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Words by Harriet Thorpe
In the north Jutland region of Denmark, Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter (RRA) has designed a new educational building inspired by local agricultural architecture. The Kornets Hus, or House of Grain, joins the site of an existing farm and bakery, as a place to learn about farming culture and the importance of grain to Jutland and civilisation more generally.
The building, with its dominant red brick-clad facade, corner shape and pleasing peaks, cuts a striking, almost radical form in the flat landscape of wheat fields. Its materials, however – burnt brick and timber – are very traditionally Danish, and its form borrows from historic clay baker’s kilns.
Courtesy of Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
The architectural form is derived from research into the region’s rich landscape, folk culture, and agricultural heritage – the centre being defined by its two brick-clad light wells, which reinterpret baker’s kilns. The interior is planned to open up to the vast expanse of wheat fields to the west – framing views outward and opening to terrace.
Courtesy of Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter
The public spaces are centered around a large bread oven while teaching and exhibition spaces are demarked by the natural lighting and increased volume of the skylights.