 sq. meters Culture -Shanghai Expo 2010, Best Pavilion Design and Architecture -1st Prize in Competition
-People, nature, and technology
Image Source: Derryck Menere, Iwan Baan; https://jkmm.fi/work/finland-pavilion-shanghai-expo-2010/
Steam of Life Pavilion Burning Man, Nevada 3,400 sq. meters Culture -Metamorphosis
Image Source: Hannu Rytky; https://jkmm.fi/work/steam-of-life-sauna/
National Museum of Finland Helsinki, Finland 17,000 sq. meters Culture -1st Prize in Competition
-Playing with topography
Image Source: JKMM; https://jkmm.fi/work/national-museum-of-finland/
Image Source: JKMM; https://jkmm.fi/work/national-museum-of-finland/
Image Source: JKMM; https://jkmm.fi/work/national-museum-of-finland/
Conclusion -These buildings all follow the design principles of nature,
human scale, experimentation, and trying to achieve happiness with knowledge, wellbeing, and culture -these are all community spaces, and we have seen how important community is to Scandinavia -their domestic spaces are community based, not stand alone homes or skyscrapers -Their cities have welcoming public venues to allow for culture, knowledge and wellbeing -HDI is very high in Finland, as well as Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, because of this importance -Nature is preserved and even mimicked in the buildings, while natural materials are always used and locally sourced -JKMM follows tradition, and breaks with it in a respectable way to improve the spaces -As the first generation without connection to Aalto, they try and honor his designs instead of shying away and contrasting them greatly
-This can be said about all of their work, which is about including everyone and allowing for meaningful places of human interaction, which foster happiness
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