Merihaka bronze model

Merihaka is a seashore residential area in central Helsinki, Finland consisting of large high-rise concrete housing blocks. We realised a way finding model in Bronze. A process which started with glueing together miniatures buildings in wood to the casting of a 110 kg bronze.   1300+ pieces in 0.6, 1.5 and 3 mm plywood   […]

Scenografie Helsinki – Bronze model casting

Producing a scalable model of Helsinki as a constellation of key projects – a starting point for a new city in the spirit of Piranesi’s Scenographia Campo Marzio. Each student produced 3 duplicates in cast bronze of a miniature key project in Helsinki. This whole process took place in house at the Kulttuurisauna starting with […]

Chocolate architecture

I was asked to give a creative workshop for the Dutch Embassy in Helsinki, Finland. The workshop was hosted by the Kulttuurisauna which is an independent institution of architecture & urbanism. I wanted to give the participants a sense of home as well as a tasty treat. I brought in laser cut basic facades, tools […]

Unbuilt Helsinki Studio – Central railway station model

final model with molds

UNBUILT RAILWAY STATION by Frosterus (1904) The railway station model is finished and fabricated in concrete. It took around 400 hours making the molds and pouring the concrete and the result is amazing.