Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics.
The structure was commissioned by a couple who wanted an external space to work from home, beside their existing 1960s home in the Jollas neighbourhood.
It features two contrasting storeys that Ortraum Architects has set askew, giving rise to a sculptural form and two individual workspaces inside for the couple.
Ortraum Architects' 12 studio has two storeys set askew
The 12 studio, which has been shortlisted in the Dezeen Awards in the small workspace interior category, measures 72-square-metres and is complete with a kitchen and bathroom.
While providing individual studio space for the couple, it is designed to be easily adapted into a guest house or even become a home for the client's children in the future. The studio is in the garden of a house in Helsinki
"The client couple needed two main spaces, a ceramics workshop and a music-composing studio," said the studio. "The massing is visually divided into two levels, reflecting the two different building functions," it continued.
"The plan also needed to be flexible enough to function additionally as a guest house and future home for one of the two children in the family, so bathroom and kitchen spaces were included."
A ceramic studio is on the ground floor
The material palette of 12 is deliberately pared-back, with its ...