Ocean North

finland

Architects (from left)

Tuuli Sotamaa
Kivi Sotamaa
Birger Sevaldson
Achim Menges
Michael Hense


www.ocean-north.net

Works:

Frozen
Finland, 2004
Landscraper
Dusseldorf, Germany, 2000

Principal Architects:

Tuuli Sotamaa, Kivi Sotamaa, Birger Sevaldson, Achim Menges, Michael Hensel

Biography:

Tuuli Sotamaa
1974 Born.
2003 MA : UIAH University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland.
Kivi Sotamaa
1971 Born.
1999 MA : UIAH University of Art and Design Helsinki, Finland.
Birger Sevaldson
1953 Born.
1988 Diploma in Interior Architect / Furniture Designer National College of Art and Design, Oslo, Norway.
Achim Menges
1975 Born.
96-00 Technical University of Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
2002 AA Diploma Hons : Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England.
Michael Hensel
1965 Born.
1991 Diploma in Architecture : Cologne Polytech School of Architecture, Cologne, Germany.
1993 AA Graduate Design Diploma : Architectural Association School of Architecture, London, England.

Principal Works:

2004 21st Century Museum of Art Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan.
2003 Orca & Mantaray, Milan, Italy.
2002 Formations, Milan, Italy.
The New World Trade Center, New York, USA.
2001 ARS 01, Helsinki, Finland.
2000 Narva Masterplan, Narva, Estonia.

Awards:

2004 Tuuli Sotamaa - Young Finnish Designer of the Year.
2003 Kivi Sotamaa - Finnish government one year artist grant.
2002 Tuuli & Kivi Sotamaa, Award for Exellence in Architecture & Design from the Southern Finland Institute for Arts - Uudenmaan taidetoimikunta.
2001 Michael Hensel & Kivi Sotamaa, Nominated by Cynthia Davidson for the Borromini -Young Architect of the Year Award.
1999 OCEAN NORTH proposal the New York Times Millenium Capsule -design competition finalist.

Publication/Writings:

2004 Design Yearbook.
PRAXIS 6.
AD/Emergence - Morphogenetic Design Strategies.
AD/Digital Tectonics, Landscape Urbanism.
Developing Digital Architecture.
2003 The New York Times.
2002 Latent Utopias.
10+1.
AD / vol 4.
A New World Trade Centre.
AD / March issue.
2001 Kenchiku Bunka / Issue 652.
AD.
2000 Domus/Jan issue.
1999 The New York Times.