The team of young architects won the first prize in the competition for the construction of a museum in Norway
The Czech-Swedish team of young architects based in Copenhagen, Denmark won first prize in the open international competition for a new Museum of Forest Finn Culture in Svullrya, Norway with the design "Finnskogens Hus". With 203 entries, the competition was the fourth largest in Norway. The international team consists of architects: Juráš Lasovský (CZ), Filip Lipinski (SWE), Hanna Johansson (SWE).
"Finnskogens Hus" (House of the Forest Finns) is a museum closely related to the surrounding forested landscape, blending with it and thereby blurring the boundaries between the interior and the exterior. It is surrounded by a forest of columns that evoke curiosity and invite visitors to interact with the building and its environment. The new museum creates space for exhibition, presentation, and teaching of the rich history of the Forest Finns.
The museum is characterized by a large roof supported by a labyrinth of columns, creating a symbiosis between the surrounding nature and the building, between the interior and the exterior. The "trunks" give the building a unique character, especially during the evening hours when the light radiating outward through the lattice of trunks illuminates the immediate surroundings. The entrance resembles a clearing that leads the visitor into the reception area, library, and exhibition space. Inside the museum, the trunks are always present, guiding the visitor throughout the building. Light penetrating through the ceiling is an analogy to the technique used by the Forest Finns, who used smoke to heat buildings and then vented the smoke out of the building through a hatch in the ceiling.
Finnskogens Hus is a modern building that draws from the culture of the Forest Finns and creates a dialogue between the forest and the River Rotna. The wood is presented both as a structural element and as a narrative element telling the story of slash-and-burn agriculture, a typical method for the culture of the Forest Finns.
* About the Forest Finn Culture
The Forest Finns migrated from the eastern part of Finland to the forested regions of central Sweden and eastern Norway at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. They were characterized by the agricultural technique of slash-and-burn, where grain is sown in the ashes of the burned forest. Part of this forest culture included the so-called smoke sauna. More about the Forest Finns here.
Facts:
Location: Svullrya, Norway
Size: 2000 m²
Client: Museum for Forest Finn Culture in Norway
Architect: LIPINSKI LASOVSKY JOHANSSON
Illustration: Andrea Baresi / Aesthetica Studio
"Finnskogens Hus" (House of the Forest Finns) is a museum closely related to the surrounding forested landscape, blending with it and thereby blurring the boundaries between the interior and the exterior. It is surrounded by a forest of columns that evoke curiosity and invite visitors to interact with the building and its environment. The new museum creates space for exhibition, presentation, and teaching of the rich history of the Forest Finns.
The museum is characterized by a large roof supported by a labyrinth of columns, creating a symbiosis between the surrounding nature and the building, between the interior and the exterior. The "trunks" give the building a unique character, especially during the evening hours when the light radiating outward through the lattice of trunks illuminates the immediate surroundings. The entrance resembles a clearing that leads the visitor into the reception area, library, and exhibition space. Inside the museum, the trunks are always present, guiding the visitor throughout the building. Light penetrating through the ceiling is an analogy to the technique used by the Forest Finns, who used smoke to heat buildings and then vented the smoke out of the building through a hatch in the ceiling.
Finnskogens Hus is a modern building that draws from the culture of the Forest Finns and creates a dialogue between the forest and the River Rotna. The wood is presented both as a structural element and as a narrative element telling the story of slash-and-burn agriculture, a typical method for the culture of the Forest Finns.
* About the Forest Finn Culture
The Forest Finns migrated from the eastern part of Finland to the forested regions of central Sweden and eastern Norway at the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th century. They were characterized by the agricultural technique of slash-and-burn, where grain is sown in the ashes of the burned forest. Part of this forest culture included the so-called smoke sauna. More about the Forest Finns here.
Facts:
Size: 2000 m²
Client: Museum for Forest Finn Culture in Norway
Architect: LIPINSKI LASOVSKY JOHANSSON
Illustration: Andrea Baresi / Aesthetica Studio
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