BIG?s The Twist Bridges the Gap Between Art and Architecture
The Twist is an enormous architectural contortion of aluminum panels that spans 60 meters over a river in Norway.
Bjarke Ingels Group, aka BIG (notorious or otherwise), have a propensity for creating wonderfully puzzling design solutions exploring the relationship between detail and scale. Their latest project, The Twist, begs the question: Is it architecture, art…or both"
The Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker, Norway, hosts the largest collection of sculpted art in Northern Europe, an apt site for The Twist, an enormous architectural contortion of aluminum panels spanning the distance over the Randselva River, joining the north and south river fronts of the park. Inside the 15,000-square-foot structure, guests are invited to explore a naturally illuminated gallery with panoramic views on the north side, alongside a tall, dark gallery with artificial lighting on the south side.
The museum’s dramatic expression of 40cm wide aluminum panels are arranged in double-curve geometry, resulting in a fanned out form evoking a stack of books.
Our proposal for a new art museum acts like a second bridge in the sculpture park, forming a continuous loop across both riverbanks.
– Bjarke Ingels
Works from artists such as Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Lynda Benglis Yayoi Kusama, Jeppe Hein, and Fernando Botero populate Kistefos.
A glass stairway leads down to the museum?s lower level on the north river embankment, where the building?s aluminum underside...
Bjarke Ingels Group, aka BIG (notorious or otherwise), have a propensity for creating wonderfully puzzling design solutions exploring the relationship between detail and scale. Their latest project, The Twist, begs the question: Is it architecture, art…or both"
The Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker, Norway, hosts the largest collection of sculpted art in Northern Europe, an apt site for The Twist, an enormous architectural contortion of aluminum panels spanning the distance over the Randselva River, joining the north and south river fronts of the park. Inside the 15,000-square-foot structure, guests are invited to explore a naturally illuminated gallery with panoramic views on the north side, alongside a tall, dark gallery with artificial lighting on the south side.
The museum’s dramatic expression of 40cm wide aluminum panels are arranged in double-curve geometry, resulting in a fanned out form evoking a stack of books.
Our proposal for a new art museum acts like a second bridge in the sculpture park, forming a continuous loop across both riverbanks.
– Bjarke Ingels
Works from artists such as Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Lynda Benglis Yayoi Kusama, Jeppe Hein, and Fernando Botero populate Kistefos.
A glass stairway leads down to the museum?s lower level on the north river embankment, where the building?s aluminum underside...
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