JKMM Architects is a group of architects and designers based in Helsinki, Finland. They started in 1998 with four founding partners –
Asmo Jaaksi,
Teemu Kurkela,
Samuli Miettinen and
Juha Mäki-Jyllilä. Today, they are a team of more than 70 people.
The
American Architectural Record chosen JKMM as one of the “10 Emerging New Firms in the World”. Their works have been presented in various exhibitions including Venice Biennale, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the
Museum of Finnish Architecture.
Awards
Hurraa! 2016 Award, The New Harald Herlin Learning Centre.
Finnish Glass Structure Award 2016, OP Financial Group's New Headquarter.
Rose for Building 2015, OP Financial Group's New Headquarter.
Steel Structure 2015, OP Financial Group's New Headquarter.
Tekla Global BIM Awards –award 2014, Total Bim -category, OP Financial Group's New Headquarter.
Concrete Structure of 2012, Seinäjoki Library.
Lighting project of the year 2011, exterior, Saunalahden Lastentalo.
Shanghai Expo 2010, best pavilion design and architecture, kategory B, Kirnu, BIE (Bureau International des Expositions).
Finnish State Award of Architecture 2007.
Steel Structure of 2007, Verkatehdas Cultural Center.
Glass Structure of 2007, Verkatehdas Cultural Center.
Forum Aid Prize, Best Nordic Interior 2007, nominee, Verkatehdas Cultural Center.
Concrete Structure of 2007, Turku City Library.
Frame The Great Indoors-Award-Nominee 2007, Viikki church.
Chicago Athenaeum, International Architecture Award, Viikki church, 2006.
Pietilä Award, 2006.
Asmo Jaaksi, Principal Architect, Amos Rex. Architect SAFA, partner. (Born in 1966) studied architecture at Tampere University of Technology, graduating in 1997. He is a founding partner of JKMM Architects and has specialised in designing public buildings. His works reflect the values of inclusiveness and humanity combined with practicality and focus on materiality and details. Asmo Jaaksi’s major works as the principal architect are: Amos Rex art museum; Academy of Fine Arts building in Helsinki; Think Corner in the University of Helsinki; OP Financial Group headquarters; Seinäjoki City Library; Turku Main Library; and Joensuu University Aurora building.
Freja Ståhlberg-Aalto, Project Architect, Amos Rex. Architect SAFA. (Born in 1973) Graduated in Architecture from Helsinki University of Technology in 2001. At JKMM, she has been involved in the design of award-winning buildings such as Seinäjoki Public Library, Verkatehdas Arts & Congress Centre and Turku New City Library. Since 2014, she has worked as the project architect of Amos Rex. She is now in the final phase of her doctoral research project focusing on the role of aesthetics in the care environment. She has held a part-time teaching position at the Department of Architecture, Aalto University.
Päivi Meuronen, Architect specialising in Interiors, Amos Rex. Interior Architect SIO. (1967) graduated in Interior Architecture from the University of Art and Design, Helsinki and has been the driving force behind JKMM Architects’ interior designs since 2003. She leads a team of 18 at JKMM specialising in interiors. The team has been successful in creating projects where JKMM’s architecture and interior design form a seamless unity. JKMM’s interior for the recently restored Alvar Aalto-designed library in Otaniemi was awarded the Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2017.
Katja Savolainen, Restoration Architect, Amos Rex. Architect SAFA. (Born in 1969) Graduated in Architecture from Helsinki University of Technology in 1999. She has been specialising in conservation architecture since 2000. In 2004, she joined JKMM, where, as part of the Amos Rex project, she has been responsible for the restoration of the Functionalist Lasipalatsi building in addition to a number of other historically significant projects around Finland. Katja has also been teaching and re-researching traditional building methods and their restoration, with a particular interest in wooden structures.
