OPUS Architecture is a Helsinki-based architecture practice, established in 2017 by Paul Thynell, Matias Kotilainen and Tuomas Martinsaari. The founding partners studied architecture at Aalto University in Finland and have worked together closely since 2013.

The practice is focused on building design and urban planning. In every project, we primarily aspire to create and develop an architecturally sound, functional and durable built environment. We believe this goal is best achieved through active collaboration with all the participants and experts involved in each project and in all stages of the process.

The questions about the fundamentals of architecture act as the fulcrum of our process. We see architecture as a symbiosis of specificity and generality, and in each project we seek to find an apt balance of the two. The ‘general’ supports flexibility, future iterations and uses, provides for structural economy and construction logic. The ‘specific’ creates possibilities for making places out of spaces, that act as anchors of memory and contribute to the preservation of the built environment. We believe that durability and sustainability are all-encompassing values that include more than mere technological solutions.

OPUS shares their knowledge on building and architecture through public lectures and teaching at Aalto University Department of Architecture. The office is a member of ATL The Association of Finnish Architects’ Offices.