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SIMO KARI PAAVILAINEN
CURRICULUM VITAE Born 1944 in Vaasa Graduated from Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture in 1975 Started his own office along with his wife, architect Käpy Paavilainen, in 1977 Dean of the Department of Architecture at Helsinki University of Technology since 2004 Professor
in basics and theory of architecture at Helsinki University of
Technology, Visiting lecturer at the Helsinki University of Technology from 1982. Several lectures on own architecture and theory and on the classical architecture of the 1920´s in Nordic countries Special teacher in the Department of History of Architecture (lectures from Egypt to the beginning of the 19th century) from 1979 to 1981 Teacher in the Department of the History of Architecture from 1976 to 1978 Assistant in the Department of History of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology, in 1975
MEMBER OF EXPERT BODY Expert opinion in the nomination for the chair of architecture in the University of Oulu in 2005 Expert opinion in nomination for the chair of architecture in Kungliga Konsthögskolan in Stockholm 2004 Expert opinion in the nomination for the chair of industrial design in the University of Oulu in 2003 Member of
the Organising Committee for international symposium ”L´architecture et
le sacre” in Paris 2003 and Member of the Organising Committee for the International Conference on the Research of Modern Architecture ”Universal versus Individual”, in Jyväskylä 2002 Member of
the Organising Committee for the 8th International Alvar Aalto Symposium
“architecture in the year zero”, Expert in Kamppi design and tender competition in Helsinki 2000 Invited as an administrator for the Alvar Aalto Academy in 1989 by the Ministry of Education Chairman of the Organising Committee for the 7th International Alvar Aalto Symposium “Matter and Mind in Architecture”, in Jyväskylä 1997 Invited to the jury of the 3rd International Biennale of Architecture Cracow 1989
TRUSTEE POSITIONS Member in the State Commission for Architecture 1998-2003, chairman in 2001-2003 Member in the Board of Alvar Aalto Academy since 1999, chairman in 2001-2002 Chairman of the Research and Publication Committee of the Museum of Finnish Architecture from 1995 Member of the Editorial board of Arkkitehti - Finnish architectural review in 1991-92 Member of the Board of the Museum of Finnish Architecture from 1988 - 1999 Member of the Exhibition Committee of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in 1986-94 Member of the Representatives of the Museum of Finnish Architecture in 1983-84 Member of the Townscape Committee of Helsinki City in 1986-89 Deputy member of the Increased National Board of Public Building in 1985-88
MEMBER IN THE JURY OF ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS Kuopio Cathedral congregation, the enlargement of the cathedral, invited competition, Kuopio 2004 The enlargement on Pirkkala municipality centre, invited town planning competition, Pirkkala 2003 New service centre in Mellunmäki, invited competition, Helsinki 2002 Vaasa travelling centre, invited competition, Vaasa 2001 Jyväskylä Music and Arts Centre, open international design competition, Jyväskylä 1997 Mellunkylä Fire station, invited competition, Helsinki 1997 Södertörns högskola, a new University campus next to Stockholm, national competition, Stockholm 1996 Vuotalo multipurpose house, invited competition, Helsinki 1996 New cemetery and surroundings, invited town planning competition, Kankaanpää 1995 The centre for changing exhibitions, open competition, Helsinki 1987 The enlargement of the National Museum, invited competition, Helsinki 1987 Laajasalo church and congregation centre, invited competition, Helsinki 1987 Renovation and reconstruction of the crownwork Ehrensvärd wings, open competition, Suomenlinna, Helsinki 1984 Kanta-Hämeen säästöpankki, renovation and enlargement of an old bank building, Hämeenlinna 1979
AWARDS Glass Structure of the Year 2006, The Office building of the Local Government Pensions Institution, by the Finnish Flat Glass Association Building
of the Year 2001, The Tritonia Academic Library in Vaasa, by Senate
Properties Honourable
Mention in The interior design work of the year 2002, The Tritonia
Academic Library in Vaasa, The interior design work of the year 1998, The Embassy of Finland in Tallinn, by Finnish interior architects SIO, together with Simo Paavilainen and Lauri Olin Building of the Year 1994, Vaasa University, first building stage, by the Finnish National Board of Public Building Honourable
Mention, Munkkiniemi Health Centre and Service Building, Awarded along with Simo Paavilainen the architectural prize by "Tiili" – the professional magazine of the Finnish brick industry in 1983
SCHOLARSHIPS Granted a three years´ scholarship for artists by the Finnish Government for 1986-88 Granted a
scholarship for artists by the Finnish Government for 1976 and 1977.
EXHIBITIONS The architect in charge of design for the exhibition entitled "Carl Ludvig Engel 1778-1840" The architect in charge of design for a Scandinavian touring exhibition entitled "Nordisk Klassicism - Nordic Classicism 1910-1930", the editor of the exhibition catalogue and the writer of the texts concerning Finland, in 1982
LECTURES ABROAD Lecture ”Contemporary Architecture in Finland”, Chalmers tekniska högskolan, Göteborg 2002 Lecture ”L´architecture en Finlande et le sacre” in ”L´architecture et le sacre”, Finlands Culture Institute in Paris 2001
Lecture ”Alvar Aalto –
Modernist in Brick”, in the opening of the exhibition of ”Alvar Aalto
and brick”, Lecture "Tre
domande sullo spazio sacro" given in Accademia de architecture in
Mendrisio in 1999, in the conference Lecture
"Learning from Rome in Nordic use" in Rome 1998, given in an
international conference Lecture "Alvar Aalto - the modernist of brick", on the Alvar Aalto conference in Pescara in 1998 Invited by The University of Waterloo, School on architecture in Canada to give a lecture in series "arriscraft" in 1998: "My practise - Finland and Rome" Lecture "Viipuri Library - the competition entry" (by Alvar Aalto) at Art Academy in Stockholm 1996 Invited by Technische Universität Berlin / Fachbereich 8 Architektur to give a lecture in the series "Positionen" in 1992 :Our architecture in Finnish context Invited by Escola d´Arquitectura de Barcelona to lead a design studio and give a lecture on his own work in 1990 Lecture on Nordic Classicism at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London 1988 Invited by Consejeria de Obras Publicas y Transportes y en su nombre el Director General de Arquitectura y Vivienda of Junta de Andalucia to give lectures on his own work in Seville and Malaga 1988 Invited to give a lecture on own works at Escola d´Arquitectura de Barcelona in 1987 Visiting
critic at the Welsh School of Architecture in Cardiff, March 1986 (with
lectures "Nordic Classicism" and Invited to give a lecture "My theory and practice" in Technische Hochschule Aachen in 1985 Lecture "Vernacular features in the Classicism of the 1920´s" in Madrid 1983
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 3/2004
Arkkitehti, finnish architectural review 4/2000
Ehituskunst 18-19/1997, Estonian architectural review Ptah,
related issues in architecture and architectural heritage 2/1997 4´33´´
Revista Internacional de Pensamiento y Arte Publicacion Tremestral
1/1995 4´33´´
Revista Internacional de Pensamiento y Arte Publicacion Tremestral
1/1995
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 5-6/1994
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 6/1991
Takstooli, Building administrations staff magazine 3/1988
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 1/1987
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 4/1986
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 4/1985
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 8/1983 Tiili,
Finnish Brick Magazine 3/1983
Arkkitehti, Finnish architectural review 5/1981
Arkkitehti, finnish architectural review 1/1981 a-lehti,
arkkitehtiopiskelija, the magazine of students of architecture 2-3/1978
BOOKS Alvar Aalto, modernista del mattone, Universitá degli Studi de Chieti ”Gabriele a´Annunzio”,Contributi 8/2003, La Giornata di Studio Alvar Aalto 1898-1998, Dipartimento di Scienze, Storia dell´Architettura, Restauro e Rappresenrazione, Pescara 2003 Antipasto
Misto, Vilhelm Helander 60, Helsinki 2001 Matter
and Mind in Architecture, the 7th International Alvar Aalto Symposium in
Jyväskylä 1997, Nils Erik Wickberg 90,
10.9.1999, Rakennustaiteen seura, Helsinki 1999 New
Finnish Architecture photographed by Jussi Tiainen, The Finnish Building
Centre, Helsinki 1996
Acanthus 1990, Paper - Architecture – Ruins, Museum of Finnish
Architecture, Espoo 1990 Yksilöllisiä puutaloja, Jussi Vepsäläinen, Rakentajain kustannus Oy, Helsinki 1987, Villa Tuomaala Asplund
1885 – 1940, Lectures and Briefings from the International Symposium on
the Architecture of Erik Gunnar Asplund, The Swedish Museum of
Architecture, Stockholm 1986,
Classicismo Nordico, Architettura nei paesi scandinavi 1910-1930, Electa
Spa, Milano 1988 Il
Classicismo Nordico 1910-1930, Esposizione a Palazzo Barberini, Fratelli
Palombi Editori, Rooma 1985 Nordisk
Klassicism - Nordic Classicism 1910-1930, exhibition catalogue (editor),
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