When you’re designing the Museum for Paper Art, it’s fitting to have a design that references paper’s graceful thinness and lightness. We’d say that Danish architecture studio BIG got that memo loud and clear, and their design is a beautiful tribute to paper art.
With an impressively thin and flowing roofline, combined with a swooping form, the museum’s look and feel are definitely memorable.
By repurposing an old grocery store, the architects were able to keep the costs and environmental impact down, while thoroughly overhauling the layout, flow, and footprint of the old space.
We love the way the roofline dips low in the building’s middle, while raising again at the edges, giving the the appearance of a lightweight sheet of paper. The white color both inside and out reinforce the theme.
With a strong paper arts culture and history, Denmark is no stranger to forward-thinking architecture and design. The Museum for Paper Art plans to open in late 2025 or early 2026.
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“In collaboration with Bit, we have designed a simple concept that allows a single sheet of paper to drape over the site and the existing building,” said BIG partner David Zahle.
“By treating the roof surface as such – a single sheet of folded paper – existing and new functions are brought together in one unifying gesture,” added the studio’s founder Bjarke Ingels.
“An obsolete supermarket finds new life under the floating curved roof,” Ingels continued.
-Dezeen
