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On architecture education
Architecture and built environment touches us all – it surrounds us everywhere. To make it easier for us to read the signs and the stories told by our environment, it is important for us to become familiar with the elements and aspects that make up the different milieus where we wander.
With access to this kind of knowledge, we will have a more comprehensive capacity to make our voices heard and influence the political, economic and social strategies, which are shaping our cities and environment. But most importantly, it is a way for us to find more rooted connection to ourselves. To learn a language that helps us to communicate our values and preferences.
On this learning path, we are exploring and wandering in extremely fascinating and colourful layers of stages and stories – those of the real world as well as those of fantasy.
Art Education in Architecture
Teaching
Curious Class Project
Teaching | Research
Teacher Training and Lectures
Traingin | Lecturing
What could we do together?
I can help you to succeed on your project in various ways, or simply provide consultation and training on engaging processes. Here are some examples of what kind of projects or works my knowledge could be useful:
Urban, semi-urban, rural and natural area analysis
Urban, semi-urban, rural and natural area planning and design
Design contests and competitions on built environment
Participatory planning processes and their implementation
Multidisciplinary and artistic projects and research
Private gardens and building permit applications
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On landscape architecture
Landscape architecture as a practice draws its roots in multi-disciplinary soils of geography, ecology, architecture, sociology and art. My interest and passion for the field lies here tightly, in the variety of scales as well as of different cultural and geographic contexts that meet within the different sites and their users.
Starting with careful observation and analysis, continuing with sensitive exploration of possibilities and synthesis, my goal is to find design solutions that are always in relationship with a respect of tradition and local as well as with the appreciation of the contemporary – as opposed to blank cosmetic outcomes.
It is important for me to emphasize through the work the atmosphere or the luring character of the place, let it be urban or rural settings – in tune with the cultural and environmental sensitivities that are at play. These matters have a strong, research backed connection to the wellbeing of the individual as well as wider communities.
Here are some examples of my work
Shoreline Development
Urban design
Courtyards Spatial Structure
Urban studies
Archipelago Landscape
Rural studies and design
Turku Waterfront
Urban design
Northern Seafront Promenades
Urban studies
What could we do together?
I can be part of your project within different stages – from sketches and idea plans all the way to the construction site documents and implementation, or other outcomes that are needed. The projects might be of, for example:
Urban, semi-urban, rural and natural area analysis
Urban, semi-urban, rural and natural area planning and design
Design contests and competitions on built environment
Participatory planning processes and their implementation
Multidisciplinary and artistic projects and research
Private gardens and building permit applications
© 2024 Minna-Mari Paija
Shoreline development in Kallio district
Helsinki, Finland: Work assignment for the Helsinki City Planning Office, 2016
Major changes are taking place in the shorelines of the Kallio district in the coming decades due to the new traffic restructures. The idea plan for the area’s public outdoor spaces has been commissioned to serve in the further plans of the area in different zones. In the analysis the focus has been to address the identity and strength of different zones. Microclimate and the positioning of the sun in different hours of the day are crucial in the Nordic environment, and these factors have been carefully studied in relation to the newly proposed extensive housing in the area. In the plan, the characteristics of different shores have been planned to give a variety of atmospheres and possibilities for the citizens to actively enjoy the sea and the waterbody that surrounds the area thoroughly.
Study of the courtyards spatial structure
Helsinki, Finland: Academic bachelor’s thesis on landscape architecture, 2016
In the study the focus has been addressed towards the junctioning points of the courtyards and the street areas, in the district densely populated and with sparse green areas. The study meanders around the possibilities for the residents to better profit from the courtyards that in the current organization are very underutilized and unwelcoming with their repulsive nature.
Reimagining the Turku waterfront
Turku, Finland: Academic study, 2016
Restructuring the industrial areas with their port functions and warehouse zones into a new mixed use urban space. The main focus in the plan has been on the outdoor areas and connections, where the whole plan has taken its roots. Existing net of preserved buildings are transformed into communal uses and the newly planned promenades, parks, plazas and streets have all direct relationship to the water. Bringing the evolving areas a strong seaside identity with the anchor points to the history, where the water has an active role rather than just a visual element.
Characteristics of the Northern seafront promenades
Helsinki, Finland: Work assignment for the Helsinki City Planning Office, 2016
Comparative spatial analysis of the northern seafront promenades. The focus of the study was in the usage and the quality of the public parts in relation with the commercial areas of the promenades. Reaching to the spatial programs and relations of the outdoor space and interiors alongside the promenade. In the comparison the Signe Branders’ terrace proposed in the development plan for Helsinki waterfronts, alongside with Sundspromenaden in Malmö, Sweden as well as with Nyhavn in Copenhagen, Denmark and Stranden in Oslo, Norway.
