Schauman & Nordgren Architects

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Schauman & Nordgren Architects

Schauman & Nordgren Architects is a Copenhagen- and Helsinki-based architecture and urban planning s

Schauman & Nordgren Architects is a Copenhagen- and Helsinki-based architecture and urban planning studio established by Ted Schauman and Jonas Nordgren. Through techniques that range from urban analysis and modeling to research and architectural theory, we serves all stakeholders of a project – sometimes even in ways a client could not originally imagine. SNAs commitment lies in creating better p

laces with collaboration and open dialogue as the source of innovation. We work with different scales and functions since timeless architecture is always experienced on several different levels. Our clients share our vision and fully invest in our collaborative process. Together we create places with benefits that are felt for generations.

04/06/2026

Our competition proposal for the transformation of the Market Square pavilions in Lahti introduces a new architectural framework, creating a dialogue between the openness and the intimate scale of the market square.

Positioned along the Mariankatu axis, the pavilions form a continuous architectural presence that structures the life of the square while responding to its historical context.

The project understands the pavilion as an interlude within the rhythm of the city, a spatial pause for observation, encounter and temporary withdrawal. Within the intensity of the urban environment, the architecture creates sheltered conditions for rest, gathering and everyday occupation.

A softly folded timber façade wraps around the existing structures and opens towards the square like a curtain, reinforcing the urban axis while introducing warmth, light and greenery into the civic landscape.

Rooted in local materials, reused timber structures and adaptable systems, the project balances continuity and change through a contemporary interpretation of Finnish building traditions.

Congratulations to for their winning proposal.

22/05/2026

New office in Copenhagen. Since the 1st of May, we are located at a new address.

Our new workspace is located at:

Raffinaderivej 10G
2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark

We look forward to welcoming collaborators, clients, and friends at our new office.

08/05/2026

Schauman & Nordgren Architects have recently welcomed Hannele and Johanna to the office. ☀️

With more than 20 years of experience specialising in residential design at JKMM and Korhonen & Penttinen, Hannele will further strengthen the office’s expertise across ongoing and future projects.
Johanna brings valuable experience from Sarc+Sigge Architects and her own practice, with a particular focus on circular economy and concept development.

We’re delighted to have them on the team.

24/04/2026

Cities are formed through overlapping temporal conditions as a continuous accumulation of traces, fragments and intentions. Built and unbuilt plans, historical layers, everyday interventions and immaterial narratives coexist, shaping environments that are never fixed or complete. Architecture emerges within this field, where past, present and future remain simultaneously active.

We approach each site as part of this ongoing transformation. Historical structures, spatial logics and material traces are not constraints, but resources that inform new interventions in our design proposals. By engaging existing scales, infrastructures and landscapes, architecture can reinforce what is present while extending the life of the place, adding new qualities or solving problems currently present in the local environment.

Industrial contexts, embedded in the urban periphery or within waiting grounds along attractive waterfronts, offer a particular spatial and tectonic clarity and opportunities for experimentation. Large structures, open volumes and robust systems provide a framework for long term adaptation. Reinterpreting these qualities allows new programmes to emerge without erasing the site’s character. Architecture becomes a mediator between inherited structures and future needs.

Material reuse and adaptable systems are central. Components and surfaces carry embedded histories that remain visible, contributing to an architecture of continuity and change. At the same time, flexible planning enables spaces to evolve with shifting uses.

Through this practice, architecture engages the city as an open, evolving system, aligning scale, function, materiality and context to support both human and non human life, balancing historical depth with future potential.

This example, the competition proposal for Magasin 7, encompasses these strategies and was a competition proposal developed together with . Congratulations on the winning proposal!

19/03/2026

Spatial sequences passing by, or moving through buildings, interiors, urban spaces and landscapes are not a singular moment but a sequence of impressions that engage the body and the senses. In our work, we approach space as something that is discovered through sound, sight, touch, and the subtle awareness of scale, light and material under changing conditions.
 A threshold, a corridor, a courtyard or a path, each carry their own character, yet they are always part of a larger continuity. Transitions between inside and outside, open and enclosed, quiet and active, are carefully composed so that movement becomes intuitive and varied. Rather than directing a single route, we aim to create a diversity of possible paths, where different rhythms and experiences can coexist.  Materials, light and spatial proportions are used to guide perception. A change in texture underfoot, a shift in acoustics, or the way daylight enters a space can signal movement, pause or gathering. These elements are not added on but integrated into the spatial sequence so that the body instinctively understands how to navigate and inhabit the environment.
 This way of working allows architecture to support everyday life in a direct and tangible manner. Public interiors, streets, parks and buildings become connected parts of a continuous environment, where activities overlap and reinforce each other. Spaces are not isolated objects, but linked situations that together form a coherent and diverse whole.
 Through this approach, we aim to create environments that are both legible and open-ended places where sensory experience, movement and use come together to shape a richer and more attentive everyday.

12/03/2026

Atmosphere, shaped through the careful calibration of materials, tones and textures. In our work, the selection of materials and surface treatments is closely tied to the character of the place and the activities unfolding there. Rather than treating materials as finishes, we approach them as the primary elements through which architecture establishes presence, scale and tactility.

Stone, timber, brick, metal or plaster each carry their own density, temperature and rhythm. Through construction techniques, joinery and surface treatments these qualities are refined so that light, shadow and weather gradually articulate the spaces. Subtle shifts in tone, grain or roughness influence how buildings meet the ground, how surfaces age, and how spaces are perceived and inhabited.

This approach allows architecture to respond to the specific conditions of a site, either fitting into and subordinating itself to the existing context, or establishing a new complementary condition that emphasises something latent in the place or contrasting to emphasise the function.
Function, scale and materiality are developed together so that buildings reinforce the atmosphere of their surroundings rather than standing apart from them. Landscape, built form and human activity become part of a continuous environment where the character of the place can emerge with clarity.

Our practice aims to create environments where material presence, context and use align, allowing architecture to contribute to a durable and meaningful sense of place.

06/03/2026

Textures, materials, vegetation and atmospheres. Our projects begin with an attentiveness to what is already present. Every site carries traces, geological layers, vegetation, built structures, and social pattern, that together form the material and atmospheric conditions of a place. Rather than imposing form, we begin by listening to these circumstances and mapping the resources that already exist.

Through discussion, observation and testing, textures and materials become instruments for shaping environments. We work with both tradition and innovation, exploring how construction methods, surfaces and natural elements can reinforce the character of a place. Physical studies, sketches and material samples allow atmospheres to emerge gradually, where light, tactility and spatial continuity begin to define the work.

As projects develop, these explorations are translated into precise proposals. Architecture becomes a framework where landscape, buildings and public spaces form coherent environments. The aim is not to produce isolated objects but to establish robust and generous settings where people, nature and future transformations can coexist.

What we ultimately build is therefore part of a larger continuity. Each project seeks a quiet balance between material presence, environmental responsibility and spatial clarity — contributing to environments that endure and remain open to life over time.

26/02/2026

The Pavilion Bench Series forms a growing family of furniture elements derived from the atmosphere and tectonic logic of the Turku Market Square Pavilions. The series currently includes benches, armrests, and door handles developed in close relation to our built projects.

It spans from a simple stool and base model to versions with upholstery, allowing different degrees of comfort, durability, and use across public and semi public environments. The ambition is to develop the series using locally sourced pine, ensuring that material origin, craftsmanship, and longevity are integral to the design.

11/02/2026

The Pavilion Bench originates from the Turku Pavilions designed in 2016 and evolves directly out of our architectural work.

Rather than treating it as independent object, the bench is conceived as an architectural element, robust and generous, and closely tied to its spatial context.

Like the pavilions, it draws inspiration from the spatial atmosphere of the forest. Archaic in expression and precise in construction, the bench is grounded in material presence and designed for long-term use.

06/02/2026

In our work on housing and human habitats we begin with the understanding that to dwell is more than to occupy space. Living environments are shaped through everyday use, social interaction, and the ability to adapt over time. Architecture is therefore approached as a framework for life, supporting change rather than fixing outcomes.

Across diverse urban conditions, our projects explore different ways of dwelling. Dense urban infill, evolving city districts, and landscape-based contexts each require specific spatial responses. We work with local building traditions, material logic, and social patterns, allowing each place to inform its own form of habitation.

Proposals balance individual life with collective structures. Housing is understood as part of a broader system of relationships between private spaces, shared environments, streets, and landscapes. Carefully articulated thresholds create continuity between the intimate and the communal, supporting both everyday life and long-term flexibility.

Across scales, from urban planning to housing and lightly placed structures, our work contributes to a practice grounded in care, restraint, and shared responsibility, creating living environments that support meaningful, resilient ways of dwelling over time.

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Bragesgade 10b, Street
Copenhagen
2200

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+4528551990

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http://www.schauman-nordgren.com/

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