Hei! I'm Jenna - an architect, experiential designer, and installation artist practicing in the fluid intersections of space, perception, and data.

My passion is in creating responsive environments and redefining our relationship with space - whether that's through technology or biology. In tandem with a human-centered approach, I strongly believe that Mother Nature is just as important of a user in what we design and therefore consider the environmental impact in all that I do.

Currently, I’m at Studio Puisto Architects where I not only design for both domestic and international projects of all scales, but I also investigate and develop internal spatial concepts on the side, such as a speculative study into elderly housing to envision how might we better age in the future.

Outside work, I recently won a competition to deliver a permanent bioart installation for Aalto University. The proposal anchors on the R&D of an environmentally reactive artwork, meaning that these days, much of my free time is spent on material experimentation where I cook biopolymers both in a lab and my home kitchen.

→  jenna.m.ahonen[at]gmail.com

SUOMI

ENGLISH

EDUCATION

(2020) AALTO UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ARTS, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
M.A. PRODUCT AND SPATIAL DESIGN
MINOR: NEW MEDIA DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

(2015) THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
B.SC. ARCHITECTURE / B.A. ART HISTORY

SKILLS

DIGITAL
SPATIAL: RHINO 3D/GRASSHOPPER, REVIT (BIM), AUTOCAD, 3DS MAX
COMPUTATION: C/C++, PYTHON (intermediate)
VISUAL/ANIMATION: JAVA (PROCESSING), HTML/CSS, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, INDESIGN, PREMIERE PRO, AFTER EFFECTS
MECHATRONICS: RASPBERRY PI, ARDUINO
VIRTUAL REALITY: UNREAL ENGINE
FABRICATION: 3D PRINTING, CNC, LASERCUTTING
USER EXPERIENCE: FIGMA, SKETCH, INVISION

TACTILE
BIODESIGN (WET LAB EXPERIENCE), WOODWORKING, METALWORKING, KINETIC SCULPTURE, GARMENT CONSTRUCTION/PATTERN DESIGN

EXHIBITIONS, GRANTS, PRESENTATIONS

(2022) AALTO UNIVERSITY CAMPUS. PERMANENT COLLECTION: BIO.MODULES.WAY.

(2021) AALTO MATERIAL PLATFORM GRANT.
(2020) HELSINKI DESIGN WEEK / EU GREEN WEEK. SOLO EXHIBITION: BIO.MODULES.PAVILION.
(2020) AALTO EXPERIENCE PLATFORM GRANT.
(2020) VÄRE V1 GALLERY. SOLO EXHIBITION: BLIND AS A BAT.
(2019) DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN GRANT.
(2018) FLOW FESTIVAL. SPATIAL INSTALLATION: LIMINAL.
(2018) HYBRID LABS SYMPOSIUM. PRESENTATION: A WALK IN THE WOODS.
(2018) TEKSTIILI18. GROUP EXHIBITION: PARAMETRIC TRANSLATIONS.
(2015) UP + UP. GROUP EXHIBITION.

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→  jenna.m.ahonen[at]gmail.com