Hello! Please introduce yourselves.
Hi! We are Trond and Mats, founders of MIR, a studio
that provides imagery of unbuilt architecture. We have
been doing so since the year 2000. We’d like to think of
ourselves as active contributors of the projects we choose to
be involved in. This means we do not only produce off-
the-shelf renderings but attempt to challenge, interact and
educate our clients’ views of the field.
Above: The MIR team, lead by Trond Greve and
Mats Andersen (front), photographed by Knut Åserud
Opposite page: Chartres roadside stop canopy, Kengo Kuma
You have a 'natural' and painterly approach in your
presentation of architecture; every render is brimming
with stories to tell, often in the context of grey skies and
tranquil scenery rendered with a saturated color palette.
What inspired the trademark 'MIR' aesthetic?
We are equal parts praised and called out for the grey,
fog-enshrouded visualizations we do of buildings. However
it is an inaccurate view of our work, as you can find in our
website. What most likely made our viewers associate our
work with such a look is that such a moody, mysterious
approach to architectural rendering was previously unheard
of. I mean, how can one possibly inspire people with misty
grey scenes? Don’t we need blue skies, green trees, and lots
and lots of happy faces in our renderings?
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