Seppo Höijärvi
CONTACT
seppo@ku.edu (314)-800-9353
SKILLS
Photoshop Illustrator
InDesign
Sketchup
Revit
Enscape Lumion
Bluebeam
Drafting
Sketching
Painting
ProblemSolving Creativethinking
Work Ethic
SEPPO HÖIJÄRVI
4th Year Architecture Student
EDUCATION
Saint Louis Priory School
August2017-May2021
4.38 GPA
University of Kansas Masters of Architecture
August2021-May2026(expectedgraduation)
3.92 GPA
WORK EXPERIENCE
Architecture Intern DLRGroup (Overland Park) May2024-August2024
Engineering Internship
Invention House (Kirkwood,MO) May2017-December
Research Assistant UniversityofKansas (KapilaSilva) February2024-May2024
Small Engine Repair SelfEmployed-St.Louis May2019-Present
AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS
-TheCongressionalAward-BronzeMedal
-MagnaCumLaude(2021)
-Mens Ultimate2019State Champion
- Mens Ultimate MVP 2021
-GeorgeHerefordMemorialAward(StudioArt)
-ThesisAward (2021)
-10x World Fleadh Qualifier
REFERENCES
Garrett Scott
Mentor: DLRGroup gscott@DLRGroup.com
Kapila Silva
KU ArcD Ambassador UniversityofKansas August2024-Present
Pest Control Technician Aptive Environmental May2023-August2023
- Deans List 2021-2025
- KU Mens Ultimate
- Aurthur Kennet Jr. Educational Fund Scholarship
-GeorgeM.Beal&VernerSmith Scholarship
- Lawrence Group ARCH Scholar
Studio Professor: ARCH 508
Employer: UniversityofKansas (414)334-1290
Kapilads@ku.edu
Kevin Bell
Employer:Aptive Environmental (314)357-6378 kevin.bell@goaptive.com
ORDER OF WORKS
2. MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION
3. JAYHAWK WELCOME CENTER
CONFLUENCE SENIOR LIVING
Lawrence, Kansas
Studio 608 | Fall 2024
Professor Richard Embers
(Revit, Enscape, Adobe Suite)
Located in Lawrence, KS behind Johnny’s Tavern, The Confluence Senior Living Center provides an experience that facilitates connections between residents and their community. The Confluence Independent Living facility focuses on the mental and physical well being of the clients and elevates their lived experiences with convenient access to medical facilities, community involvement with inter-generational opportunities, promotion of an active lifestyle, proximity to a river trail / comfortable outdoor spaces, and a scenic and relaxing environment.
Define and Level Site:
- Site sharply inclines at levee.
Locate Desirable Views
- Kansas River to the west.
- Historic Union Pacific Station / Johnny’s Tavern to the east.
Raise Above Levee + Cantilever for Natural Shade
- Site gently slopes towards the South end.
- Make it possible to see over levee and treeline
- Make the structure self-shading by cantilevering out.
Fill Non-Residential Program
Below
- Clinic and Preschool are located below for easy access.
Add Vertical Circulation and Non-Apartment Spaces
Fit to Program and Connect to Levee
- Allows for privacy in the senior living facility.
- Egress and communal spaces located at end of double loaded corridor for easy access.
- Maximizes living spaces and conveniently follows structural grid.
- Adjust first floor program as needed to account for lobby ceiling heights and space requirements.
- Connect via rooftop garden / bridge to the levee trail.
Johnny’s Tavern
Johnny’s Tavern Parking (gravel)
Kaw River
Levee Trail
Locust St. Maple St. N. Massachusetts
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Convenience
Toilet
Toilet
Toil. Toil. Toil.
Custodian
Stor. IT
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
Rooftop Garden
Putting Green
Levee Trail
Private Garden
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
Community
Apartment
Utilities
PT
Adult Clinic
Imaging
Preschool
Main Building
Structural System
Steel Columns - W14x109
30’ Spans - W18x86 Steel
24’ Spans - W12x26 Steel
10’ Joists - W8x10 Steel
2” Metal Decking
3” Concrete Floor Slab
12” CMU Structural
Elevator and Stair Shafts
Parking Garage
Structural System
24” x 24” Cast in Place
Columns
10” 2 way slab integrated with structural beams
HVAC DIAGRAM
Apartment HVAC System
Variable Air Volume (VAV) System: Rooftop Units supply conditioned air to mixing boxes that can be manipulated separately for each room
Clinic and Main Floor System
Variable Air Volume (VAV) System: Supplied from unit in mechanical room
INTERIOR LOBBY RENDERS
DETAIL WALL SECTION
Gutter System
CU5045 Framing Stud 1/2” Gypsum Board
1.5” StoneCoat CARVE Cladding
1.5” Air Gap/Furring Strips
StegoWrap Moisture Barrier
6” Steel Brackets
1/2” Plywood Sheathing
6” Channel Stud
4” EPS Rigid Insulation (wall)
4” Concrete
1.5 RR 16 Composite Decking
W12x26 Steel Beam
1’ 2” Hangar Rod
HVAC Duct
1/2” Gypsum Ceiling Tile
3/4” = 1’ 0”
1.5” StoneCoat CARVE Cladding
6” Steel Brackets
StegoWrap Moisture Barrier
4” EPS Rigid Insulation
1/2” Plywood Sheathing
6” Channel Stud
1” Terrazzo
10” Concrete Slab
4” Concrete Sidewalk
Footing (pending structural) Gravel
4” Drainage System
Driven Piling (pending structural)
3/4” = 1’ 0”
MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION
Dallas, Texas
Studio 508 | Fall 2023
Professor Kapila Silva (Revit, Adobe Suite, Color Pencils)
Located in the Dallas Arts District, The Museum of Immigration pays heed to the men and women that have come to the United States seeking a better life. From crossing the border, to integrating with a new culture; the architecture and program of the museum create a journey that guides the observer through the entire immigration process.
SPACE CONCEPTS
PARKING
AXIS:
ISOLATION TO INTEGRATION:
The spot where the axes meet is the point the site is built around, the core of the building.
PROGRAM JOURNEY
PRE - ENTRY
ARRIVAL: “THE DESERT”
PRE -ENTRY : PARKING + TICKET OFFICE
WEST
THE
A JOURNEY OF SHARED EXPERIENCES
Cultural, language, and at times racial barriers make the already difficult process of finding housing, beginning work, securing transportation, and enrolling in healthcare/schools extremely stressful. This can force immigrants to a low point in their journey.
ENTRY
“IMMIGRATION
The legal immigration process takes place long that can take a considerable amount of distress, not have.
PRE - ENTRY
This period is the bulk of the journey. Beginning at the initial entry point, the uphill struggle for the American Dream begins. The main barriers that isolate immigrants create the slopes of this journey.
ADJUSTMENT
ENTRY:
BASEMENT GALLERY + MEMORIAL
ADJUSTMENT + INTEGRATION:
The climb to the welcome gallery Starts on a winding ramp that circle progressing galleries culmination in the welcome gallery and rooftop garden looking out into Dallas.
long before arrival at any border. It is a process distress, time, and money... Something many do “IMMIGRATION OFFICE”
ARRIVAL
For immigrants there are always clear spaces of origin and destination. In all cases, the space between the two is vacuous and only used to pass through, often in haste. the journey.
This is the moment that the American Dream becomes reality. Opportunities rise to (or above) those born as US citizens. This is a place to be celebrated as the beginning of a new journey.
INTEGRATION
SanJacinto
Crockett
BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
1” = 64’ 0”
THIRD (A-B) FLOOR PLAN
THIRD (C-D) FLOOR PLAN
1” = 64’ 0”
FOURTH FLOOR PLAN
1” = 64’ 0”
DETAIL WALL SECTION /
3 Detail Callout 3 1/2” = 1’ 0”
2" ALuminum Furring / Air Cavity
EQUITONE UNI-RIVET
4.5" Aluminum Furring Spacer
3.5" FOAMULAR® EPF Rigid Insulation
20 Mil STEGO® WRAP VAPOR BARRIER
1" DensGlass® Sheathing
4" Double Channel Steel Split Joist
W5x15 Steel Beam
1/4" Bracket Connectors
1" EQUITONE Fibre Concrete Panels
2" Aluminum Mullion
Polypropylene TGI Warm Edge Spacer
2" Dual-Pane Glass with Argon Gas Cavity
6" Steel Decking
6" Concrete Slab
3/4" Hardwood Oak Flooring
6" Air Diffuser
1" Solid Oak Board
Ring Gallery
“Desert”
JAYHAWK WELCOME CENTER
Lawrence, Kansas
Studio 209 | Spring 2022
Professor Hugo Sheward (Revit, Enscape, Adobe Suite)
Located at the “entrance to campus” (The intersection of Jayhawk and Naismith), The Jayhawk Welcome Center is a resource for potential and current students and a testament to the past, present, and future generations of KU alumni. Three gallery-style display rooms take you on a journey through KU history. A cafe and outdoor seating areas make this spot ideal for everyday use.
JayhawkBlvd.
Naismith Dr.
Locate Desirable Views
- View across Potter Lake to Campanile
- View down Jayhawk Blvd.
- View down Naismith Dr. to Allen Fieldhouse
Extrude “Galleries”
- The galleries are flexible event / showrooms for tours, museum - type displays, and alumni events. Each will have a view of a KU landmark
Fill in Circulation and Program
- Connect the ground floor with lobby and cafe.
Cut out Courtyards
- Interior courtyards are enclosed by circulation corridors.
- Full experience of KU campus when traveling between views
Floor Plans
Scale: 1/32” = 1’ 0”
First Floor Plan
Room 1 - Lobby
Room 2 - Coffee/Gift Shop
Room 3 - Past Gallery Room
Room 4 - Courtyard
Room 5 - Circulation Space
Room 6 -Present Gallery Room
Room 7 - Circulation Space
Room 8 - Future Gallery Room
Room 9 - Elevator
Room 10 - Courtyard
Basement Floor Plan
Room 1 - Conference Foyer/ Circulation
Room 2 - Conference Room
Room 3 - Storage
Room 4 - Public Restroom (1)
Room 5 - Custodial
Room 6 - Public Restroom (2)
Room 7 - Private Restroom
Room 8 - Elevator Room 9 - Private Office
South Elevation
GALAXY ABBEY - 2021
St. Louis, MO
THESIS | Spring 2021
Professor: Ann Schaefer
(Paint: Aerosol, Latex, Acrylic)
I was one of two students at St. Louis Priory approved to do a creative studio art project for my Senior Thesis.
My Mural depicts the Priory Abbey hurtling through a distant galaxy on an asteroid. The mural was meant to be a farewell message to the class of 2021. No matter how far we spread apart, we always can fall back on the Benedictine values that our formation at Priory taught us.
The mural is located directly outside of the fine arts room in the Priory Jr. School.
Final Product! In total the mural took three full days to rough in over winter break. Once school was back in session I spent 15-20 free periods doing detail brushwork.
Stencil work and layering is extremely important for aerosol painting. Here is some experimenting I did with a quick sketch and box cutter.
All the rough spray work is done at this point. I had to work in a tight window during this process as the building had to be shut down due to fumes. I used a respirator during the entire process.
Proof of concept at the “Mural Mile” (Legal Graffiti zone on the flood wall of Mississippi River)