About

I am an architect and musician working in both disciplines. In architecture, I have worked as both a designer and a grant-funded researcher. As a musician, I perform as an improvising pianist and develop my own compositions. What connects my work across these fields is a deep interest in the cultural and personal meanings that shape our experience of architecture and music.

After graduating as an architect, I worked for several years in architectural offices, focusing on public buildings. Today, I concentrate on craftsmanship, carpentry, and the restoration of historically significant buildings. I have also studied the philosophy of architecture, particularly the phenomenological concept of atmosphere, and applied Hartmut Rosa’s theory of resonance to the study of how built environments are experienced.

In music, I have been involved in projects ranging from classical to rock and jazz. Today, I focus on improvised music and have collaborated with collectives such as Uusi Jazzi Klubi, Helsinki Improvisers Orchestra, and Oiro Pena. I studied composition under Iro Haarla.

I believe that art forms such as music and architecture, and the connections between them, can be approached in a relatively objective way, through shared concepts such as rhythm, dynamics, proportion, and even their underlying mathematical structures. However, what interests me most is approaching them through bodily and social experience. Both architecture and music are deeply connected to the atmospheres of spaces, often shaped by social interaction. I believe that the quality of this interaction plays a central role in how we experience both built environments and the music that unfolds within them.