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OSTWERK
We design buildings the way we draw them - in section, floor by floor, from the roof down to the ground they stand on. This page is one continuous cut through the studio.
The practice
Ostwerk is a small studio for housing, workplaces and public buildings. Every project here starts as a sectional drawing, because the section is where a building stops posing: it shows how far daylight reaches into the lowest room, how sound travels between floors, and how the structure actually stands.
The studio is nine people - seven architects, one structural engineer, one model maker. We take on six projects a year, never more.
Selected work
(6) built works, 2019-2025
- House Verlat courtyard house 2023
- Kalk Hall market hall conversion 2021
- Two Sisters paired townhouses 2024
- Waterline Depot archive building 2019
- Studio Aker workshop and office 2022
- Brick Orchard 14 dwellings 2025
Three ways we are commissioned
New buildings
We lead design, permits and site supervision as one continuous commission, so the drawing that wins the permit is the drawing the builder works from.
Conversions
Existing structures carry most of their value already. We cut, reinforce and extend rather than demolish and replace.
Interiors
Rooms, joinery and lighting, planned in the same sectional drawings as the building around them.
Work with us
Tell us about your site, your budget and what you want to build. We reply within a week, usually with a first section sketch.
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