Traversing the winding Randselva river, The Twist museum designed by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group opens as an inhabitable bridge torqued at its center, forming a new journey and art piece within the Kistefos Sculpture Park in Norway.

Located in Jevnaker outside of Oslo, 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. BIG's proposal for an art bridge was selected in 2011 and has been developed in collaboration with Element Arkitekter, AKT II, Rambøll, Bladt Industries, Max Fordham and Davis Langdon. The Twist was inaugurated with Her Majesty Queen Sonja, His Royal Highness Crown Prince of Denmark Frederik, Prime Minster of Norway Erna Solberg, and Ministers Siv Jensen and Trine Skei Grande in attendance.

“经过多年的规划和开发，我们很高兴在 Kistefos 雕塑公园开设这个美丽的新空间，通过这个项目，我们能够与杰出的当代艺术家们进行更广泛的合作，也能够吸引更多的参观者。我们希望 Kistefos 能够因此成为一个更具标志性的文化目的地，拥有世界级的展览和活动，继承并发扬这里丰富的工业遗产。”

Built around a historical pulp mill, The Twist is conceived as a beam warped 90 degrees near the middle to create a sculptural form as it spans the Randselva. Visitors roaming the park's site-specific works by international artists such as Anish Kapoor, Olafur Eliasson, Lynda Benglis Yayoi Kusama, Jeppe Hein and Fernando Botero, among others, cross The Twist to complete the art tour. As a second bridge and natural extension to the park, the new museum transforms the visitor experience while doubling Kistefos' indoor exhibition space.

A simple twist in the building's volume allows the bridge to lift from the lower, forested riverbank in the south up to the hillside area in the north. As a continuous path in the landscape, both sides of the building serve as the main entrance. From the south entry, visitors cross a 16m aluminum-cladsteel bridge to reach the double-height space with a clear view to the north end, similarly linked with a 9m pedestrian bridge.

“‘扭桥’博物馆的建造非常复杂，但最终呈现的形态却很简单、也很醒目。通过一系列直线条的元素，我们采用工业的方式建造这座博物馆，它既是一个公共项目，也是一座反映周围自然环境的建筑。当你接近它时，你会开始注意到它的表皮映射了周遭的树木、山丘和下面的河水，不断变化的自然景观产生不断变化的建筑外观，反映出建筑和自然之间生动的对话和互动。”

The double-curve geometry of the museum is comprised of straight 40cm wide aluminum panels arranged like a stack of books, shifted ever so slightly in a fanning motion. The same principle is used inside with white painted 8cm wide fir slats cladding the floor, wall and ceiling as one uniform backdrop for Kistefos' short-term Norwegian and international exhibitions. From either direction, visitors experience the twisted gallery as though walking through a camera shutter.

On the north end, a full-height glass wall offering panoramic views to the pulp mill and river tapers while curving upwards to form a 25cm wide strip of skylight.

展览 Inside Out, 艺术家：Hodgkin & Creed

Hodgkin & Creed – Inside Out Exhibition  

摄影师 photographer: Einar Aslaksen

Due to the curved form of the glass windows, the variety of daylight entering the museum creates three distinctive galleries: a wide, naturally lit gallery with panoramic views on the north side; a tall, dark gallery with artificial lighting on the south side; and, in between, a sculptural space with a twisted sliver of roof light. The ability to compartmentalize, divide or merge the gallery spaces create flexibility for Kistefos' artistic programming.

“‘扭桥’博物馆是一个构造之谜。通过中间一段90度的旋转，它拥有了扭曲的平行表面，同时连接了南北河岸——一边是山坡、一边是平坦的森林。复杂的弯曲结构将两个简单的形体连接起来。无论从哪个角度看这座建筑，你都可以看到扭曲的弧线，甚至是斐波纳契螺旋线和马鞍式的曲线，但仔细观察时，你会发现构成一切弧线的元素本身都是直线条的，比如笔直的铝板和笔直的木板。它是一座雕塑，用理性的重复元素构造出富有表现力的有机外形。”

A glass stairway leadsdown to the museum's lower level on the north river embankment, where the building's aluminum underside becomes the ceiling for the basement and restroom area. Another full-width glass wall brings visitors even closer to the river below, enhancing the overall immersive experience of being in the idyllic woodlands outside of Oslo.

The Twist is BIG's first project unveiled in Norway, and second museum completion this year following the opening of MÉCA in Bordeaux, France. Learn more about many more BIG projects at our FORMGIVING exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen, on view until January 5, 2020: https://dac.dk/en/exhibitions/formgivning-big.

AKT II, ÅF Belysning, AS Byggeanalyse, BIG Ideas, Bladt Industries, Brekke & Strand, Davis Langdon, DIFK, ECT, Element Arkitekter, Erichsen & Horgen, Fokus Rådgivning, GCAM, Grindaker, Lüchinger & Meyer, Max Fordham, MIR, Rambøll

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