The Archive House by Lund+Slaatto Arkitekter

Archive House
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

The Archive House covers 14 700 sqm with more than 70 kilometers of underground archives, making up almost half of the building’s total area.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

Above ground, the building contains offices, a cafeteria, and an exhibition area. The functions are organized around a central atrium.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

The glass roofed space provides light for the inner workplaces and creates a bright, open area for the public functions.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

Along the façades, wooden sections are placed as a puzzle of folded elements, with window openings integrated in the pattern of sloping lines.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

The different angles change the appearance of the building continuously, with a play of light and shadow, depending on the season, weather and time of day.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

The geometrically folded façades transform the volume of the building and provides a playful feel, with associations to origami – the art of paper folding.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

The Archive House contains the historical documents and records of the city of Stavanger, the Rogaland County as well as the Norwegian Mission Society. Source by Lund+Slaatto Arkitekter.

Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen
Archive House
Photo © Sindre Ellingsen

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