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Paper House in Moss, Norway
9 Dec 2020
Paper House
Design: AART
Location: Moss, Norway
The Scandinavian architecture firm AART has, together with Höegh Eiendom, designed a new landmark building for the new district of Verket in Moss, Norway. With its paper-like architecture, the mixed-use Paper House building not only pays homage to the papermaking history of the area. It has also been shaped and folded to take full advantage of the daylight and view of the deep-blue fjord surrounding the district.

photo © AART
?The bright façades with their sharp lines evoke images of the folds and origami of paper. The result is an almost paper-thin architecture. Together with the retracted glass facade, this gives the house a light and floating expression, where the protruding floor and flat separations give each home an individual identity and the whole house an expressive identity without a clear direction or back,? architect Solveig Lee Folling Larsen says.
photo © Eve Images
?The Paper House? as it is called, is developed for Höegh Eiendom and is situated in the new district of Verket ? a former industrial area by the fjord of Mossesundet. With the scenic fjord in mind, the building has been shaped, so that it creates the best possible views of the surrounding area towards the fjord from all flats, while at the same time, creating retracted glass facades that shield the homes from unwanted ...