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Kosmos Nordic Design Resort
Kosmos Nordic Design Resort: Rethinking the Paradigm of Wellness Tourism Salpa Cabins Envisioning a New Era in Hospitality The Kosmos Narrative In the...
Architecture
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hospitality
UFO
UFO Integrating Tradition and Technology: The UFO Building The UFO building is a remarkable structure crafted entirely from cross-laminated timber, rendering...
Architecture
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residential
Meteorite
Unique wood home Meteorite supports interconnected living close to nature ‘Meteorite’ designed by Ateljé Sotamaa is a residential building located in seem...
Architecture
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residential
Usva
USVA: Architectural Synthesis of Heritage and Innovation Historical Roots: Embracing a Personal Legacy in Design The USVA building, nestled in Finland's serene...
Architecture
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residential
Hovering Haven
The Hovering Haven was designed without a site, focusing on the vibrant life of our clients and the atmospheric qualities of the building concept. When a...
Architecture
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residential
Kivi Sauna
The Kivi-sauna is not just a building; it's a harmonious interplay with nature, intricately intertwining with the powerful elements of its surroundings. Our...
Architecture
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residential
The House With a Flying Roof
A Blend of Pessi & Illusia's Worlds In the heart of a pine forest lies a marvel that stands both as a testament to architectural sensation and a tribute to the...
Architecture
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residential
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Södersol
Kissing Helsinki
The Urban Canvas The Guggenheim Helsinki Museum epitomizes the pulse of urban life. It mirrors the rhythmic flows and convergence points of individuals in the...
Architecture
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public
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cultural
Open Arena
The Open Arena is situated north of the Helsinki city centre on the axis of Steven Holl´s new art museum and Finlandia Hall by Alvar Alto. The site serves as a ...
Architecture
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public
Terra Cultura
Terra Cultura - the Jyväskylä Music and Art Centre was designed in 1997 by Kivi Sotamaa and Johan Bettum and later further developed [2004] in a physical model for t...
Architecture
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public
The World Expo Finnish Pavilion
The Finnish pavilion at the Astana world expo 2017 tells story about Finland, a country, which is both technologically advanced and close to nature. It communicates...
Architecture
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public
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exhibition
Spanish Dancer
The Spanish Dancer is a seducer, an exotic creature. Its turbulent dance and deep sounds lure people into the folds of its blood red skin. It draws them into its...
Sculpture
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installation
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art
Sirocco
The Essence of Phenomenal Movement in Arabianranta In the serene landscape of Helsinki's Arabianranta, the public sculpture "Sirocco" manifests, inspired by the...
Sculpture
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installation
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art
Formations
Formations is an architectural installation in the gallery of the Fondazione Nicola Trussardi designed by Kivi & Tuuli Sotamaa. It is a rich, abstract, ambiguous...
Installation
Frozen
Frozen sculptures were conceptualized and crafted as part of an exploratory phase for the "Frozen Void" ice building project. This innovative endeavor marked the...
Sculpture
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art
Finnjävel Restaurant
Finnjävel is a profoundly Finnish restaurant. The restaurant is located in the South Harbour in central Helsinki. The space is comprised of two parts: a ...
Interior
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hospitality
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Finnjävel
Light Ware
Light Ware welcomes you at your reserved table. It’s a small chargeable LED fixture, in a tiny brass body that, thanks to a little magnet, can be placed in ...
Light
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Finnjävel
Fazer Visitor Centre
Fazer opened an internationally noteworthy Visitor Centre on October 1st. It is aimed at offering experiences for all the senses and is a first of its kind in...
Exhibition
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art
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Fazer
Fazer Visitor Center phase 2
Fazer Visitor Center Renewal Fazer's story lives on - and the Fazer Experience Visitor Center is evolving with it. Known as an architectural landmark and an...
Exhibition
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art
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Fazer
Ultima
Ultima is a new restaurant in South Harbour, in the center of Helsinki. It is an experiment about changing peoples’ relationship to food through innovative c...
Interior
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hospitality
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Ultima
Musphere
Musphere is a part of our Biodesign Collection - objects merging together the manmade and the biological. They are black glass sculptures, which grow Oyster...
Bioart
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Art
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Ultima
Happy Chair
A couple years ago Kivi’s wife Kaisa said she dreamed of a big, happy armchair to read by the fire. The Happy Chair’s was designed in response to her dream. Its for...
Furniture
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Fazer
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IVA
Dipoli
Aalto University main building interior design. Realised in Espoo, Otaniemi, Finland 2017.
Interior
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public
IVA
Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Interior
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public
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IVA
Hanaholmen
Hanaholmen Swedish Finnish Cultural Center Hotel re-design Background. Hanasaari was created in 70’s as a total work of art. Its design, especially the i...
Interior
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hospitality
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Hanaholmen
Hile
HILE: A Winter Sports Complex in Guang Xi, China Architectural Innovation in a Winter Wonderland In the heart of Guang Xi, China, emerges HILE, an 80,000m² ...
Architecture
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public
Ledge House
The Ledge House is a revolutionary take on conventional house design and experience. This innovative concept centers around a large sculptural envelope that...
Architecture
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residential
Atelier House
Atelier House by Ateljé Sotamaa. A New Concept For Wooden Housing Within the Digital Paradigm. A House For the Good Life The Atelier House is ...
Architecture
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residential
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Atelier
Eider's Nest
Great projects start with a visionary client. The concept for the Eider's Nest -island house emerged from the desire of our client to create a building hidden in ...
Architecture. residential
Cloud House
Private House. Work-in-progress.
Architecture
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residential
Heat
In process Heat is a part of a R&D project Sotamaa Case Study Houses, which aims at the development of unique digitally designed and manufactured residential...
Architecture
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residential
The New World Trade Center
Architecture
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public
Appeal to Reason
APPEAL TO REASON Appeal to Reason On show at the Tallinn Architecture Biennale TAB13, 6.-30.9.2012 ‘Can the work of art then induce a new category of e...
Architecture
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public
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speculative
aDrift
“ Italo Calvino devotes his fifth of his ‘Six Memos for the next Millennium’ to what he calls multiplicity – the idea that literature should encompass the variety, b...
Sculpture
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product
Latent Utopias
An installation at the Latent Utopias exhibition curated by Zaha Hadid & Patrick Schumacher in 2002.
Installation
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exhibition
Villa Saukko
Vacation home by a lake. Under construction. Plan
Architecture
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residential
Guest House
Private house in process. To be built 2022 in Finland. Renderings Interior ccreenshots from a VR (Virtual Reality model) Architectural drawings
Architecture
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residential
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Södersol
Sauna by the Sea
Private sauna in process. To be built 2022 in Finland. Architectural drawings
Architecture
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residential
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Södersol
Island House
Architecture
Attic House
The Attic House is a ying yang-concept where the ground floor is open to the landscape on all sides and the top floor is solid element with several rooms and...
Architecture
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residential
Basement House
The sister of the Attic House is the Basement House. The ground floor is ‘solid’ and the second floor is a spectacular space open to the world around.
Architecture
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residential
Eden House
The Eden House is an idea we developed last year in response to Covid lockdown: It is a concept for a wooden house inside a glasshouse, inspired by a 70's...
Architecture
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residential
Casa Laura
In Design development.
architecture
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residential
Kehla Stall
Kehla Stall is a project for a countryside cultural center located in a historial stall building owned by a private family in Siuntio Finland. The first phase by...
Architecture
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strategy
Reuna Estate
Plan for developing the historical Reuna Estate, including renovation and reuse of existing structures, new buildings and...
Architecture
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renovation
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residential
Lapland Cabin
Interior design with custom built furniture for a private log cabin in Finnish Lapland. Construction during 2023. Pictures from the housewarming party....
interior
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residential
Breeze
Breeze Schematic design for a cultural building. Commissioned by Design Museum Helsinki. The building mass is used to generate exciting urban spaces, to...
Architecture
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public
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cultural
National Museum
Lisärakennuksen aulatilojen monimuotoinen holvisto rakentaa sillan nykyisen museon arkkitehtuuriin. Lisärakennuksen tila yhdistyy katetun sisäpihan kautta ol...
Architecture
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public
Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule. An international architectural competition entry by Sotamaa in collaboration in collaboration with Antti Ahlava. THE DIGITAL AND THE MATERIAL The...
Architecture
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public
Under Her Wing
Under Her Wing public school building was designed by Kivi Sotamaa in collaboration with Gabriel Esquivel and Antti Ahlava. Learning under the protecting wing The...
Architecture
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Finland
Vaahtoranta
Vaahtoranta is a schematic design by Kivi Sotamaa for the urban shoreline of Hernesaari peninsula in Helsinki in 2007. Renderings by Zebracolor
Urban
Canberra
The Finnish Embassy in Canberra, Australia, was designed by Kivi Sotamaa and Johan Bettum. It results from a synthesis of folded topologies, program and function in...
Architecture
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public
Kehla Cottage
Architecture
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residential
Jettursö
Two new buildings as an extension of an existing log cabin on an island. In process Exterior studies. Interior studies. Plan
Architecture
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residential
Hehku Visitor Center
Exhibition visualizations Artworks & installations
Exhibition
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art
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public
Finnjävel Salon
Finnjävel is a cultural act in the form of a restaurant. We designed the first Finnjävel in 2016 for the historical Sundman's building in Helsinki. The restaurant wa...
Interior
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hospitality
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Finnjävel
Finnjävel Hall
Finnjävel is a cultural act in the form of a restaurant. We designed the first Finnjävel in 2016 for the historical Sundman's building in Helsinki. The res...
Interior
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hospitality
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Finnjävel
Cafe Aalto Kioto
Helsinki's beloved cultural café opens in Japan Cafe Aalto Oy is a classic café in the heart of Helsinki. Established in 1986, the family-owned business on the ...
Interior
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hospitality
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Aalto
Cafe Aalto Franchise
Franchise manual including concept, architecture, design, and visual identity for Cafe Aalto.
Brand
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communication
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hospitality
Ullanlinna Apartment
Combining two apartments into one new one in a historically significant Jugendstil building in Helsinki. In construction.
interior
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residential
Ainoa Winery Store
Interior
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retail
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Ainoa
Ainoa Winery Brand
Communication
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brand
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Ainoa
Fold Chair
Furniture
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Dipoli
Light Ware XL
Light
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Dipoli
Boom Lamp
Light
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Dipoli
The Cricket Lamp
The Cricket Lamp is a part of our Biodesign collection which merges the man made and the biological. The crickets happily sing and climb around on 3D printed...
Bioart
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Ultima
Ultima Chair
Furniture
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Ultima
The Beast
The Beast is architecture for Chef Tommi Tuominen's food. It is a sculptural tray for his participation in Bocuse d'Or competition in Finland 2017.
Bioart
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product
Fazer Brainhow
Uusi kaksiosainen Brainhow-teos on otettu käyttöön Fazer Experience -vierailukeskuksen näyttelyssä. Teospari muodostuu aivojen muotoisesta värikkäästä installa...
Art
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Fazer
Fazer Shop
The Fazer Shop was designed to give the company's numerous brands a strong individual presence while creating a harmonious overall experience. The furniture was...
Interior
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retail
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Fazer
The Academic Bookstore
The Bookstore - A Cultural Institution Offering Unique Experiences The Renovation & Reinvigoration Project of the Bookstore 1. STRATEGY The...
Interior
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retail
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strategy
Fazer Visitor Centre Communications
The signage for Fazer consisted of the graphics and the signs themselves. The signs are shiny squashed spheres creating associations both to the building's...
Communication
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brand
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Fazer
Peek-A-Ball
Product
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Fazer
Finnjävel Chair
Furniture
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Finnjävel
Finnjävel Table
Furniture
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Finnjävel
Devil's Silverware
SIlverware
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Finnjävel
Finnjävel glass collection
Red Moon - glass for aged wine Glass for dry wine Marie Antoinette -glass for Champagne Marie Antoinette's -small glass for Champagne Dessert...
Glassware
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Finnjävel
Cups
Products
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Finnjavel
Woods Tableware
Tableware
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Finnjävel
Ruska Tableware
Tableware
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Finnjävel
Quietness Tableware
Tableware
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Finnjävel
Kaamos Tableware
Tableware
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Finnjävel
Natura Restaurant
'Nature in the middle of Helsinki' We have started a new exciting project designing Natura. It is an intimate, family run restaurant in heart of Helsinki ...
Interior
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hospitality
Dragon's Belly
Dragon's Belly is an unrealised design for the lobby of the new St George luxury hotel in Helsinki. Ultimately the hotel opted for a conventional lobby with a...
Interior
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hospitality
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art
Black Chrome Desk
The Black Chrome desk is imbued with a surreal materiality. A sharp levitating plane morphs into four liquid metal legs. The design is both seductive and magic,...
Furniture
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table
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Hanaholmen
Sira Chair
Furniture
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chair
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Hanaholmen
Birdnest
Furniture
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light
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Hanaholmen
Ptarmigan Floor Light
Furniture
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light
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Hanaholmen
Ptarmigan Table Lamp
Ptarmigan table light is inspired by the flight of a bird. Its design ideas are a continuity of ideas of movement and fluidity, which were integral to modern...
Furniture
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light
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Hanaholmen
Hanaholmen Sofabed
Hanaholmen sofabed consists of clearly delineated Cartesian elements, which change in composition as the sofa playfully transforms; first from a sofa to a a...
Furniture
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sofabed
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Hanaholmen
link-it
link-it is project development proposal accompanied by a schematic architectural design for a mixed program cultural building on a central site in Helsinki. The...
Architecture
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strategy
Landscraper
The Landscraper Urban Ring Bridge across the river Rhine [Düsseldorf, Germany, 2000] was designed by Kivi Sotamaa & Michael Hensel in collabortion with Jeffrey ...
Urban
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architecture
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infrastructure
Yrjö Table
Furniture
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table
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Hanaholmen
Starfish Light Sculptures
Furniture
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light
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Hanaholmen
Isla
Isla is a black, faceted, wooden table and a sculpture. It works both on its own, and as a part of an archipelago of objects. Each Isla is designed so that it...
Furniture
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chair
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table
Kenrokuen Table
Furniture
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table
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Hanaholmen
Hover Chair
The Hover Lounge Chair is soft, robust, comfortable piece of furniture. The design is based on the idea of contrast between the geometrical wood surfaces and...
Furniture
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Atelier
ADD
The spatial identity was designed to combine the functions of exhibition space and research facility, to be a vitrine for experimentation and at ease with its...
Interior
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educational
Flickr
Light
Design Colors Life
DESIGN COLOURS LIFE Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai. October 26 - December 7, 2012 Design Colours Life offers a glimpse into Finland. It is a moment in...
Exhibition
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curation
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cultural
Folding Fabrics
FOLDING FABRICS, 2011 Folding Fabrics is a series of furniture in 5 different sizes, from children's stool to a bar table. Folding Fabrics are made of folded...
Furniture
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Marimekko
Ahead!
Ahead. The exhibition architecture for the Ahead! design area by Kivi and Tuuli Sotamaa of Sotamaa Design takes on the clichés of exposition architecture - ...
Installation
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exhibition
Mistral
Mistral is a centerpiece at the "Matters of Sensation" exhibition at the ArtFront Gallery in New York. Resting on a wooden platform showcasing soft topographical...
Sculpture
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installation
Flowers
Flowers Finalist entry by Kivi Sotamaa to the annual Young Architects Program Competition organized by PS1 and MoMA* Churchill thought flowers are important in...
Installation
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art
Extreme Textiles
Extreme Textiles is and exhibition design for the Wexner Center for the Arts by Kivi Sotamaa. The exhibition design amplified the existing architecture of Peter...
Exhibition
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cultural
Orca
Orca is a lounge furniture designed by Kivi Sotamaa in collaboration with Tuuli Sotamaa. It consists of a hard, white rectangular volume which morphs into an...
Furniture
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USA
Chamberworks
Chamberworks was a temporary installation organised by Johan Bettum and designed by Kivi Sotamaa, Johan Bettum, Kim B Larsen, Birger Sevaldson, Markus Holmsten &...
Installation
Frozen Void
Frozen Void is an ice building realized in Kemi, Finland 2004 in collaboration between Kivi & Tuuli Sotamaa and Brazilian sculptor Ernesto Neto. It was a...
Installation
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sculpture
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art
Mantaray
Mantaray is a series of ceramic dishes designed by Tuuli Sotamaa in collaboration with Kivi Sotamaa. The portable trays are thin surfaces that fit over the contours...
Tableware
Evolving Narva
Evolving Narva Urban growth model for the city of Narva 1. introduction: evolved vs designed cities the changing project of architecture – from static types to ...
Urban
ARS 01
ARS01 was designed by Kivi and Tuuli Sotamaa with Michael Hensel. The exhibition design for ARS 01 synthesises the character of the location -Kiasma, an...
Exhibition Architecture
Intencities
The Intencities Installation [Helsinki, Finland, 2000] was designed by Kivi Sotamaa as part of the Helsinki Cultural Capital 2000 events. The site for the...
Installation
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art
Multiplicities
Multiplities installation was designed by Kivi & Tuuli Sotamaa. The project explores ambiguity as a formal technique for producing sensation. The CNC milled foam...
Installation
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sculpture
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art
Valo
Valo Festival of Finnish culture consists of a multitude of events and installations throughout the Barbican building. The installations range from multimedia to...
Exhibition Architecture
Surfscape
Surfscape is a roughy 2m x 1m sculpture by Kivi Sotamaa & Markus Holmsten designed for Young Forum Finland Exhibition in 1997.
Sculpture
Habitare 97
The Habitare 97 installation was designed by Kivi Sotamaa and Markus Holmsten. It explored the production of a rich spatial and visual experience through innovative...
Exhibition Architecture
Habitare 96
Habitare 96 was a young designers´competition finalists´pavillion design by Kivi Sotamaa & Markus Holmsten for an exhibition of prototypes by eight competition f...
Exhibition Architecture
Extraterrain
Extraterrain was designed by Kivi Sotamaa & Markus Holmsten. It is conceived as an extension of urban surface into the scale of furniture. Extraterrains did not...
Furniture