Practice
Nineteen people, two harbours
A partner-led studio in Christianshavn and on Tjuvholmen, working across Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Approach
We build models before we draw
Every project starts in the workshop. We make site models in birch ply and plaster at 1:200, then larger models of key rooms at 1:20, so that light, scale and material can be judged with the eye rather than on a screen.
We prefer timber where it makes sense, low-carbon concrete where it does not, and local stone when we can find it. Since 2020, every building we design has a full life-cycle carbon assessment from the first stage.
Clients tell us the process feels calm. That is deliberate. We work in clear stages, explain every decision and keep the same team on the project from start to finish.
Partners
Who leads the work
Sigrid Aalto Holm
Founding Partner, Oslo
MAA MNAL. Trained at AHO Oslo; previously at Snøhetta. Leads cultural projects.
Mikkel Strand
Founding Partner, Copenhagen
MAA. Royal Danish Academy graduate; taught timber construction for eight years.
Yara Haddad
Partner, Housing
MAA. Leads multi-family and co-housing work and our carbon assessment team.
- founded in Copenhagen
- 2012
- founded in Copenhagen
- completed buildings
- 48
- completed buildings
- competition wins
- 11
- competition wins
- average embodied carbon vs. Danish baseline
- -42%
- average embodied carbon vs. Danish baseline
Join the studio
We hire one or two architects each year. Portfolios are always welcome.