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Barn at Memhaven
Barn at Memhaven
Sæby, Denmark
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Barn at Memhaven
Sæby, Denmark
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2023
SIZE
1000 sqft - 3000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
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The Barn at Memhaven was designed after a fire destroyed two existing barns on the site, one dating from the 18th century and another from the early 20th century. The new building was designed to be leased for storage and office functions. In addition to addressing issues related to current use and potential adaptations in the future, the project was framed as an investigation into the potential for making connections to 1) memories of place and 2) the local history of the site through memories manifested in material.
The project draws from the work of Danish artist Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019), who was trained as a sign painter and turned his attention to rural buildings and landscapes later in life (https://www.albertbertelsen.dk/9532424). The farm where the project is located was once property of a local manor house with portions dating from the 15th century. The brick pattern used throughout the manor house facades employed in the Barn at Memhaven.
A single window and bricks were salvaged after the fire. The recovered window was incorporated in the east facade of the Barn at Memhaven, and the dimensions of the window were used to establish the size of openings. The color of exterior doors and window frames matches the color used in the barns that were burned. Recovered bricks, with names etched by individuals who lived on the farm in the past and by members of a civil defense unit that had used the farm in the 1940s, were integrated into the wall of the south-facing covered area and can be seen from the interior through large glazed openings.
Beyond considerations of function, future use, and adaptability, the Barn at Memhaven examines how material choice, material treatment, salvaged elements, and representations of imagined structures can manifest local memory through building.
Contractor: Thomas Jørgensen / Sandkildehus ApS
The project draws from the work of Danish artist Albert Bertelsen (1921–2019), who was trained as a sign painter and turned his attention to rural buildings and landscapes later in life (https://www.albertbertelsen.dk/9532424). The farm where the project is located was once property of a local manor house with portions dating from the 15th century. The brick pattern used throughout the manor house facades employed in the Barn at Memhaven.
A single window and bricks were salvaged after the fire. The recovered window was incorporated in the east facade of the Barn at Memhaven, and the dimensions of the window were used to establish the size of openings. The color of exterior doors and window frames matches the color used in the barns that were burned. Recovered bricks, with names etched by individuals who lived on the farm in the past and by members of a civil defense unit that had used the farm in the 1940s, were integrated into the wall of the south-facing covered area and can be seen from the interior through large glazed openings.
Beyond considerations of function, future use, and adaptability, the Barn at Memhaven examines how material choice, material treatment, salvaged elements, and representations of imagined structures can manifest local memory through building.
Contractor: Thomas Jørgensen / Sandkildehus ApS
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