Published in 5/2024 - Crossing the Borders

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Internationalising Finland – Four Viewpoints

Arvind Ramachandran, Martino De Rossi, Gülcan Ozan, Sudar Oli Gunasekaran

Four architects who have made Finland their home discuss what day-to-day practice looks like here and the change that is needed to help the sector become more international in outlook.

→ How can I support my international colleagues? 

As individual practitioners, we can play a role in making our profession more inclusive, writes Arvind Ramachandran.

→ How to integrate into the Finnish workforce?

To integrate fully into Finnish society, you need to learn the language, says Martino De Rossi.

→ How can architecture firms support multiculturalism?

In many Finnish architecture firms, international professionals often face career ceilings at junior positions, regardless of their level of experience, writes Gülcan Ozan.

→ What can an architect learn from the working cultures abroad?

In Finland, the process of execution of design projects is highly standardised and bound by law. 
In India, there is a lot of back and forth between the worksite and the design table, which synchronises each project organically and compensates for the lack of standardisation, compares Sudar Oli Gunasekaran.