Project Description:

Transformation of 1930s silos into a contemporary art museum, preserving and reimagining an industrial heritage landmark. Strategic removal created a cathedral-like hall, while innovative post-tensioned strengthening and an external shell enabled reuse of the original structure, minimizing material consumption and embodied carbon through composite action of old and new concrete.

Judges Comments

This project involved transformation of 1930s grain silos into a contemporary art museum, preserving and reimagining an industrial heritage landmark. The partial removal created a cathedral-like hall, while the innovative post-tensioned strengthening and an external shell enabled reuse of the original structure, minimizing material consumption and embodied carbon through composite action between old and new materials.

Structural Designer

Stiftelsen Kunstsilo

Location

Kristiansand, Norway