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Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

Coordinates: 59°19′33″N 18°05′06″E / 59.32583°N 18.08500°E / 59.32583; 18.08500
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Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
Statens centrum för arkitektur och design
Arkitektur- och designcentrum (ArkDes)
Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design is located in Stockholm Municipality
Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design
Location of ArkDes in Stockholm
Former name
Museum of Architecture (Arkitekturmuseet)
Established1962 (1962)
LocationStockholm Sweden
Coordinates59°19′33″N 18°05′06″E / 59.32583°N 18.08500°E / 59.32583; 18.08500
TypeArchitectural museum
Collection size
  • c. 3,000,000 drawings and documents
  • 600,000 photos
  • 2,000 models
[1]
FounderSveriges Arkitekter, SA (Architects of Sweden)
DirectorKieran Long
OwnerGovernment of Sweden
Public transit accessBus to Arkitektur-/Moderna museet
Websitewww.arkdes.se

ArkDes, the Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design (Template:Lang-sv, previously known as the Museum of Architecture, Arkitekturmuseet), is a Swedish national museum dedicated to architecture and design. It is located on the island of Skeppsholmen in Stockholm, Sweden, in the same complex as Moderna Museet. The museum exhibits architecture, urban planning and design under its current director Kieran Long. It is an administrative authority under the Ministry of Culture.

History

The Museum of Architecture was founded in 1962 at the initiative of the National Association of Swedish Architects (Sveriges Arkitekters Riksförbund) as a private foundation. It was nationalized in 1978, at which point it was housed in buildings previously occupied by the Nautical Chart Department on Skeppsholmen. The new premises, designed by the Pritzker Prize laureate Rafael Moneo following an international competition, were inaugurated in February of 1998.[1]

On 28 February 2013, the government issued new instructions for the museum and, on 1 May, changed its name to the Statens centrum för arkitektur och design (The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design). Since the mid-1990s, the museum has been administered by the Ministry of Culture.[1]

Buildings

ArkDes is housed in two buildings, the Navy's old drill hall, Exercishuset,[2] and a more recently constructed building designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo constructed between 1994 and 1997.[3] The permanent and temporary exhibition halls stand in historic buildings designed by Fredrik Blom and the new building, designed in a functionalistic style,[3] contains offices, a library, research rooms, workshops, and archives holding the State Architecture Collection. The Moneo building was awarded the Kasper Salin Prize in 1998.[4] In June 2018, a new temporary exhibition space, Boxen,[5] was opened to designs by Dehlin Brattgård Architects.[6]

Function and exhibitions

Workshop at "Meet Wikipedia" in ArkDes, 2014

ArkDes has a permanent exhibition and several temporary thematic exhibitions.[7] The permanent exhibition presents Swedish architecture through the ages in models, photographs, and historical objects.[8]

Other spaces are dedicated to thematic exhibitions which explore contemporary architecture and design, alongside historical shows.[9] In ArkDes' archival collections are drawings, models and photographs of the works of around 500 architects. The museum's library contains journals from the 1930s onwards, as well as over 24,000 books.[10]

The Centre for Architecture and Design manages the Einar Mattsson's Foundation for Building and Property Research.[11]

In 2013, the ArkDes hosted the exhibition "The fashion world of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the sidewalk to the catwalk".[12]

The Centre has cooperated with the Wikimedia Foundation on a number of occasions. In 2013 and 2014, Wikimedia Sweden held its annual meeting there, and in 2014, the ArkDes hosted the "Meet Wikipedia" event.[13]

Directors

  • Kieran Long, 2017–[14]
  • Kerstin Brunnberg, Interim Director, July 2014–July 2015[1]
  • Lena Rahoult, 2009–July 2014[15]
  • Bitte Nygren, 1999–2008[16]
  • Jöran Lindvall, 1985–99
  • Bengt O.H. Johansson, 1966–77

Buildings

  • Exhibits building
    Exhibits building
  • Exhibits building
    Exhibits building
  • Administration building
    Administration building
  • Administration building
    Administration building

Exhibitions

  • Permanent exhibits hall
    Permanent exhibits hall
  • Old Katarina Elevator, model
    Old Katarina Elevator, model
  • Temporary exhibition "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk", 2013
    Temporary exhibition "The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk", 2013

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Statens centrum för arkitektur och design". www.regeringen.se (in Swedish). Government of Sweden. pp. 6–17. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "MODERNA MUSEET, ARKITEKTURMUSEET (EXERCISHUSET) (akt.)". www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se. Swedish National Heritage Board. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b Moneo, Rafael; Mårtelius, Johan; Jewson, William; Lidman, Åke E:son (1998). Modern Museum and Swedish Museum of Architecture in Stockholm (in Swedish). Stockholm: Arkitektur. ISBN 91-87214-76-8.
  4. ^ Schiratzki, Malin. "Kasper Salinpriset till Arkitekturmuseum" (PDF). www.sfv.se. National Property Board of Sweden. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Boxen – ArkDes utställningsrum med samtida design och arkitektur". ArkDes – Sveriges nationella centrum för arkitektur och design (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  6. ^ "Boxen at ArkDes / Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter". ArchDaily. 2019-02-18. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  7. ^ "Utställningar". www.arkdes.se. ArkDes. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  8. ^ Rörby, Martin (2004). Arkitektur i Sverige: funktion, konstruktion och estetik genom tiderna. Stockholm: Arkitekturmuseet. ISBN 9185460702.
  9. ^ "Utställningar". ArkDes – Sveriges nationella centrum för arkitektur och design (in Swedish). Retrieved 2019-07-09.
  10. ^ "Arkitekturmuseets bibliotek". www.archive-se.com. HISS. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  11. ^ Fröjd, Mattias (20 November 2012). "Einar Mattsson-stipendiater är utsedda". www.fastighetsnytt.se (in Swedish). Fastighetsnytt. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  12. ^ Stockholm TT Spektra (2 November 2011). "Arkitekturmuseum visar Gaultier". www.svd.se. Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Träffa Wikipedia". www.arkdes.se. ArkDes. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Press release från the Ministry of Culture in Sweden". Government of Sweden. 10 September 2018.
  15. ^ Fristorp, Mimmi (19 December 2008). "Lena Rahoult ny chef för Arkitekturmuseet". www.dn.se. Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  16. ^ Andersson, Patrik (25 April 2012). "Bitte Nygren". www.gp.se. Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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