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The Twist Museum: by Bjarke Ingels Group

The Twist museum in Norway is an inhabitable bridge designed by BIG that spans the Randselva River. It connects two forested riverbanks as part of the Kistefos Sculpture Park, doubling as infrastructure and a 1,000 square meter contemporary art museum. The twisted design of the bridge forms a new journey and art piece within the sculpture park.

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The Twist Museum: by Bjarke Ingels Group

The Twist museum in Norway is an inhabitable bridge designed by BIG that spans the Randselva River. It connects two forested riverbanks as part of the Kistefos Sculpture Park, doubling as infrastructure and a 1,000 square meter contemporary art museum. The twisted design of the bridge forms a new journey and art piece within the sculpture park.

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TWIST
MUSEUM
BY BJARKE INGELS GROUP
The Twist, Kistefos Museum, Norway
Spanning across the Randselva River  BIG’s first project in Norway, The Twist, opens as
an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the
Kistefos Sculpture Park in Jevnaker, Norway. Kistefos’ new 1,000m2 contemporary art
institution doubles as infrastructure to connect two forested riverbanks, completing the
cultural route through northern Europe’s largest sculpture park.
the twist is a hybrid spanning several traditional categories: it’s a museum, it’s a bridge, it’s
an inhabitable sculpture,’ explains bjarke ingels.

PROJECT DETAILS
PROJECT NAME
Kistefos Museum
LOCATION
Jevnaker, Norway
ARCHITECT
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
CLIENT/OWNER
Kistefos Museum
PROJECT TYPES
Cultural
PROJECT SCOPE
New Construction
SIZE
15,069 sq. feet
SHARED BY
Selin Ashaboglu
TEAM
Partners in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, David Zahle
Project Leader: Brian Yang
Team members: Alina Tamosiunaite, Christian Dahl, Ryohei Koike, Balaj Alin Iulian, Marcelina Kolasinska, David
Tao, Jan Magasanik, Tiina Juuti, Kamilla Heskje, Eva Seo Andersen, Finn Nørkjær, Andreas Klok Pedersen
In 2014, the museum organized an international competition for
the design of a new building, intending to expand its program
of events and activities, and extend its opening times.
The winning entry by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group proposed a
bridge-like building, spanning the Ranselva river, which twisted
shape somehow recalls that of their unbuilt design for the ArtA
museum in the Netherlands.

The 1,400 square-meter (15,000 square-foot) building, along


with accommodating exhibition galleries and service spaces,
connects the two parts of the Kistefos sculpture park, which
are currently linked only by a small wood bridge, and
transforms the dead-end path across the open-air sculpture
exhibition into a circular, continuous loop.
SCHEMATIC SITE
LAYOUT OF
KISTEFOS
SCULPTURE PARK
WITH
THE TWIST
About architect His philosophy
Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels ( born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect, He is known for being quite a presenter. With concepts like Hedonistic
founder and creative partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Sustainability, Vertical Suburbia and Utopian Pragmatism, the
architectural pieces are related to contradictions and paradoxes, presented
In Denmark, Ingels became well known after designing two housing in fascinating stories.
complexes in Ørestad: VM Houses and Mountain Dwellings. In 2006 he To Bjarke Ingels, conflicts of society are the main ingredients in the
founded Bjarke Ingels Group, which grew to a staff of 400 by 2015, with analytical work of creating architecture. Instead of looking at the conflicts
noted projects including the 8 House housing complex, VIA 57 West in of a given project as limitations, Ingels presents the architect’s task as
Manhattan, the Google North Bayshore headquarters (co-designed with finding “a way to incorporate and integrate differences, not through
Thomas Heatherwick), the Superkilen park, and the Amager Resource compromise or by choosing sides, but by tying conflicting interests into a
Center (ARC) waste-to-energy plant – the latter which incorporates both Gordian knot of new ideas.”
a ski slope and climbing wall on the building exterior.

Since 2009, Ingels has won numerous architectural competitions. He Ingels describes the role of architecture in changing society as making it
moved to New York City in 2012, where in addition to the VIA 57 West, fit our wishes: “When something doesn’t fit anymore, we architects have
BIG won a design contest after Hurricane Sandy for improving the ability – and responsibility – to make sure that our cities do not force
Manhattan's flood resistance. us to adapt to outdated leftovers from the past, but actually fit to the way
we want to live”.
In 2011, The Wall Street Journal named Ingels Innovator of the Year for
architecture,[1] and in 2016 Time named him one of the 100 Most It is quite a task to make the world fit to the way we want to live,
Influential People.[2] especially if we do not know how we want to live. To most people it
would be something about a loving partner, a good job and maybe
children, but do we know how we really want to live?
LOCATION
AND
CLIMATE
LATITUDE – 10.36ºE
LONGITUDE – 60.22ºN

Samsmoveien 41
Jevnaker, Norway

TYPE OF CLIMATE- Baltic Semi-Continental TYPE OF VEGETATION- Deciduos Forests

Average High Per annum- 10ºC Average Relative Humidity Per annum- 82%

Average Low Per annum - 3ºC Average Wind Speed Per annum- 7.9km/h

Average Rainfall Per annum- 763mm

Average Snowfall Per annum- 1342mm


SITE
ACCESSABILITY

NEAREST AIRPORT- Hønefoss Flyplass


DISTANCE- 5.5km, 11 minutes by Car VIA route E16

NEAREST RALWAY STATION- Jevnaker Stasjon


DISTANCE- 4.3km, 7 minutes by Car VIA Bergerfossvegen and
E16

NEAREST BUS STOP- Jevnaker Skole


DISTANCE- 2.5km, 5 minutes by Car VIA Bergerfossvegen
THE
CONCEPT

They used a simple form and twisted it to make it


dynamic and added glazing of anodized
aluminium panels which makes it glimmer in
sunlight and the twisted part enhances the effect.
They also planned the spaces with no
compromises with functionality.

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