Completed
Halden Archive
A regional archive and public library where the reading room is lifted above a robust masonry base housing the climate-controlled stacks.
Sector
Civic
Client
Institutional
Location
Halden, NO
Area
5,200 m²
Year
2023
Status
Completed
01 — Context
A small border town needed to consolidate three fragile municipal collections under one roof while creating its first genuinely public interior.
Fig. 02 — Interior study
02 — Concept
The building is legible as two registers: a heavy, quiet base for the record, and a light, occupied volume for the reader above it.
Drawing — General arrangement plan
03 — Materials
Load-bearing brick, exposed cross-laminated timber, and linen acoustic panels tuned for the reading room.
Fig. 03 — Material detail
04 — Outcomes
Consolidated 4.2 kilometres of shelving and doubled recorded public visits within a year of opening.