Young Architects Win First Prize for Museum of Forest Finn Culture in Norway
An international team of young architects based in Copenhagen have won first prize for their proposal ?Finnskogens Hus? in a competition for a new Museum of Forest Finn Culture in Svullrya, Norway.
Exterior View. Image Courtesy of Lipinsky Lasovsky Johansson
An international team of young architects based in Copenhagen have won first prize for their proposal ?Finnskogens Hus? in a competition for a new Museum of Forest Finn Culture in Svullrya, Norway.The fourth largest architectural competition in Norway, the new museum aims to inform and educate visitors about the Forest Finns, Finnish migrants who settled in Swedish and Norwegian forests in the late 16th to 17th centuries.The team?s proposal, ?Finnskogens Hus?, is a museum in the forest. Surrounded by a forest of columns, it creates an interesting transition between the forest it sits within and the perimeter of the museum. The interaction between building and landscape, inside and outside, works together to present the history and culture of the Forest Finns. During the dark hours, the light from within the museum bleeds through the forest of columns and gently illuminates the surrounding woodland.
Hide and Seek. Image Courtesy of Lipinsky Lasovsky Johansson
Site Plan
The entrance of the building appears as a glade through a thicket of columns, leading the visitor into the reception area, café and library. Once inside the museum, the columns are still present but more dispe...
Exterior View. Image Courtesy of Lipinsky Lasovsky Johansson
An international team of young architects based in Copenhagen have won first prize for their proposal ?Finnskogens Hus? in a competition for a new Museum of Forest Finn Culture in Svullrya, Norway.The fourth largest architectural competition in Norway, the new museum aims to inform and educate visitors about the Forest Finns, Finnish migrants who settled in Swedish and Norwegian forests in the late 16th to 17th centuries.The team?s proposal, ?Finnskogens Hus?, is a museum in the forest. Surrounded by a forest of columns, it creates an interesting transition between the forest it sits within and the perimeter of the museum. The interaction between building and landscape, inside and outside, works together to present the history and culture of the Forest Finns. During the dark hours, the light from within the museum bleeds through the forest of columns and gently illuminates the surrounding woodland.
Hide and Seek. Image Courtesy of Lipinsky Lasovsky Johansson
Site Plan
The entrance of the building appears as a glade through a thicket of columns, leading the visitor into the reception area, café and library. Once inside the museum, the columns are still present but more dispe...
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