Karita Rytivaara
karitarytivaara@gmail.com
info
research & writing
visual studies
exhibitions
Most of my design work and building history surveys have been carried out at the architecture office R Schnitzler (2016–).
Alongside my professional work, I develop visual and material studies through scale models, photography and spatial documentation. I am particularly drawn to mundane modern environments, infrastructure and the overlooked places of everyday life.
I have worked both as lead and contributor in the research and exhibition projects Moderni metro (Modern Metro, 2025), funded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR), and Riisuttu runko (Stripped Frame, 2021–22), supported by the Kone Foundation in collaboration with architect Kaisa Karvinen.
My practice moves between architectural analysis and artistic interpretation, focusing on modern heritage, disappearance and ordinary structures. Recent publications include “Layers of the Invisible,” presented at the 5th Alvar Aalto Academy seminar Whose Modernism (2023), and “Revisiting Merihaka's Parking Structures P1 and P2,” presented at the Docomomo International Conference in Santiago (2024).
I graduated as an architect from Aalto University in 2018 and have taught there part-time since 2019.
karitarytivaara@gmail.com
ig @kade.karita
CV
0009-0000-4394-7032
EDUCATION
Master of Science in Architecture, ARTS Aalto University, Espoo 2018
Bachelor of Science in Architecture, ARTS Aalto University, Espoo 2016
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Architect, Arkkitehtitoimisto R Schnitzler (part-time) 2016–
Lecturer, Architectural History Assignment Course, Aalto University (part-time) 2019–
GRANTS
Finnish Cultural Foundation, exhibition production, 2025
Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), 6-month artist grant 2024
Kone Foundation, 15-month research grant 2020
Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), research grant 2020
Annikki Paasikivi Scholarship 2012
CONFERENCE PAPERS
Revisiting Merihaka's Parking Structures P1 and P2, 18th Docomomo Conf., Santiago 2024
Layers of the Invisible, 5th Alvar Aalto Researchers’ Network Seminar 2023
EXHIBITIONS (CONTENT AND PRODUCTION)
Modern Metro – Steel, Colours and the Vanishing Infrastructure Architecture, Herttoniemi Metro Station 2025
Stripped Frame – Riisuttu runko, Merihaka P1 (parking hall) 2022
EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
Modern Metro – Steel, Colours and the Vanishing Infrastructure Architecture ISBN 978-952-88-0571-7 (editor & author) 2025
LSNNG: Stripped Frame ISBN 978-952-94-6633-7 (editor & author) 2023
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Salonki 25, Bulevardi 11 (independent working group exhibition) 2025
Rakas vihattu betoni – Brutalismi Suomessa, Sibelius-Museo 2023
Concrete Dreams – and Other Views into 1970s Architecture, Museum of Finnish Architecture 2023
A Dialogue With a Bench (online exhibition), Tbilisi Architecture Biennale 2020
OTHER TEXTS
Review: Huone koneelle, Arkkitehti magazine 3/2025
Review: Chappe Art House, Architektur Aktuell 9/2023
Review: Kodikkuutta moderniin systeemiin, Arkkitehti magazine 2/2023
Essay: Kaarihallit modernissa urheilussa, DOCOMOMO Finland publication 16.06.2021
Review: Rajamäki Secondary School and Community Hall Rajakaari, Arkkitehti magazine 2/2021LECTURES
Union of Human and Object – Tutkijaliitto Summer School 24.08.2024
Stripped Frame – Revitalize! Reuse of Buildings Master Course, Aalto University 11.04.2024
Stripped Frame – Revitalize! Reuse of Buildings Master Course, Aalto University 24.04.2023
Stripped Frame – Riisuttu runko, Architectural History Master Course, Aalto University 25.11.2022
Kokkola Sports Hall – Restoration of Architectural History Master Course, Aalto University 10.05.2019
SUPERVISION OF RESEARCH WORK
Master’s Thesis, Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Role: Examiner, 2025
Master’s Thesis, Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Role: Advisor, 2023
TEACHING
Teaching and supervision of assignments: Architectural History Assignment Course 2019–
Pedagogical training: A! Peda Intro (Aalto University) 2020