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The Twist

Jevnaker, Norway

Client

Kistefos Museum Jevnaker

Typology

Culture

Size m2/ft2

1,000 / 10,764

Status

Completed

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"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
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BRIDGING — The total required building volume is placed as a bridge spanning the Randselva river, connecting the two sides.

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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.

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CONTEXTUAL GALLERIES — The twisted geometry in the middle of the building merges the vertical and horizontal in a single motion, reflecting the landscape.

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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.

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WEST ELEVATION

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GROUND FLOOR PLAN

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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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