Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

{{Infobox museum

| name = Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design

| native_name = Statens centrum för arkitektur och design

| native_name_lang = Swedish

| logo = ArkDes.png

| image =

| caption = ArkDes (Arkitektur- och designcentrum)

| map_type = Sweden Stockholm Municipality

| map_caption = Location of ArkDes in Stockholm

| coordinates = {{coord|59|19|33|N|18|05|06|E|region:SE-AB|display=inline,title}}

| former_name = Museum of Architecture (Arkitekturmuseet)

| established = {{Start date|1962|df=y}}

| dissolved =

| location = Stockholm, Sweden

| type = Architecture and design museum

| accreditation =

| key_holdings =

| collections =

| collection_size = {{hlist|{{circa}} 3,000,000 drawings and documents|600,000 photos|2,000 models}}

| visitors =

| founder = Sveriges Arkitekter, SA (Architects of Sweden)

| director = Karin Nilsson (Acting)

| owner = Government of Sweden

| publictransit = Bus to ArkDes/Moderna Museet

| website = [http://www.arkdes.se/ www.arkdes.se]

}}

The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design ({{langx|sv|Statens centrum för arkitektur och design}}) or ArkDes, 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 acting director Karin Nilsson. 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 1998.

On 28{{nbsp}}February 2013, the government issued new instructions for the museum and, on 1{{nbsp}}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.

The museum closed for renovation on 27 September 2023{{cite web|title=ArkDes closed for refurbishment

|url=https://arkdes.se/en/news/arkdes-closed-for-refurbishment/|website=www.arkdes.se|publisher=ArkDes|accessdate=9 August 2024}} and is currently in the process of delivering a new collection exhibition, new temporary exhibition spaces, and a new entrance. The museum is scheduled to reopen on 27 September 2024.{{cite web|title=MYCKET: Utsikten

|url=https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/613790/mycketutsikten/|website=www.e-flux.com|publisher=e-flux Architecture|accessdate=9 August 2024}} On 20 June 2024, the government announced an investigation to explore how ArkDes and Moderna Museet can be merged into a single national authority, to be completed before 31 January 2025.{{cite web|title=Möjligheten till inordnande av myndigheter ska utredas|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2024/06/regeringen-utreder-mojligheten-till-inordnande-av-myndigheter/|website=www.regeringen.se|publisher=Government of Sweden|accessdate=9 August 2024}}

Buildings

ArkDes is housed in two buildings, the Navy’s old drill hall, Exercishuset,{{cite web|title=MODERNA MUSEET, ARKITEKTURMUSEET (EXERCISHUSET) (akt.)|url=http://www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se/bbr2/byggnad/visaHistorik.raa?byggnadId=21400000328269&page=historik&visaHistorik=true|website=www.bebyggelseregistret.raa.se|publisher=Swedish National Heritage Board|accessdate=4 June 2015}} and a more recently constructed building designed by the Spanish architect Rafael Moneo constructed between 1994 and 1997.{{cite book|last1=Moneo|first1=Rafael|author-link1=Rafael Moneo|last2=Mårtelius|first2=Johan|last3=Jewson|first3=William|last4=Lidman|first4=Åke E:son|title=Modern Museum and Swedish Museum of Architecture in Stockholm|date=1998|publisher=Arkitektur|location=Stockholm|isbn=91-87214-76-8|language=Swedish|url=http://libris.kb.se/bib/7763178}} The permanent and temporary exhibition halls stand in historic buildings designed by Fredrik Blom and the new building, designed in a functionalistic style, 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.{{cite web|last1=Schiratzki|first1=Malin|title=Kasper Salinpriset till Arkitekturmuseum|url=http://www.sfv.se/globalassets/kulturvarden/1998_04/baksida-kasper_salinpriset_till_arkitekturmuseet.pdf|website=www.sfv.se|publisher=National Property Board of Sweden|accessdate=4 June 2015}} In June 2018, a new temporary exhibition space, Boxen,{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/boxen/|title=Boxen – ArkDes utställningsrum med samtida design och arkitektur|website=ArkDes – Sveriges nationella centrum för arkitektur och design|language=sv-SE|access-date=2019-07-09}} was opened to designs by Dehlin Brattgård Architects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.archdaily.com/911545/boxen-dehlin-brattgard-arkitekter|title=Boxen at ArkDes / Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter|date=2019-02-18|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-09}}

Function

ArkDes has a permanent exhibition and several temporary thematic exhibitions.{{cite web|title=Utställningar|url=http://www.arkdes.se/utstallningar|website=www.arkdes.se|publisher=ArkDes|accessdate=4 June 2015}} The permanent exhibition presents Swedish architecture through the ages in drawings, models, photographs, and historical objects.{{cite book|last1=Rörby|first1=Martin|title=Arkitektur i Sverige: funktion, konstruktion och estetik genom tiderna|date=2004|publisher=Arkitekturmuseet|location=Stockholm|isbn=9185460702|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PC8GNQAACAAJ}}

Other spaces are dedicated to thematic exhibitions which explore contemporary architecture and design, alongside historical shows.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/utstallningar/|title=Utställningar|website=ArkDes – Sveriges nationella centrum för arkitektur och design|language=sv-SE|access-date=2019-07-09}} 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.{{cite web|title=Arkitekturmuseets bibliotek|url=http://archive-se.com/page/161232/2012-07-19/http://www.hissbiblioteken.se/taxonomy/term/216|website=www.archive-se.com|publisher=HISS|accessdate=4 June 2015}}

ArkDes manages the Einar Mattsson's Foundation for Building and Property Research.{{cite web|last1=Fröjd|first1=Mattias|title=Einar Mattsson-stipendiater är utsedda|url=http://fastighetsnytt.se/2012/11/einar-mattsson-stipendiater-ar-utsedda/|website=www.fastighetsnytt.se|publisher=Fastighetsnytt|date=20 November 2012|language=Swedish|accessdate=4 June 2015}}

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.{{cite web|title=Träffa Wikipedia|url=http://www.arkdes.se/articles/traffa-wikipedia|website=www.arkdes.se|publisher=ArkDes|accessdate=4 June 2015}}

Notable exhibitions

ArkDes has hosted a number of notable temporary exhibitions and collaborations. In 2010, ArkDes hosted the exhibition “Greta Magnusson Grossman: From Stockholm to Beverly Hills”, an exhibition of pre-war furniture design and experimental architecture of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/greta-magnusson-grossman-fran-stockholm-till-beverly-hills/|title=Greta Magnusson Grossman: From Stockholm to Beverly Hills|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} In 2013, the museum presented “The Fashion World of Jean-Paul Gaultier: From the sidewalk to the catwalk”.{{cite news|url=http://www.svd.se/arkitekturmuseet-visar-gaultier_6604248|title=Arkitekturmuseum visar Gaultier|last1=Stockholm TT Spektra|date=2 November 2011|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|accessdate=4 June 2015}} In 2014 ArkDes hosted “Blockholm”, an exhibition based on a transfer of Stockholm’s land data into Minecraft to create an exact, full-scale representation of the Swedish capital.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/blockholm-den-fantastiska-staden/|title=Blockholm: The Amazing City|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}

In 2015 a collaboration between ArkDes and Moderna Museet presented the work of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/olafur-eliasson-verklighetsmaskiner/|title=Olafur Eliasson: Reality machines|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} and in 2016 a similar collaboration resulted in a major exhibition of the work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/yayoi-kusama-i-oandligheten/|title=Yayoi Kusama: In Infinity|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} In 2017, ArkDes exhibited a major monographic exhibition on the Austrian-Swedish architect Josef Frank in a collaboration with the MAK in Vienna{{Cite web|url=https://www.mak.at/en/program/exhibitions/josef_frank|title=Josef Frank: Against Design (MAK)|last=|first=|date=|website=www.mak.at|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}} alongside an exhibition on the HI-group design collective.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/hi-gruppen/|title=The HI-group: Craftsmanship in the Plastic Age|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}

Since 2017, under the directorship of Kieran Long, the museum has presented a number of temporary exhibitions in its main hall and in Boxen, a “machine for fast-changing, experimental exhibitions”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/02/27/boxen-dehlin-brattgard-arkitekter-arkdes-museum-stockholm/|title=Dehlin Brattgård Arkitekter creates "robust machine for experimental exhibitions" at ArkDes museum|date=2019-02-27|website=Dezeen|language=en|access-date=2019-12-10}} These have included: “Public Luxury”, an exhibition “about architecture, design and the struggle for public life”;{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/public-luxury/|title=Public Luxury|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} “The Future Starts Here”, an exhibition made in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum exploring the relationships between design and technology;{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/the-future-starts-here/|title=The Future Starts Here – from V&A in London|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} “Space Popular: Value in the Virtual”, a project exploring Virtual Reality, architecture and urbanism;{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/space-popular-value-in-the-virtual/|title=Space Popular: Value in the Virtual – ArkDes|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} the culminating edition of the Cruising Pavilion; and an exhibition exploring the prefabricated concrete panel curated by Pedro Ignacio Alonso and Hugo Palmarola.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/flygande-betong-byggelementen-som-forandrade-varlden/|title=Flying Panels: How Concrete Panels Changed the World|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}} In 2020, Boxen hosted the world’s first museum exhibition exploring the creative field of ASMR.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/mar/31/this-way-for-a-braingasm-asmr-gets-a-tingly-exhibition|title=This way for brain tingles: ASMR gets a shiver-inducing exhibition|last=|first=|date=31 March 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-21}}{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/utstallning/asmr-weird-sensation-feels-good/|title=WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: An Exhibition About ASMR – ArkDes|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-17}} As a result of COVID-19 it had a virtual opening;{{Cite web|url=https://www.e-flux.com/video/325072/arkdes-nbsp-presents-a-virtual-vernissage-weird-sensation-feels-good/|title=ArkDes presents a virtual vernissage of WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: An exhibition about ASMR|last=|first=|date=|website=e-flux Architecture|language=en-US|access-date=2020-06-17}} the exhibition opened at the Design Museum in 2022.{{cite web |title=WEIRD SENSATION FEELS GOOD: The World of ASMR |url=https://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/weird-sensation-feels-good-the-world-of-asmr |website=Design Museum |access-date=14 May 2022 |language=en}} A monographic exhibition centred on the Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz opened in 2021. An eponymous book was published by Park Books.{{cite book |last1=Long, Örn, Andersson |title=Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life |date=2021 |publisher=Park Books, ArkDes |location=Zurich |isbn=978-3-03860-232-3 |pages=712 |edition=1 |url=https://www.park-books.com/index.php?pd=pb&lang=en&page=books&book=1264 |access-date=29 September 2022}}

ArkDes hosts the annual “Gingerbread House” competition each December.{{Cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/gingerbread-house-2019/|title=Gingerbread House 2019|last=|first=|date=|website=ArkDes – Sweden's National Centre for Architecture and Design|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-10}}

Directors

File:Kieran Long portrait.jpg, director of ArkDes between 2017 and 2024]]

Karin Nilsson, Acting Director, January 2024{{cite web|url=https://arkdes.se/en/news/karin-nilsson-appointed-acting-director-at-arkdes/|title=Karin Nilsson appointed Acting Director at ArkDes|date=31 January 2024|publisher=ArkDes}}
Kieran Long, 2017 – 2024{{cite web|url=http://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2017/02/kieran-long-ny-overintendent-pa-arkdes/|title=Press release från the Ministry of Culture in Sweden|date=10 September 2018|publisher=Government of Sweden}}
Kerstin Brunnberg, Interim Director, July 2014 – July 2015{{cite web|title=Statens centrum för arkitektur och design|url=http://www.regeringen.se/contentassets/c614b4aafd3f41f2b9a86ff641dc064f/inordnande-av-statens-centrum-for-arkitektur-och-design-i-moderna-museet--en-kraftsamling-for-konsten-arkitekturen-och-formen-ku201501181ki|website=www.regeringen.se|publisher=Government of Sweden|pages=6–17|language=Swedish|accessdate=3 June 2015}}
Lena Rahoult, 2009 – July 2014{{cite news|last1=Fristorp|first1=Mimmi|title=Lena Rahoult ny chef för Arkitekturmuseet|url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/lena-rahoult-ny-chef-for-arkitekturmuseet/|newspaper=Dagens Nyheter|date=19 December 2008|access-date=4 June 2015}}
Bitte Nygren, 1999–2008{{cite web|last1=Andersson|first1=Patrik|title=Bitte Nygren|url=https://www.gp.se/kulturnoje/1.926015-bitte-nygren-prefekt-pa-nya-hdk|website=www.gp.se|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|date=25 April 2012|accessdate=4 June 2015}}
Jöran Lindvall, 1985–99
Bengt O.H. Johansson, 1966–77

Gallery

= Buildings =

File:Exercishallen September 2013..jpg|Exhibits building

File:Arkitekturmuseet 2009a.jpg|Exhibits building

File:Arkitekturmuseet 2009b.jpg|Administration building

File:Arkitekturmuseet 2009c.jpg|Administration building

= Exhibitions =

File:Arkitekturmuseet utställning 2014c.jpg|Permanent exhibits hall

File:J P G på ArtDes 2013 8.jpg|alt=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

File:Girjegumpi – The Sámi Architecture Library by Joar Nango and collaborators at the Nordic Countries Pavilion (18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia) 5.jpg|Girjegumpi: The Sámi Architecture Library by Joar Nango and collaborators at the Nordic Countries Pavilion (18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia) (2023)

References

External links

{{Commons category|Arkitektur- och designcentrum|Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design}}

[http://digitaltmuseum.se/info/owners/S-ARK ArkDes' collections at the Digital Museum]
[http://www.government.se/government-agencies/swedish-centre-for-architecture-and-design/ ArkDes at the Government of Sweden]

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