Recently I have finished a concept for a small Japan-inspired tea house as a fun little personal project. I thought that it would be interesting to share some of the process behind how I create concept art in a post, especially images of inspiring environments both in the real and the digital world. The final exterior image is created by rendering a scene from a 3d-model in Blender first, and then painting over it digitally to add the final details, lighting and atmosphere (which I do in Photoshop or Procreate app on an iPad): The final interior image is made the same way (this was initially not going to be part of the project, but I realised along the way that I just had to create some kind of cool image that draws attention to this unique window!). On the wall to the left is the low entrance, where you are forced to bow your head in humility to enter into the serene interior space. Floors are simple tatami mats, walls are white plaster, and the roof over this part is made of straw. T

Some early images/sketches of a concept for the renovation of a small café and bar in Split, Croatia.

A series of posts about the primary elements used to design gardens in Japanese style, recently created for my Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/adamic_studio/). For me, the Japanese garden represents the result of a stunning combination of human intention and natural qualities. These are spaces of extreme serenity and visual peace, which can provide a meaningful respite in our age of anxiety. All these elements can be combined to create an endless variety of rich experiences in a garden. ***

Concept sketches of ideas for greenhouses/winter gardens. I am interested in how dwellings can be integrated with plant systems, because there is increasingly a lack of unique personality in living spaces and I think it is possible to create closer connections between well-being, ecology and the organisation of space. People like to live with plants, and very few spaces give them the opportunity to do so. One solution is to integrate a greenhouse into a house. I have always had a personal affinity for spaces that are intended specifically to be filled with plants. In addition to supporting productive plant societies, these can become semi-climatised living rooms that also can be used to pre-heat ventilation air, strengthen natural ventilation, capture and store heat and filter greywater. This is something we should see a lot more of, especially in cold climate regions. ***

Recently I have been working on the renovation/reconstruction of a small cabin in Ringerike kommune a few hours north of Oslo. The existing cabin lies on a rather unusual site, squeezed in on a narrow stretch of land between the highway E16 to the east and the lake Sperillen to the west. It was originally built in the 1960s. It does not have integrated running water, and consists of one large room and a partially covered balcony which lies on top of a high foundation pedestal. A tiny sleeping area has been partitioned off to the east. Small houses like this are a delight to work with. The project brief is to reorganize the space within the cabin to create at least two new bedrooms and a bathroom in addition to the living area. Because of the cabin’s location, it comes into conflict with a lot of invisible rules that must be followed in Norway: buildings must be placed at least 4 metres from the property line, and no new construction is allowed within 100 metres of the shoreline. Here w

Also on the drawing board right now is an expansion of a small cottage in Salangen kommune in the north of Norway. The cottage was originally built with a log structure (Norwegian laft), and in 2006 it was expanded with a larger addition on the south side which appears today to be the primary space. The log cabin is in quite poor technical condition, and needs to be repaired and rebuilt. The owners also wish to expand the living space in the newer part, especially to create a better visual connection with the landscape outside. As is typical for the north of Norway, the place has fantastic qualities. The cottage is a simple structure with pitched roofs in two directions, and it made sense to plan new additions as natural extensions of these roofs. The owners often rent out this cottage in the summer to tourists, and therefore in the concept phase of this project I tried to come up with solutions that could turn this cottage into a bit of a unique destination. The living room is expande