Architect & Photographer
In progress
Reading a building before it is finished.
Architecture is a process, not just a result. The most revealing moments on a site are temporary — raw concrete before it is clad, a structural junction before it disappears behind a surface, light entering a space that has no windows yet.
I photograph high-priority projects through construction, with an architect's eye for which of those moments matter.
The National Museum of Finland | JKMM
I was part of the architectural design team for the 'Uusi Kansallinen' extension. That gives me something a site photographer can't bring: I know where the building is going before it gets there — its spatial logic, its structural ambition, the junctions that will define how it is finally experienced.
This ongoing series follows the extension from raw construction toward finished architecture — the massive concrete structures and underground halls, the evolving dialogue between the 1910 monument and its 21st-century addition, and the spatial moments captured before they are enclosed for good.
Project Role:
Architectural Design Team (JKMM)
Photography (RYTKY)
What this offers
As an architect, I read the critical junctions and spatial moments that standard site photography misses — the structural transitions in CLT, steel and concrete that are only legible for a short window before they are covered.
The result is a visual record stakeholders can use long before opening — for internal milestones, press, and the building's own story — built to a standard the finished project deserves.
Available as recurring site visits or at strategic milestones, tailored to the project.
