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BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

Norway Architecture News - Oct 14, 2015 - 18:15   10761 views

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

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Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed new Kistefos Museum in collaboration with AKT II, Max Fordham, Davis Langdon, and GCAM is the latest addition to Kistefos Sculpture Park, which is located in the scenic Kistefos Sculpture Park established in late 1990s. The Kistefos property is three landscapes that overlap and intertwine. There is a natural landscape of rivers, waterfalls, islands, canyons and forests; an industrial landscape of mills, factories, warehouses, power plants, dams and bridges; and finally a sculptural landscape of abstract objects in the dramatic topography of rocks, flora and water. BIG approached the design for a new museum as an opportunity to create a master-plan for these three landscapes, organizing the entire 270.000m2 sculpture park as an outdoor museum. 

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

Rather than building on the proposed site close to the old mill, BIG moved the location for the new museum down the river in order to preserve the mill’s historical setting. On this site we proposed a raw and simple form that would respond to the challenges of the landscape: a building, sculpture, and bridge – all in one. The bridge connects the property to create a series of landscape galleries. The continuous path that is formed will enable access to each of the different outdoor galleries and provide new and otherwise unattainable vistas of the riverbank and the historic mill. 

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

''We were instantly fascinated by the dramatic landscapes of Kistefos -the winding river, forested riverbanks and the steep topography. Our proposal for a new Art Museum in Kistefos acts like second bridge in the Sculpture Park, forming a continuous  loop across both riverbanks. The museum visit itself will be a bridge, not a goal- and the exhibits inside an interior extensions of the promenade through the Sculpture Park. With the inhabited bridge, we stumbled upon our first experiment with social infrastrutcture- a building that serves as a bridge- or a cultural institution that serves as a piece of infrastructure'' says Bjarke Ingels. 

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

BIG proposes new Kistefos Museum that acts as a second bridge in the dramatic landscape of Kistefos

Project Facts

Project: Kistefos Museum

Client: Kistefos Museum

Collaborators: AKT, Davis Langdon

Size: 270,000m2

Location: Jevnaker, NO

Status: Competition 

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