2012 ASF at SOM Grant Recipient Nea Tuominen

Nea was born in Turku, Finland but moved to the north of Finland to the city of Oulu in 2005
to begin her studies in architecture right after graduating from high school. After the first year she moved to Tampere where she continued her studies in Technical university of
Tampere and became bachelor of architecture in 2009.

Through inspirational studies in Finland, she wanted to expand her knowledge also abroad. Nea
studied in the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden for a semester in 2010. Studying in Stockholm cultivated her technical competence with critical distance to the discipline. Research based
studies included concept design, sustainable design and orientation courses on history and
theory of architecture.

In 2011 she was granted a scholarship to work in South America. Nea traveled to Quito, Ecuador to
work in an architecture office of Juan Erazo Solines, a teacher in University of San Francisco
de Quito. The internship deepened her experience of architecture abroad and served as a positive contrast to the Scandinavian tradition.

Nea has been working in a few architecture offices during her studies such as Vapaavuori architects which is experticed in museums and housing design.  In the beginning of 2012 she was offered another compelling job in Helin & Co Architects, one of the most acknowledged architecture companies in Finland.

After receiving the ASF fellowship in August 2012 she moved to New York to work with one of the leading architecture companies, Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP.

At the moment Nea is particularly interested in high rise architecture and is researching skyscrapers for her diploma work. Her diploma project was special mentioned in an international architecture competion held by SuperSkyScrapers organization.