Background
"Over the years, I've been lucky to have had the chance to work together with so many talented people. I express my gratitude for sharing moments of their life with me and for championing to go further in discovering the wonderful world that we live in."
Juhani KARANKA
Architect & Urban Planner SAFA
Member of Finnish Association of Architects SAFA
Current status
2024 Founder of FIN-GER, Würzburg, Germany
2015 Founder of Studio Karanka, Würzburg, Germany
2015 - 2023 Co-founder of FIN-GER GbR Finnish-German Concept Store, Würzburg, Germany
Education
1999 Master of Science in Architecture with Distinction, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
1999 Master's Thesis: "Play, Creativity and Architecture 1:1"
Academic Positions
2019 - 2024 Visiting Lecturer, Technische Hochschule Würzburg-Schweinfurt, Germany
2000 - 2012 Full-time University Teacher, Lecturer and Ph.D Researcher, Aalto University, Finland
1999 - 2012 Visiting Lecturer, Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Private Employment
2019 - 2023 Freelance Architect & Urban Planner, Geisel Architekten BDA, Germany
2016 - 2023 Freelance Architect & Urban Planner, Jäcklein Architekten BDA, Germany
2014 - 2015 Freelance Architect & Urban Planner, archicult GmbH - Breunig Architekten, Germany
2012 - 2014 Project Manager in Urban Planning & Architecture, SITO Consulting Company, Finland
1999 - 2015 Private practice ArkkitehtuuriAteljee Karanka & Tamminen, Tampere, Finland
1985 - 1999 Private studio Atelier of Architecture Karanka, Tampere, Finland
Public Employment
1993 - 1994 Urban Planner & Designer, Municipality of Kangasala, Finland
1992 - 1999 Teacher of Architecture, Tammerkoski Art High School, Tampere, Finland
1991 - 1999 Teacher of Architecture, Tampere Art School for Children and Youth, Tampere, Finland
Awards, honours and grants
2016 Major grant for teaching architecture to children in Germany, Ministy of Education & Culture, Finland
2009 Major grant for interdisciplinary Urban Planning & Design Education, Helsinki University of Technology
2003 Teacher of the Year at the Faculty of Architecture, Helsinki University of Technology
1999 Award for the Master of Science in Architecture with Distinction, Tampere University of Technology
1997 Artist Award for Architecture, City of Tampere, Finland
1990 Critic Award for Architectural Criticism, Province of Häme, Finland
1989 Prize for Best Academic Work, Department of Architecture, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
1985 Prize for Best Academic Work, Department of Architecture, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Memberships and positions of trust
2024 Member of District Council of Sanderau, Würzburg
2020 Advisor in Architecture for the City of Würzburg, Germany (until 2026)
2016 Member of Architekten- und Ingenieurverein AIV Würzburg, Germany
2006
Advisor in Architecture and Urban Planning for the City of Kaarina, Finland
2003 Advisor for the Finnish Esthetic Society
2002 Board member of Finnish Urban Planners
2000 Jury member of Environmental Art Competition (VVO/Amurinlinna), Tampere, Finland
1999 Member of Finnish Association of Architects SAFA