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The Villa

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A house with history - now filled with new creativity

GEM Studio is located in Blystadboligen –
a grand villa from the late 1800s,
built by industrialist Lauritz Blystad.

Overlooking the Akerselva river, the house has stood as a local landmark in Torshov
for more than a century.

Today, the villa is alive with new voices and ideas. Photographers, filmmakers, and creatives gather here, bringing fresh energy into the historic rooms.

A house where history lives in the walls – and the future is shaped every day.

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The people behind GEM

GEM Studio was founded in 2021 and is run by Guro Sommer and Shawn Arvind.
 

What started as an idea - to create a space where creative people could work, grow and support each other, has become a living community today.
 

We built GEM because we believe good work happens when good people share a space.

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