C.F. Møller Danmark A/S - C.F. Møller Architects

Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum

Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen

SOGN & FJORDANE ART MUSEUM 

C.F. Møller

ARCHITECTS
C.F. Møller

PHOTOGRAPHS
Oddleiv Apneseth, Marit Bendtz, Stein Sandemose Baardsen

YEAR
2012

LOCATION
Førde, Norway

CATEGORY
Museums & Exhibit

Text description provided by architect.

The small Norwegian town of Førde draws its qualities from its interaction with the surrounding mountains, which are visible everywhere, and from Jostedalsbreen, the largest glacier on the European mainland, which lies in close proximity to the town.

Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen

The town's new museum, Sogn & Fjordane Kunstmuseum also draws upon the distinctive landscape for its architectural expression: the museum lies like a crystal-clear block of ice that has slid down from the surrounding mountains.

The crystalline form provides an asymmetrical plan solution, with varying displacements in the facade. The facade is clad in white glass with a network of angled lines, reminiscent of the fracture lines in ice.

This network also defines the irregular window apertures. In the evening these lines are illuminated, so that the museum lies like a sparkling block in the middle of the town’s darkness.

Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen

Inside, visitors move upwards through the museum's four floors of exhibition space, and at the top a panoramic view of the mountains can be enjoyed from a roof terrace that can also function as an exhibition space or stage.

C.F. Møller Architects were also responsible for the design of the SEIF office building which is the museum’s closest neighbour, and for a residential complex on the same site which is presently under construction.

Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen


Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
© Stein Sandemose Baardsen


Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Cross Section


Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
East Elevation
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
South Elevation
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
North Elevation
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
West Elevation


Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Ground Floor Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
First Floor Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Second Floor Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Third Floor Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Floor Plan


Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Site Plan
Sogn & Fjordane Art Museum
Site Plan

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