Du Verden, Maritime Museum, Porsgrunn

The city of Porsgrunn has a long maritime history. The new museum aims to reflect the city’s historical context and picturesque surroundings, while also creating a characteristically modern public building that is also to house the area’s new science centre. To adapt to the surrounding buildings, the museum’s roof is a dynamic figure combining several slanting volumes. The aluminium façade consists of small sheets, imitating the scales of the maritime fauna.