Laura Lappi’s practice explores the psychological and emotional relationship between architecture, space, and human perception through sculpture, installation, photography, and video. Drawing inspiration from basilicas, cathedrals, and Scandinavian wooden structures, her works investigate how built environments shape memory, emotion, and collective experience.
Working primarily with wood, Lappi transforms recycled and charred materials into minimalist geometric forms that reference architectural fragments and sacred spaces. Fire plays a central role in her process, particularly through the use of yakisugi-inspired charring techniques that alter the material’s surface and create complex interactions between light, texture, and shadow. Her works exist in a constant state of transformation, reflecting themes of decay, renewal, impermanence, and metamorphosis.
Across her sculptural environments and installations, Lappi examines psychogeography — the emotional resonance of places and structures — while blurring the boundaries between reality and fiction, nature and architecture, destruction and preservation. Her practice ultimately reflects on how physical environments influence human consciousness, inviting viewers into contemplative spaces shaped by memory, atmosphere, and material transformation.