Who we are.
Founded on the predilection that design is the eternal muse, we are inherently advocates of innovative well-crafted design. Studiovol is a practice engaged in architecture, material research, and industrial design. We are committed to the creation of alternative and environmentally resilient constructs that utilize site specific authentic materials that aim to contextually ground our buildings and evoke phenomenological resonance with the place and people they engage.
Studiovol is located in the Rhein-Neckar-Region of Germany.
Verena Ojo
Co-founder, Partner
Verena is an internationally trained architect, registered in the Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, with over a decade of professional experience in renowned architectural offices in Germany, Switzerland and Canada. She holds the academic degree of Dipl.-Ingenieur from the University of Stuttgart. Verena Ojo has in-depth knowledge of building systems, building envelopes and alternative building materials. Her strong interest in sustainable construction methods motivated her to further train as a certified passive house planner.
Her current interests focus on resourceful, ecological architecture and circular building processes.
Otto O. Ojo
Co-founder, Partner
Otto is an architect, registered with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), and an educator. He holds a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies with a specialization in urban planning from the University of Waterloo in Canada and a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Toronto. With over a decade of professional experience in renowned architectural firms in Canada and Spain, he brings extensive design and construction expertise to his work.
From 2021-2023 he worked as a lecturer at the University of Toronto, where he led the "Engage-Design-Build Program", an experiential learning program for secondary school youth who are underrepresented in the design professions due to economic or racial barriers. The program aims towards educating, empowering and opening pathways to careers in architecture and design for the youth whilst collaborating with them to develop small-scale interventions within their local neighborhood. He is currently a part-time faculty at the Hochschule Kaiserslautern Faculty of Building and Design.
His current interests lie at the confluence of traditional and vernacular construction methodologies and their synthesis with modern means and technologies.