Marja Sarvimäki

Assistant Professor

Office: SoA 301B

Phone: (808) 956-4910

Fax: (808) 956-7778

E-mail: sarvimak@hawaii.edu

Area of Specialty: design, history of architecture

Nationality: Finnish

Languages: Native in Finnish; fluent in English; avergage in Swedish and German; basic knowledge of Japanese, Chinese, and Korean

Courses Currently and Recently Taught

ArchArch 201 – Intermediate Architecture Studio A

Arch 202 – Intermediate Architecture Studio B

Arch 271 – World Architecture and Urbanism A

Arch 272 – World Architecture and Urbanism B

Arch 405 – Selected Design Studio (thaught as directed studio for a B.Arch. candidate)

Arch 699 – Directed Work

Forthcoming (in summer 2006):

Arch 369 – Study Abroad: Architectural Study Tour to Japan

Educational Background

2000

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture

D.Sc. (in Theory and History of Architecture)

1985

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture

M.Sc. (in Architecture)

3-10/2002

Korea University, Department of Architecture

Post-doctoral research on Korean architecture

1987-1989

Tokyo National University of Arts and Music, Department of Architecture

Research studies in Japanese architecture

Additional Studies

3-10/2002

Private Korean lessons under the supervision of Ms. Kim Younghee

3-6/1999

Private Korean lessons under the supervision of Ms. Kim Junhee

10/1998-1/1999

Private Korean lessons under the supervision of Mr. Lee Seung

1-12/1992

Helsinki University of Technology

Second stage Chinese course

1-11/1991

Private Chinese lessons under the supervision of Mr. Li Wangning

1987-1989

Koyo Calligraphy Art School, Tokyo

Calligraphy studies

1987-1989

Ono Ikebana School, Tokyo

Flower arrangement studies of Sogetsu style

4-9/1987

Osaka University of Foreign Studies

Intermediate Japanese course

1986-1987

Kalliola Institute and Helsinki University

Japanese language courses

1-3/1986

Free Art School, Helsinki

Goethe’s Theory of Colours

1982-1984

Helsinki Artists’ Association

Free hand drawing classes

Professional Societies, Services, and Awards

2004-present

Member of the University of Hawaii at Manoa Library Committee

2004-2005

Preliminary examiner of Ph.D. thesis Sensus Communis: A Study on Urban Planning and Its Relationship to the History of Communal Ideology by Koichi Ushio, and opponent of Ushio’s dissertation defence on December 16, 2005, Oulu University, Finland

2-11/2002

Korea Foundation Fellowship

2000-2003

Representative of The Finnish Association of Architects at the Board of The Finnish Institute in Japan

4/1987-4/1989

Japanese Government Monbusho Scholarship

1985-present

The Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA)

Career Details

1/2003-present

University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Architecture, Honolulu

Assistant Professor

11-12/2002

Halikko Arts, Crafts and Design Institute, Salo

9/2000-1/2002

Lecturer of Art and Cultural History

10/1998-1/1999

Asia Boom Oy, Helsinki

10/1994-3/1995

Researcher

10/1996-8/1997

Housing Fund of Finland, Helsinki

Architect

3/1990-7/1993

Architecture Office Juhani Pallasmaa, Helsinki

Project Architect

11/1990

Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture Teaching Assistant of the General Information Course

12/1981-3/1987

ARKTON Architects, Helsinki

Apprentice and Assistant Architect

7-8/1982

Architektenburo Roelofs & Nijst & Lucas, Amsterdam

Apprentice Architect

9/1977-11/1981

Architecture Office Eva and Jaakko Paatela, Helsinki

Apprentice Architect

6-8/1975

Building Company Keskus-Sato, Helsinki

Assistant

Architecture Studio Marja Sarvimäki

Head Architect, Primary Projects:

2006

Langfang City Development Plan, second price winning competition entry (first price was not awarded) in collaboration with Lin Tongyan and Li Guohao Construction Project Consultant Inc., P.R. China

2002

Industry and Commerce Administration Bureau & Attached Housing & Riverbank Development

Linyi, P.R. China

2002

Xizhi Hotel (not completed)

Linyi, P.R. China

1996

Talo Sarvimäki (single-family house)

Vantaa, Finland

1993

Bakunina 2 (renovation of an apartment)

St. Petersburg, Russia

1993

“Lasitalo” (“A Glass House”), a sculpture/house project in collaboration with artist Risto Salonen (not completed)

1993

“Laivojen taivas” (“The Heaven of Ships”), an art park plan for a former shipyard (not completed)

Hamina, Finland

1993

“A Woman’s Dream House” (competition entry for the international architectural competition: To Fulfil a Woman’s Dream), in collaboration with architect Pirkko Palermaa

Gifu, Japan

1990

Preliminary plan for the Tianshui Wan Hotel & Chinese Medical Centre (not completed)

Hainan Island, P.R. China

1986

Health Care Centre of Hausjärvi (competition entry)

Hausjärvi, Finland

1986

Talo Heikkilä (single-family house)

Helsinki, Finland

1985

Restoration and functionability plan for the Särkkä Fortress

(diploma work for the degree of Master in Architecture)

Helsinki, Finland

1984

Talo Kurppa (single-family house)

Helsinki, Finland

1983

Casa Kalliala (single-family house)

Jyväskylä, Finland

Registration

1/2003-present University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Architecture, Honolulu

Assistant Professor

1985-present Architecture Studio Marja Sarvimaki

2002, 2000 Halikko Arts, Crafts and Design Institute, Salo

Lecturer of Art and Cultural History

1998-99, 1994-95 Asia Boom Oy, Helsinki

Researcher

10/1996-8/1997 Housing Fund of Finland, Helsinki

Architect

3/1990-7/1993 Architecture Office Juhani Pallasmaa, Helsinki

Project Architect

11/1990 Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architectur

Teaching Assistant of the General Information Course

12/1981-3/1987 ARKTON Architects, Helsinki

Apprentice and Assistant Architect

7-8/1982 Architektenburo Roelofs & Nijst & Lucas, Amsterdam

Apprentice Architect

9/1977-11/1981 Architecture Office Eva and Jaakko Paatela, Helsinki

Apprentice Architect

6-8/1975 Building Company Keskus-Sato, Helsinki

Assistant

Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

3-10/2002, Korea Foundation Fellowship for post-doctoral research on Korean architecture, affiliated at the Korea University, Department of Architecture.

Current research for a forthcoming book on the philosophy of Korean architecture in collaboration with Dr. Hyon-Sob Kim, expected completion of the manuscript in AY 2006-2007.

Recent Publications

“On European and Japanese Cities in the Light of Western Philosophy” in ARK 2/2006, ISSN 0783-3660.

“Layouts and Layers: Spatial Arrangements in Japan and Korea” in Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies (pp. 80-108), Vol. 3, No. 2, September 2003, ISSN 1598-2661.

Tuulisilla vesillä: Luonnollinen fengshui (On Windy Waters: Natural Fengshui). Helsinki: WSOY, 2002, ISBN 951-0-26929-8.

Perinteen taika: Nykyaika Kiinassa, Etelä-Koreassa ja Japanissa (The Spell of Tradition: Modernity in China, South Korea and Japan). Linda Jakobson and Marja Sarvimäki, Helsinki: WSOY, 2001, ISBN 951-0-25549-1.

Structures, Symbols and Meanings: Chinese and Korean Influence on Japanese Architecture. (Dissertation thesis for the degree of Doctor of Science.) Espoo: Research series of the Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture, 2000/18, ISBN 951-22-5013-6.

Aravaa kautta aikojen (Arava throughout the times). Marja Sarvimäki (ed.), Helsinki: Valtion asuntorahasto, 1999, ISBN 951-53-1953-6.

“Nousevan auringon maat” (The Countries of the Rising Sun), Maailmalle, maailmalta - kulttuurisia katsauksia (From the World to the World - Cultural Reviews). Annaliisa Syrjänen and Irmeli Westermarck (eds.), Helsinki: WSOY, 1997, ISBN 951-0-21810-3.

“Arkitektologisk rättvisa: Om rättens estetik.” (Architectological Justice: About Aesthetics of Law.) Marja Sarvimäki and Kjell Sevón, Rätfaerd nr 68, 18/95, ISSN 0105-1121.

Uusi Kiina-opas. (New China Guide Book.) Linda Jakobson and Marja Sarvimäki, Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä, 1995, ISBN 951-26-4017-1.

KIINA. Opaskirja no 1. (CHINA. Guide Book no 1.) Linda Jakobson and Marja Sarvimäki, Helsinki: Kirjayhtymä, 1989, ISBN 951-26-3303-5.

Papers

Beijing Image: Global and Local in the Promotion and Architecture of Green Olympics in 2008. Paper by Johanna Lahdenperä and Marja Sarvimäki, presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Asia Pacific Architecture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, School of Architecture in collaboration with the Tongji University, Shanghai, P.R. China, 6/10/2005.

Layouts and Layers: Spatial Arrangements in Japan and Korea.

Paper presented at the international conference “Traditional Architecture in modern Asia” of the Korean Association of Architectural History, Seoul National University, 10/17/2002.

Reading East Asian and Scandinavian Housing Culture.

Paper presented at the Design summer camp & panel discussion, Joongbu University, Daejon, 7/6/2002.

“Unique” Japanese Architecture. How about Chinese and/or Korean Influence?

Paper presented at the Biannual Symposium of Korean Association of Architectural History, Dongguk University, Seoul, 5/18/2002 and at the Colloqium Group for History and Culture Studies, Seoul National University, 5/23/2002.

Module, Ratio and Order. Harmony of the Universal Order in Japanese Architecture.

Paper presented at the 2nd NEWAS workshop, University of London, SOAS, 4/22/1994.

Feng Shui - Superstition or a natural design principle?

Paper presented at the Symposium of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Stockholm University, 12/11/1992.

The Appearance of Timber Structure Tradition in China, Korea and Japan.

Paper presented at the 3rd Nordic Symposium on Japanese and Korean Studies, University of Tampere, 5/26/1992.

Professional Memberships

1985-present

The Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA)

pending

Assoc. AIA Honolulu Chapter