Verstas office

The office is fitted in a sturdy building that was originally a storage.

Meeting rooms and a workshop line the spacious drawing hall.

A row of meeting rooms, a workshop and telephone pods line the drawing hall.

Metal-framed sliding doors to the workshop.

A spacious common area for larger get-togethers, breaks and morning yoga.

Verstas office

Description:

We refurbished this office for ourselves. It is in a sturdy building that was originally a storage and office. Einari Teräsvirta, an architect, professor and Olympic medalist athlete, designed it for the national alcoholic beverage retailer in the 1970s. We fitted in meeting rooms, a workshop and telephone pods in a neat row lining a spacious drawing hall. They adapt to the prominent structural grid of the old storage space. The building has wonderful vistas to the sea, which the new frameless glass partition walls now reflect beautifully. Doors and kitchen furniture are oak. There is a generous common area by the large window that we use for larger get-togethers, breaks and morning yoga.

The office is Verstas Architects’ fourth. The first one was a small ground floor space, previously a laundry, that accommodated a few people, while today, 15 years later, Verstas has grown to a versatile architectural practice of over 40 people.

Status

Completed 2019

Programme

An office with four meeting rooms, a workshop, kitchen and common space / 530m2

Location

Tammasaarenlaituri 3, Helsinki, Finland