The extension of the State Archive in Bergen was finished in 2012. The mesh material is both visually a connection to the existing building and the metal used there, but it is also a reminder that an archive is the memory of the state and that it needs to be well protected behind a layer of metal.
Statsarkivet, Bergen
Architects
Nav Arkitekter A.S.
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Quantity
approx. 1 600 m²
The extension of the State Archive in Bergen was finished in 2012. The mesh material is both visually a connection to the existing building and the metal used there, but it is also a reminder that an archive is the memory of the state and that it needs to be well protected behind a layer of metal.
Photographer: Statsbygg/Trond Isaksen