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Maria Jaakkola
October 2015
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Name:
Date and time of birth:
Jaakkola Maria Rosina
6.8. 1970, Helsinki
Finland
Contact information:
tel.1 +358403342205
tel.2 +358407782915
email
web (art)
mjaakkokivi@gmail.com (home)
maria.jaakkola@hel.fi (office)
www.mariarosina.fi
Education:
08/14-05/15
Loeb Fellow at Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Advanced Environmental Studies mainly in
Leadership, Performance, City Planning and Art in Public Space
11/09-5/10
Management and Leadership Education "Future Makers", Helsinki School of Economics Executive Education
and the City of Helsinki, 6,5 credits
10/06-03/07
Sculpture studies, Florence Academy of Art, Sculpture Program
06/04
PhD Master Class in Integrative Research for the Planning and Management of Sustainable Landscapes,
Bakkeveen, Netherlands, University of Wageningen
09/00-05/01
Postgraduate studies as an independent student towards a PhD in landscape architecture, Faculties of Architecture,
Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Virginia, USA, 28 credits
02-05/00
Continuing education in Geographical Information System within landscape design
01/99-12/03
Research student at Future Home Graduate School, University of Art and Design in Helsinki
05/99-
PhD student at Helsinki University of Technology (studies' structure confirmed 2003 with 50 approved credits of
postgraduate studies)
05/1997
Landscape Architect, (degree: Master of Science in Landscape Architecture),
Helsinki University of Technology (now called Aalto University), Faculty of Architecture,
Degree Programme in Landscape Architecture, Finland
08/96
Coast Wise Europe- Summer University, international design workshop, Rotterdam, Netherlands
08/93-05/94
Fine art studies; painting, drawing, graphic art, color photography, art philosophy
Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland, 47 credits
1989
General Certificate of A-level, grade 33/36, 5 laudatur-grades out of 6
1989
Higher Secondary School (Senior High School) diploma, grade 9,3 (excellent)
1986
Secondary School leaving certificate, grade 9,2 (excellent)
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Employment in Landscape Architecture:
10/2008-
Head of Office, Environmental Office, Helsinki City Planning Department
2002-2008
Landscape architect, Helsinki City Planning Department
02 to date
visiting lecturer at Aalto University, 02-04 assistant lecturer and tutor on ’Green Areas Planning’ Course at
Helsinki University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture
08/01-12/02
06/97-07/01
Landscape architect, Head of Unit, City of Espoo, Techical Center
Landscape architect, Viatek Ltd. (later Ramboll Finland Ltd.), Department of Landscape and Environment
1-5/98
assistant lecturer, tutor on ‘Basics of Landscape Architecture’ Course at Helsinki University of Technology,
Faculty of Architecture
6-9/95
trainee at the City Planning Department of Helsinki, cityscape improvements
9-10/94
Oulu District of Water and Environmental Resources, Landscape Plan for landscaping a vacated timber collecting
depot
7-9/93
Technological Research Centre of Finland, assistance designer
7-12/93
the Finnish National Road Administration (FinnRA), district Uusimaa, Landscape Plan for rest-stops
6-7/91,
Technical Office of the town Riihimäki, Department of Town Planning, landscape and ecological survey for the
Master Plan and design tasks such as for a neighbourhood park
91-92, 12/92
Technical Office of the town Riihimäki, Department of Town Planning, part time
6/1990
field practice in the University of Helsinki Botanical Garden
9-12/90
student assistant in the Degree Programme in Landscape Architecture, part time
In addition, separate projects such as garden design for private clients and graphic design.
Success in Design Competitions:
11/09
Purchase, Kämäri area in Varkaus Ideas Competition (assistant designer)
08/02
Honorary Mention in The ‘Environmental Structure of the Year 2002’ (landscape design for Piispansilta street)
05/98
evaluated to the upper class in the ideas competition ’Arrival to Helsinki’ (landscaping of entrance highways)
1996
2nd prize in a student competition for a Leisure Center by Myllykoski Rapids, Nurmijärvi
1996
Honorary Mention in an open competition for Ecological Neighbourhood Improvement for Ristinummi, Finland
1994
2nd Prize in a student competition for Environmental Art for Kulosaari Metro Station Pedestrian Tunnel, Helsinki
Scholarhips, fellowships, grants:
academic year 2014-15
05-06/05
04/05
07/04
study year 00-01
study year 00-01
1994 and 1996
1994
Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University, independent study and tutoring/lecturing
Research and documentation of gardens and landscapes,
Finnish Roman Institute for scholars, Villa Lante, Rome, Italy
Helsinki City scholarship for postgraduate studies
The Finnish Cultural Foundation scholarship for postgraduate studies
Scholarship for full time postgraduate studies, Helsinki University of Technology
Travel Grant from the Helsinki University of Technology Support Foundation
awards for an outstanding student from Annikki Paasikivi Foundation
Accepted in the Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the University of Pennsylvania,
Graduate School of Fine Arts, based on portfolio samples,
vice person to be granted the Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship
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Art exhibitions:
Solo exhibits
2015
2014
2013
2008
1994
(Dis)connected, an integrated art even at Dudley House, Harvard Yard,
Arts First Festival, Harvard University; short film, performance and visual art
(January, upcoming) "Kiveä, Vettä" (Water, Stone), Akvart Gallery for aquarelle art, Helsinki, Finland
"Valoa" (Light), Galleria Aapeli, Helsinki, Finland
"Matkalla", On the Move, Viaggiando, Galerie Oljemark, Helsinki, Finland, travel diaries
"Toinen luonto", ‘Other Nature’, Tuusula, Finland, aquarell and oil paintings and graphics
Paired exhibits
2013
2011
2004
Galerie Monod, Paris, France
"Northern and Southern Light", Galerie Mona Lisa, Paris, France
"Eläimellistä menoa" - kahden polven kuvia, Loppi, Finland
Participation in group exhibits
2015
2015
2012
2012
2012
2012
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2011
2010
2010
2009
2009
2008
2004
2003
1986
1987
1988
1988
1989
1990
1983
1979
Landscape as painting, studio exhibit and mural, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Images of Generations (Sukupolvien kuvia), Tuusula, Finland
Global Projects, September, Broadway Gallery, New York City, USA www.broadwaygallerynyc.com/
(Aug-Sept) Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York City, USA www.amsterdamwhitneygallery.com
(June) SAM 2012 Giverny, France www.whoswhoart.com
Salon ArtShopping, Carousel du Louvre, Paris, France
OpenArtCode Paris, France www.openartcodeparis.com
OpenArtCode Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco www.openartcodemontecarlo.com
July edition, Artists Home and Abroad, Broadway Gallery, New York City, USA broadwaygallerynyc.com
Venezia Project, Venice, Italy, www.studioartecarapostol.it
World Art Vision, Barcelona, Spain www.world-art-vision.com
Affinity and Contrasts, Venice, Italy www.studioartecarapostol.it/index_file/Page368.htm
OpenArtCode, Paris, France www.openartcodeparis.com
Effetto Biennale, Biennale's Effect, Assisi, Italy www.effettobiennale.org
Florence Biennale, Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
Annual Exhibit of Suomen Taiteilijat, Finlands Konstnärer ry (The Artist of Finland), Helsinki, Finland
Suomen Taiteilijat ry, 40th Anniversary Exhibit, Helsinki, Finland
The Art Happening of Viherpäivät, Tampere, Finland
KSV ARS, City Planning Department, Helsinki, Finland
'Nuorison Kuvat' Nationwide Art Exhibition for young people, Hyvinkää, Finland
'Nuorison Kuvat' Nationwide Art Exhibition for young people, Hyvinkää, Finland
'Nuorison Kuvat' Nationwide Art Exhibition for young people, Hyvinkää, Finland
paintings at ”Kolmen polven näyttely”, Hausjärvi, Finland
photographs at 'Nuorison Kuvat' Nationwide Art Exhibition for young people, Hyvinkää, Finland
drawings at 'Nuorison Kuvat' Nationwide Art Exhibition for young people, Hyvinkää, Finland
”Kolmen polven näyttely”, Tuusula, Finland
”Kolmen polven näyttely”, Strindbergin taidesalonki, Helsinki, Finland
Language Skills:
finnish (mother tongue)
- english (fluent) - german (good) - swedish (good) - italian (satisfactory)
french (satisfactory) - spanish (basics)
Memberships:
Suomen maisema-arkkitehtiliitto MARK (Finnish Association of Landscape Architects) www.m-ark.fi
Academic Engineers and Architects in Finland www.tek.fi
Société des Artistes Independants www.artistes-independants.fr
Akvarellitaiteen yhdistys and AKVART galleriaosuuskunta (Society of Watercolor Art)
Suomen Taiteilijat ry (Finnish Artists) www.suomentaiteilijat.net
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References (selected):
City of Helsinki
Since October 2008 Head of the Environmental Office in City Planning Department (260 employees total), leadership and management of 7 landscape
architects, 1 architect, 1 research scientist, 1 planning assistant and 1-3 trainees annually that work on all levels of planning (Master Plans, Local Plans and
Detailed Plans). Latest project the Green Areas Strategy for Helsinki in conjunction with the new Master Plan (www.yleiskaava.fi). Human resourcing and
strategic planning, statements, design competitions etc. Representing Helsinki's landscape planning in various occasions including international cooperation in European and global connections (ECLAS, LE:NOTRE, member of LUCI lighting committee 2008-2010, IFLA, member of European Urban
Landscape Partnership network since 2006 etc.). Supervision and commissioning of numerous plans, incl. three Master theses for Aalto University (Sirpa
Törrönen's landscape analysis of Helsinki 2010, Mari Soini's Park design for Western Harbor 2012 and Katariina Peltola's Folkkari - peoples' park in 2014).
Project leader and landscape designer for Detailed Plan of Lapinlahti hospital area, ratified in City Council in May 2012. Jury member in numerous ideas
and design competitions; Kruunusilta bridges 2014 being the most recent.
From December 2002 to October 2008 landscape architect responsible for landscape expertise in the inner city area, Environmental Office in City Planning
Department. Working as landscape expert in design teams lead by the project leader. Most important teams included:
Central Project (planning and preliminary designs for Töölönlahti public spaces and commissioning of a water design from Atelier Dreiseitl,
landscape planning and design for the Detailed Plan of Kaisaniemenpuisto historic park, preliminary design for Pikku Parlamentti park in front of
the new Parliament House and supervision of consultants)
West Harbor Project (landscape planning and design for public outdoor spaces for Jätkäsaari local plan, organizer and main author/editor of the
International Design Competition Brief for Länsisatamanpuisto park and acting as member of jury and head of working committee in the
evaluation of entries)
Eastern Harbor Project (Hermanninpuisto park design and presentation for City Planning Committee, acting as member of jury at Kalasatama
international ideas competition about urban planning)
Inner City Office (Lehtisaari island housing detailed plan, landscape expertise, Eläintarha detailed plan, landscape etc.)
City of Espoo, Technical Office
From July 2001 to October 2002 I worked as Head of Landscape Unit of 3 designers in Green Services Office for Espoo City Technical Center. I was
establishing of a new landscape unit responsible for implementation design and programming of investments on parks as its first leader. I started a pilot
project about a general development plan in accordance with the recently made Green Areas Program to help prioritize and invest, and developed a model
for a quality-based evaluation of tenders from consultants. Main tasks included commissioning landscape designs from companies (9 designs in total) and
supervising my team, including one Master's Thesis for Aalto University.
SCC Viatek Ltd (Ramboll Finland Ltd) in 1997-2000, landscape architect:
Time
Client
Project
2-8/2000
City of Oulu
Oulu river delta, cityscape and landscape survey and proposed measures (main
designer, project leader)
1-6/2000
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Porslahti cultivation park, Vuosaari (main designer, project leader)*
12/1999
City of Espoo, Technical Office
General Plan for Refurbishment of Espoo center (designer)
12/1999
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Preliminary Plan for Aurinkolahti Canal (landscape designer)
12/1999
City of Espoo, Technical Office
Haukilahdentie bridge environment, noise protection and bridge architecture
(project leader) *
4-7/1999
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Ruukinlahti and Maamonlahti parks (landscape design)
5/1999
Finpro
Hannover Expo 2000 Finnish pavilion garden (landscape design,
communications, visualization)*
5/1999
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Tapanila housing area, street plan (landscape planning)
1998-1999
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Vesalanpuisto park (landscape planning and design)*
8-11/1998
VR-Rata Ltd (National Railroads)
1998-1999
9-/1998
5/1998
2/98
12/97
10/97
(* if built as such)
Implementation design for Environment of Leppäkoski Railroad Bridge (project
leader)*
City of Espoo, Merita Bank, Asuntosäätiö
Piispansilta (formerly Matinkyläntie) street and Piispanaukio (formerly
Ezstergominaukio), urban design and landscape design*
Finnish Road Administration
Klaukkalantie and Virkkalantie streets refurbishments, landscape
City of Lappeenranta
Katajasaarentori square and Pikisaarenpuisto park, design*
City of Helsinki, Public Works Dept
Kauppatori Market Square refurbishment, public design and visualization
Skanska International, Sundsvall, Sweden
Bullerskydd i Timrå, noise barriers, design report
Vägverket Region Mitt, Sweden
Fiskevägen, tourism road, landscape plan, visualization
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Lectures, presentations and publications:
(only the most significant included)
10/2015
"(re)connecting the blue-green experience", pecha kucha talk at LOEB 45 Reunion, Designing for Change: Towards Equity and
Resilience, http://loebreunion.gsd.harvard.edu/#event-modal, Boston and Cambridge (Harvard), USA
2/2015
one of the five actors in MIT Drama Shop production The Day The World Stood Still, a play/interactive performance of
improvisatory collaborative theater project directed by Charlotte Brathwaite, Cambridge, USA
9/2015
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-09-28/finnish-landscape-architect-tries-connect-broken-pieces-bostons-emerald-necklace,
radio coverage of awareness-rising art project at the World by Public Radio International, Jeb Sharp, WGBH
1/2015
invited pecha kucha talk at Boston Society of Architects, Urban Design: Quick Hits, Designing with Water, Boston, USA
11/2014
invited keynote speaker and panelist in Sea Level Rise and the Future of Coastal Cities -seminar, Boston University Initiative on
Cities and the Pardee Center, Boston, USA
11/2014
Extreme conditions in Finland, lecture at Harvard University, Extreme Housing studio
11/2014
Green City Governance, skype lecture, University of Virginia, Department of Landscape architecture
9/2014
Planning the green and blue city, lecture at Harvard University, Practices of Landscape Architecture
10/2013
invited keynote speaker and panelist in Urban Forestry in Transition seminar in Tartu, Estonian University of Life Sciences
8/2013
"Kaupungin kauneuden näkijä" (The One that sees the Beauty of the City), about my art, planning and cityscapes, Kodin
Pellervo - journal, issue 8/2013
8/2013
invited panelist in seminar Vihreä ja Viihtyisä kaupunki (Green and Livable City), Otaniemi Urban Mill, Espoo, Finland
12/2012
invited panelist in seminar about Ecosystem Services, 50 th anniversary seminar by Ramboll Finland Led.
10/2012
"Maria Rosina Jaakkola - captivating watercolors" by Jill Smith, NY Arts Magazine Winter Edition
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/catalogue-2011/maria-jakkola (note the misspelling)
5/2012
author of Helsinki, Finland - Greenness and Urban Form, article in Green Cities of Europe, Island Press, USA, edited by
Timothy Beatley
4/2012
invited keynote speaker and panelist in European Landscape Forum in Antalya, Turkey by LeNOTRE network
7/2011
presentation Green and Maritime Helsinki for ECLAS annual meeting
2009-2012
appeared in catalogues with exhibited works and presentation (see list of participation in group exhibits)
2010-2012
lectures "Helsinki- the green city", Aalto University of Technology, Helsinki, International Master Class of Landscape
Architecture
2009
appeared in Helsingin Sanomat nationwide newspaper about Lapinlahti city plan
07/08
author of Landscape architecture in Finland, article in Topos International magazine
05/09
lecture "Helsinki- the green city", Northern Virginia Regional Commission, USA, as part of MyHelsinki project by the
Finnish Embassy in Washington D.C. and City of Helsinki
05/06
seminar lecture ”Landscape Architecture in Helsinki City Planning - Current Challenges”, European Urban Landscape
Partnership Network launching, Vienna, Austria
02/06
Parks promoting city identity? Lecture at Viherpäivät nationwide professional seminar in Tampere, Finland
01/05-01/06
Main organizer and member of Jury at the international Landscape Architecture Competition for Länsisatamanpuisto Park,
editor of the Competition Brief and co-author of the Results of the Competition
01/06
Landscape architecture in city planning – what’s new? International seminar at the Helsinki City Planning dept,
organization and lecture
2002
author of Phenomenology as a means of understanding landscape, published in the referee journal of Working Papers
F22, Kokeiluja - Experiments, Future Home Graduate School 3, ed. Ylimaula, Anna-Maija, University of Art and Design
Helsinki, UIAH
00-01
lectures on ‘Viikki ecological housing area’ and ’Green areas in Helsinki and Washington D.C.’, comparison of two green
areas systems, at the University of Virginia, USA, Department of Urban Planning, Sustainable Communities
08/98
Lecture on ‘Finnish Landscape’ in Regional Planning Exchange Conference in Hokkaido, Japan
1995
First published design work: 'Joy, Light, Color, Water, Man' - townscape improvements for Itä-Pasila', Helsinki City Planning
Department publications
In addition, numerous published design reports and contributions as well as expert articles in professional publications. Since 1995 also
several presentations in interactive ‘open house evenings’ for residents of the area about planning projects as part of citizen involvement
strategies and introductions/presentations about Helsinki green areas for international visitor groups.
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Commissions of trust:
2008-2011
2003-2004
2003-2004
2001-2003
2003
President of "Planssi" art club for City Planning Department staff
Board member, Finnish association of Landscape Industries
Board member,"Planssi" art club for City Planning Department staff
Board member, Finnish Association of Landscape Architects
Vice president, Finnish Association of Landscape Architects
Music and other attainments:
2004
2000
2000
1989
1989
Examination I in classical solo singing, Espoo Music Institute, Finland (16/25p)
Examination 2/2 in classical solo singing, Espoo Music Institute, Finland (16/25p)
Examination in archipelagic navigation (sailing)
Diploma in Music, Riihimäki Music Institute, majoring in piano
Examination I in classical piano playing (19/25p)
Public performances in solo playing, singing and accompanying soloists as well as choir since 1986, most recently as a member of A-joy ensemble.
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