{"id":66566,"date":"2020-12-14T08:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T13:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/?p=66566"},"modified":"2021-02-22T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:29:15","slug":"big-kistefos-twist-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/big-kistefos-twist-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"BIG&#8217;s TWIST Museum Is a New Cultural Icon for Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Architizer is inviting submissions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/awards.architizer.com\/a?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=architizer_website&amp;utm_campaign=main-entry\"><strong>9th Annual A+Awards<\/strong><\/a>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>celebrating the architects rethinking our built environment and pioneering a better future for our cities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architizerawards.com\/a?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=architizer_website&amp;utm_campaign=main-entry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit your best new projects<\/a> in these and other categories before <strong>March 12th, 2021<\/strong> for worldwide recognition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Norway&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/the-twist-kistefos-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kistefos Gallery<\/a>, also known as the Twist, is putting a new spin on an old typology. From the outside, the fa\u00e7ade&#8217;s aluminum curves imbue the building with a sculptural appearance, symbolically announcing the contents within the gallery walls. Inside, visitors experience a formidable sculpture collection while also being immersed in the process of the sculptural building&#8217;s inversion. In the center of its three processional galleries, the walls turn 90 degrees to become ceilings and floors, and vice-versa.<\/p>\n<p>Conceived by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/big-bjarke-ingels-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIG &#8211; Bjarke Ingels Group<\/a>, this <a href=\"https:\/\/awards.architizer.com\/winners-gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A+Award-winning design<\/a> brilliantly explores the proximity and differences between architecture and sculpture \u2014 or, between sculptural architecture and architectural sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sculptural Architecture Architectural Sculpture\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Jevnaker may be a small town, but it is also home to the largest sculpture parks in Scandinavia, of which the Twist is but one of many art objects. Located in a former wood pulp mill complex on the southern shore of the Rands Fjord, 50 miles north of Oslo, the collection showcases 46 sculptures by a range of contemporary artists including Anish Kapoor, Claes Oldenberg, Olafur Eliasson, and Yayoi Kusama.<\/p>\n<p>Though many of the works are scattered throughout the hilly and wooded premises, the museum had long desired a new building to facilitate indoor viewing. At the same time, as the collection has grown, it has extended along both sides of the river, generating the need for a second bridge to help streamline visitor circulation and transform the u-pattern visitor&#8217;s pathway into a complete circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Completed in 2020, the design by the Bjarke Ingels Group ingeniously fuses these various requirements. The building spans 60 meters over the Randselva river, serving as a bridge between the lower south bank and the higher north bank. Each gallery offers a unique space and is aptly named to reflect their distinct spatial experiences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The horizontal Panorama Gallery is oriented to the north and brightly illuminated by daylight.<\/li>\n<li>The Closed Gallery is vertical, dark, and south-facing.<\/li>\n<li>The contorted middle section, the Twist Gallery, is, effectively, an immersive spatial experience with a twisted sliver of roof light illuminating its walls.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Twist \/ Kistefos Gallery by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>&#8220;Sculptural&#8221; is an adjective that lends itself to architectural description; yet, in a word association game, &#8220;sculptural architecture&#8221; often brings to mind to the much-maligned &#8216;starchitect&#8217; phenomenon and a characteristic collection of &#8216;iconic&#8217; museums. From Frank Gehry&#8217;s Guggenheim in Bilbao to Daniel Libeskind&#8217;s Jewish Museum in Berlin, the stylistic form of these buildings is closely related to their respective architects.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, these buildings&#8217; unique sculptural qualities do not equate to an artist&#8217;s distinctive brushstroke as a way to convey their individual expression. The critiques of some of Gehry and Libeskind&#8217;s later iterations, such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA or or the ROM extension in Toronto, reveal the limits of having a signature-style in architecture. Less an individual expression and more an architectural brand, such highly stylized forms make a building more akin to a commodity than experience, a product of globalization rather than a poetic, site-specific solution.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-4-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sculptural Architecture Architectural Sculpture\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>The association between architecture and sculpture is longstanding and complex. Sculpture, after all, was historically conceived as part of a more extensive architectural program. Only in the twentieth century, with the shift towards abstraction and self-referentiality, did sculpture become place-less, complicating the neat distinction between these previously straightforwardly distinct categories.<\/p>\n<p>Rosalind Krauss&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/newmediaabington.pbworks.com\/f\/Krauss+-+Sculpture+in+the+Expanded+Field.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">landmark essay<\/a> of 1979, entitled &#8220;Sculpture in the Expanded Field,&#8221; explains the irrevocable changes to sculpture as a definable and delimited artistic practice in the 19th century. Krauss explored the possibilities opened by viewing sculpture as the outward expression of ideas in the individual artist&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p>The rupture in sculpture&#8217;s traditional definition opened infinite possibilities for what it could be, and artists began using their sculptural practice in more multidisciplinary ways. By the mid-twentieth century, she says, &#8220;sculpture [became] only one term on the periphery of a field in which there are other, differently structured possibilities,&#8221; including landscape and non-landscape, and architecture and non-architecture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-3-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Twist \/ Kistefos Gallery by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, architectural sculpture used the medium to question the architects&#8217; work, often by contemplating the place-making role of sculptural objects, or by creating unique spatial experiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus\/en\/exhibitions\/art-and-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eduardo Chillida&#8217;s<\/a> large-scale public sculptures sought to delineate space through the monumental exploration of material and to reflect on the human act of place-making. Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.charles-simonds.com\/dwellings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Charles Simmonds<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.membradisjectafilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gonzalo Fonseca<\/a> creates uninhabitable structures that can only be experienced by the naked human eye. Their works demand the viewer to engage their imagination to contemplate, rather than experience, the built environment.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, these sculptors&#8217; spatial and material explorations are not subject to the same limitations as the subject \u2014 architecture \u2014 they explore. Real-world considerations such as building codes, budgets, clients, engineering restraints, and, importantly, programs will always inform an architect&#8217;s design. Meanwhile, architectural sculpture does not have to do anything; it can act as a vehicle for a formal statement or the conduit for the aesthetic expression of an artist&#8217;s ideas. Where does this leave sculptural architecture?<\/p>\n<p>By taking account of the functional implications of an aesthetic expression, BIG&#8217;s Twist demonstrates that manipulating a building&#8217;s material form beyond its programmatic and structural requirements can make an impactful statement that enhances the space that it inhabits. In so doing, it surpasses its role as a vessel for the gallery&#8217;s collection, ensuring that it is more than a mere object of contemplation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-8-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Twist \/ Kistefos Gallery by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Take the Panorama Gallery, whose large glass windows frame a picturesque view of the surrounding areas. Below, a glass staircase descends to the lower level where a full-length glass wall brings the river into closer view, offering viewers an alternative perspective to contemplate their place and the place of art in the natural world.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the aesthetic appeal of this sculptural architecture belies the complex engineering behind its construction, and the site&#8217;s location on the river did not make <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/399893068\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the building process<\/a> any easier. Though its elegant torque evokes a sense of movement that dances with the river&#8217;s flow, the aluminum and wood panels fan out like a deck of cards, creating an optical illusion where the curves are composed of purely rigid, linear pieces.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item aligncenter wp-image-66567 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sculptural Architecture Architectural Sculpture\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-2-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Architecture is often seen as a solution in response to a complex set of problems and demands. However, rather than simply working within a given project&#8217;s requirements, a poetic interpretation of programmatic and structural parameters can expand the building&#8217;s possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kistefosmuseum.com\/sculpture\/the-sculpture-park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kistefos collection attests<\/a> to this expanded field of sculpture through a diversity of national and international artists, site-specific art, interactive and immersive works. The Twist, as the latest addition to the collection, further meditates on this by also expanding the field of sculptural architecture.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy lazy_media_item aligncenter wp-image-66571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=2560%2C1706&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Sculptural Architecture Architectural Sculpture\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.staging.arc.ht\/wp-content\/uploads\/the-twist-6-scaled.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/projects\/the-twist-kistefos-gallery\/?_ga=2.68459985.131841261.1606054246-442636042.1604071987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Twist \/ Kistefos Gallery<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/big-bjarke-ingels-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BIG &#8211; Bjarke Ingels Group<\/a> was the Popular and Jury Winner in Gallery &amp; Exhibition Spaces and the Jury Winner in Architecture Engineering in the A+Awards 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>Architizer is inviting submissions for the <a href=\"https:\/\/awards.architizer.com\/a?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=architizer_website&amp;utm_campaign=main-entry\"><strong>9th Annual A+Awards<\/strong><\/a>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>celebrating the architects rethinking our built environment and pioneering a better future for our cities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architizerawards.com\/a?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=architizer_website&amp;utm_campaign=main-entry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Submit your best new projects<\/a> in these and other categories before <strong>March 12th, 2021<\/strong> for worldwide recognition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This A+Award-winning design explores the proximity of architecture and sculpture deep in the heart of a Norwegian 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