The Twist
Jevnaker, Norway
Client
Kistefos Museum Jevnaker
Typology
Culture
Size m2/ft2
1,000 / 10,764
Status
Completed
"The Twist is a hybrid spanning several traditional categories: it’s a museum, it’s a bridge, it’s an inhabitable sculpture. As a bridge, it reconfigures the sculpture park turning the journey through the park into a continuous loop. As a museum it connects two distinct spaces - an introverted vertical gallery and an extraverted horizontal gallery with panoramic views across the river. A third space is created through the blatant translation between these two galleries creating the namesake twist. The resultant form becomes another sculpture among the sculptures of the park."Bjarke Ingels - Founder & Creative Director, BIG
BRIDGING — The total required building volume is placed as a bridge spanning the Randselva river, connecting the two sides.
TWISTING — A simple twist in the building volume allows the bridge to lift from the relatively lower forested area towards the south, up to the hillside area in the north.
CONTEXTUAL GALLERIES — The twisted geometry in the middle of the building merges the vertical and horizontal in a single motion, reflecting the landscape.
VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL GALLERIES — A series of generic gallery spaces are created: stacked vertical galleries to the south and the large horizontal, open gallery to the north.
WEST ELEVATION
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
Partner in Charge
Bjarke Ingels
David Zahle
Project Leader
Eva Seo-Andersen
Project Architect, Competition
Ryohei Koike
Project Architect
Mikkel Marcker Stubgaard
Project Team
Finn Nørkjær
Jakob Lange
Brian Yang
Catherine Huang
Casey Tucker
Aimee Louise Desert
Alberto Menegazzo
Aleksandra Domian
Alessandro Zanini
Andre Enrico Cassettari Zanolla
Brage Hult
Carlos Ramos Tenorio
Channam Lei
Christian Eugenius Kuczynski
Claus Rytter Bruun de Neergaard
Dag Præstegaard
Edda Steingrimsdottir
Espen Vik
Frederik Lyng
Joanna M. Lesna
Kamilla Heskje
Katrine Juul
Kekoa Charlot
Kei Atsumi
Kristoffer Negendahl
Lasse Lyhne-Hansen
Lone Fenger Albrechtsen
Mads Mathias Pedersen
Mael Joseph Jaques Barbe
Martino Hutz
Matteo Dragone
Maxime Le Droupeet
Naysan John Foroudi
Nick Adriaan Huizenga
Norbert Nadudvari
Ovidiu Munteanu
Rasmus Rosenblad
Rihards Dzelme
Roberto Fabbri
Sofiia Rokhmaniko
Steen Kortbæk Svendsen
Sunwoong Choi
Tomas Karl Minör
Tommy Bjørnstrup
Tore Banke
Tyrone Cobcroft
Ulla Hornsyld
Xin Chen
Carlos Suriñach Penella
Alina Tamosiunaite
Balaj Alin Iulian
Christian Dahl
David Tao
Marcelina Kolasinska
Richard Mui
Tiina Liisa Juuti
Ola Sobczyk
Awards
LCD Berlin Leading Culture Destinations of the Year Award, 2020
Building Awards International Project of the Year, 2020
Architizer A+ Awards Architecture + Engineering Jury Winner, 2020
Architizer A+ Awards Gallery & Exhibitions Jury and Popular Winner, 2020
Collaborators
AKT II
ÅF-Belysning
AS Byggeanalyse
Baumetall/Zambelli Group
Bladt Industries
Brekke & Strand
David Langdon
DIFK
ECT
Element Arkitekter
Erichsen & Horgen
Fokus Rådgivning
GCAM
Grindaker
Lüchinger&Meyer
Max Fordham
MIR
Rambøll
BIG Ideas