GLASS FOR FAÇADE 2019

19 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS / 18 / SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS THE TWIST KISTEFOS MUSEUM TWISTING VIEWS A WALK IN THE PARK, STEPS IN THE ARTS ART AND CULTURE Location Architect Glass processor Façade maker Jevnaker, Norway Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Copenhagen, Denmark Saint-Gobain Glassolutions Glas Döring, Berlin, Germany Skandinaviska Glassystem, Göteborg, Sweden The Twist was opened in September 2019. It is a hybrid of bridge, gallery and art object which bridges the Randselva River near Jevnaker. Furthermore it closes a circular path in the existing sculpture park of the Kistefos Museum. The new building presents itself as a white cuboid that rotates 90 degrees on its own axis. While it is flat and «lies» on one side of the river, it becomes high and «stands» on the other side. The 60 meter long volume, wrapped in aluminium and glass, absorbs the difference in height between the two bank zones by twisting. Inside the building, the winding creates three areas of different characteristics: To the north, this is the bridge section with a panoramic view to the river and to the museum building, a former pulp factory. The gallery room in the south is characterised by high ceilings and the resulting glass façade, tapering skylight. In the intermediate area, the actual twist, the vertical and horizontal dissolve. In a flowing movement, the wall becomes a floor. The transformation of the ceiling into a wall is also a fluid motion. © Bjarke Ingels Group © Laurian Ghinitoiu © Bjarke Ingels Group © Laurian Ghinitoiu Façade with curved glass CLIMAPLUS CONTOUR comprizing two STADIP PROTECT laminated glass and PLANITHERM XN II in the inside pane Product