LAUR
About me and life
I’m a reflective perfectionist and a sensitive dreamer, more of a film and documentary watcher than a book reader. I learn things through visual memory and I often look very carefully at visual details on a case by case basis.
My life is an ordinary, rather busy life as a family with children. My family and I live in a recently completed, self-built detached house close to nature. I relax by doing yoga and painting abstract paintings. The best thing to do in your free time is to pack a backpack with coffee and snacks, and head out into the woods with your family to marvel at the wonders of nature.
I am a mother of two. I want to teach my children as open-minded a way of thinking as possible. I want to show that adults are also surprised by new things they learn every day, and that adults play too. Consideration for other people is important.
Most useful feature
Socially, I get along with almost everyone. I am calm and precise.
Something surprising
I do yoga, but I also listen to heavy metal and rock. I have already designed and built two houses in my life.
On the living room wall
In Tikkurila feather.
A changing art exhibition of paintings I have painted myself.
One wall is full of windows, the frames of which frame a natural scene coloured with the changing tones of the seasons, a living work of art that I prefer to watch instead of the television.
A dream for the future
Get involved in designing as many architectural projects as possible that reflect Arctila’s important values. To win an architectural competition.
If I wasn’t an architect, I’d be…
An artist or musician
On the reading list / headphones
Haloo Helsinki, Amaranthe and Apulanta
The biggest motivator
Nature
Greatest passion
Music and art
Architectural idol
In architecture, I’m a fan of Zaha Hadid. I appreciate how far she has come as a woman architect of her time, strongly reflecting her own architectural style. I prefer the more angular, clean-lined designs, but I’m also attracted to Hadid’s signature organicism, futurism and modernity. You can sense from the buildings that nature is a strong source of inspiration.
Favourite colour
White. Light refreshes, softens and simplifies, bringing purity and vitality to the whole.
Tiina Laura
“You know those people that no one can dislike? Laura is one of those people. An enviable ability to find his place in any club. An incredible level of understanding of many completely different perspectives. Laura’s particular professional strength is her ability to see and understand construction from many different angles.
A meticulous perfectionist who delivers guaranteed quality. A quick-to-inspire sky-liner who comes up with crazy ideas and ambitious dreams that have long since turned into ambitious ambitions. An approachable, grounding powerhouse with an unfailing visual eye!”
