MUSEUM RESERVOIR
Logging museum and wetland centre shaped as a public landscape walk.
Drøbak, Norway · Museum / Wetland centre · Competition Entry · 2021 · 6,000 m²
Details
Museum Reservoir is a concept proposal for the Akershus Logging Museum and Wetland Centre in Drøbak, Norway. Located by the Øyeren freshwater wetlands and reservoir, the project connects exhibitions, education, restaurant, offices, and nature park functions through a public walking route shaped by landscape, water, and timber-floating history.
Rather than treating the museum as a standalone object, the proposal extends the wetland path through the building and across outdoor activity zones. Sculptural museum bowls hold flexible exhibitions and administration, while roof gardens, interior gardens, workshops, and restaurant spaces connect visitors to the surrounding landscape throughout the year.
Project
Museum Reservoir
Location
Drøbak, Norway
Client
MiA Museene i Akershus
Type
Museum / Wetland centre
Status
Concept proposal
Year
2021
Size
6,000 m²
Program
Museum exhibitions, galleries, restaurant, education centre, offices, nature park
Role
KOSY project
Museum as landscape
The proposal extends the wetland walk through the museum, connecting roof park, restaurant, exhibition bowls, and outdoor activity zones into one public landscape.
Timber-floating history
The museum is rooted in the history of transporting timber through the rivers and wetlands of southeastern Norway.
Friluftsliv
The diagrams test how the museum can blend into the flow of public walking, outdoor recreation, and everyday access to nature.
Public network
Activity rooms/nodes
Landscaped roof
Wetland museum plan
The plan connects public paths, activity rooms, courtyards, exhibition bowls, and roof landscape into one continuous museum route.
Interior landscapes
Exhibition bowls and restaurant courtyards bring the wetland landscape into the museum, turning the visit into a sequence of interior rooms, planted thresholds, and outdoor pauses.
Wetland museum
The museum becomes part of the reservoir walk, connecting cultural history, exhibition spaces, courtyards, and roof landscape with everyday access to nature.