#allmannajuvet

[arc-hus]

Zinc Mine Museum, Allmannajuvet, Sauda, Norway - Peter Zumthor

[infinitiumme]

Peter Zumthor showing the architectural models for the Zinc Museum, Norway

Allmannajuvet, with its characteristic landscape and rich cultural history, is one of the 10 largest attractions along the National Tourist Routes. In 2002, world-renowned architect Peter Zumthor was commissioned by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration to design a tourist route attraction for the purpose of welcoming visitors and bringing the old mining history of Sauda back to life. The simplistic buildings are inspired by the mining operation, the drudgery and the workers’ strenuous everyday lives. The installation consists of a museumbuilding, a café building, toilet and parking facilities, paths and stairs.

Source: This is Paper

[stephanie-lee-dodd-blog]

Day 3: Norway Study Trip

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mines Project. Sauda, Norway.

Peter Zumthor. 2016.

The Allmannajuvet zinc mines project by Peter Zumthor at Sauda is part of a larger state program of the national tourist route in Norway to create sites enhanced by art and architecture. The zinc mines project was to commemorate the lives of the miners who worked there from 1881-1899. There are three buildings - a toilet and services block, a cafe, and a gallery. The buildings appear as boxes held up or hanging from the rock in timber post and beam structures.. The boxes are black inside and out, and are made from plywood covered with jute and then coated with black PMMA. The boxes are dark inside with ceilings of differing heights to give the feeling of being underground in the mine. The texture of the black walls, rather than just being flat and painted black, creates an even ‘blacker’ experience as the undulations of the jute create small, rhythmic shadows that suck more of the light away, making the inside spaces even darker.

The most impressive thing to me was the way the displays in the gallery were lit. Rather than using artificial light - as I assumed on first glance - the items and books of the gallery are lit using small windows of just the right sized and angled to bring light exactly onto the displays. I was completely stunned by that.

Another observation I had when looking at the buildings and trying to decipher why the boxes were held up on timber legs like suspended caves is that for a mine the timber structure is a marker for the entry to the mineshaft. So in this project, the timber marks the entrance to the suspended caves. I only came to this thought as on the drive to the project we passed what must have been an entrance to a mine which had a small timber shelter protruding from the tunnel entrance. I feel that element shows how Zumthor must have reflected on all the elements that comprise the mine. The timber legs teetering on the rocks could also reflect the precarious and dangerous nature of mining. During the group discussion, others posited that the reason for lifting these boxes up and leaving considerable space underneath the boxes reflects the practice of excavating resources from a mountain, which can look solid from the outside yet is hollow underneath.

I was really astounded by the atmosphere created and the thought behind each part of this design. We were so lucky to have so much time to explore, sketch, and ruminate on every element of this project.

[ctyscp]

Zink Mine, Allmannajuvet

[s-hodne]

Witness

Allmannajuvet – interior Sometimes the mountainis hidden from me in veilsof cloud, sometimesI am hidden from the mountainin veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue,when I forget or refuse to godown to the shore or a few yardsup the road, on a clear day,to reconfirmthat witnessing presence. Denise Levertov Allmannajuvet

[emilylin5]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Norway

by Peter Zumthor

Het museum heeft lange smalle gangen volledig in het zwart. Deze doen denken aan de eindeloze gangen waar mijnwerkers zich in bevinden.

Licht komt uit de verte en laat een spoor achter op de grond. Doordat alles zo donker is, valt het licht nog meer op. 

Van boven schijnt er een straal van licht op de displays. Hiermee worden de objecten belicht.

Zowel in het museum als in het café bestaat het plafond uit rechthoekige “blokken” met verschillende hoogtes. 

Er is vrij weinig gedaan met de vloer. Deze is overal plat/horizontaal.

Het cafe maakt gebruik van kristalachtige lampen op het plafond. Dit is een subtiele maar esthetische toevoeging aan het mijnthema.

[teconozcomascarita]

Allmannajuvet tourist route pavilion, Sauda, Norway [Peter Zumthor, 2016]. Foto: Arne Espeland

[gorloj]

Zink mine museum by astrid westvang Via Flickr: architect: Peter Zumthor

[thedimensionxyz]

#00047

[Spe WIP] - Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum by Peter Zumthor

[realismoutopico]

Peter Zumthor / Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum / 2002-2016 / via Atlas of Places / ArchDaily / Image © Aldo Amoretti

[texturality]

Peter Zumthor. Allmannajuvet zinc mine museum in Sauda, Norway. Photo by Per Ritzler

[1018fw]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine

Peter Zumthor

[thisispaper]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum by Peter Zumthor https://www.thisispaper.com/mag/allmannajuvet-zinc-mine-museum-peter-zumthor

[architecturefiles]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum | Architect: Peter Zumthor

The Allmannajuvet zinc mines are a disused mining works in Sauda. The mines were in operation from 1881 to 1899. During these years a total of 12,000 tonnes of zinc ore were extracted. Today, the mining area is a museum. The plain buildings in the gorge are designed in an industrial construction style to embody the story of the mines. Some of the mining galleries will be made accessible for guided tours.

[ofcharacter]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum Bathroom – Peter Zumthor

[fensterguck]

Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine