Suomi/Koivisto is an architectural duo based in Helsinki, Finland, working in the field of environmental architecture.
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.
Suomi/Koivisto Architects were invited to the main exhibition of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia curated by Carlo Ratti in 2025.
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Instagram @suomikoivisto
Contact
Elina Koivisto
Architect M.Sc.
+358 40 703 5865
Elina Koivisto is an architect (M.Sc.), doctoral researcher and educator at Aalto University. Her interests lie in the possibilities of natural building materials in encouraging care and agency for and of the built environment. In her practice-led research, she investigates, how a more caring approach together with human and non-human co-collaborators could change our bodily relations with the space and matter.
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.