点此查看项目详情

Hailed by many as a ‘library of the future’, the Deichman Bjørvika – City of Oslo’s new main library – has one hundred unread and unpublished texts held in a specially designed room lined with wood from the forest.

The Silent Room is designed in collaboration with artist Katie Paterson, and architects Atelier Oslo and Lund Hagem. Intended to be a space of contemplation, it is built from wood cut from the Future Library forest. The trees which were originally felled to make space to plant 1000 new saplings – as part of the forest’s natural regeneration process – have been stored since the forest was planted.

▼项目概览，Preview © Vegard Kleven

One commissioned writer every year for 100 years contributing a text to a collection to be published in an anthology of books made from the paper produced by the forest of trees in 2114.

▼“静室”，内部空间 Silent Room, interior view © Vegard Kleven

The room is situated on the top floor of the library along with the special collection of books and archives. It faces in the direction of the Future Library forest, which can be glimpsed on the horizon. It is a small, intimate room (18m2), encouraging only a few visitors at a time.