Suomi/Koivisto architects

Suomi/Koivisto Architects

Suomi/Koivisto (opens a new window)aim to create enjoyable living environments for both humans and non-humans through their design, research, and pedagogical practice. Their project Alusta Pavilion for multispecies encounters (2022), is part of the Venice Biennale and the More Than Human exhibition at the Design Museum. It was awarded the prize for ecological architecture by the Finnish Association of Architects in 2024. In their doctoral research projects at Aalto University they bring practice-led research methods to architecture.

Maiju Suomi

Maiju is an architect (MSc), a doctoral researcher and educator at Aalto University working in environmental architecture. Her practice and teaching bridge nature and culture by creating multisensory spatial experiences. Award-winning projects include KKYC Youth Centre in Cambodia, designed with Komitu Architects, and Alusta Pavilion for Multispecies Encounters in Finland (Suomi/Koivisto Architects). Her research explores how moving beyond a human-exceptionalist world-view affects architectural practice.

Elina Koivisto

Elina is an architect (MSc), educator and doctoral researcher. Her curiosity lies in the social, corporeal and environmental possibilities of the material realities of architecture. Her award-winning projects include KKYC Youth Centre, Cambodia (Komitu Architects) and Alusta Pavilion for Multispecies Encounters, Helsinki (Suomi/Koivisto Architects). In her practice-led doctoral research, she investigates how caring relations with architecture could be built together with human and non-human participation.