Article source: Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter AB

“Kokillen” is a black iron imprint formed by the site and program molded in a volume that relates to the situation and public space surrounding it. It’s also a building that tells a story about the reason why there is a city in the first place. That’s a story starting with one material – the extraction of iron.

”Kokillen” Ekomuseum, is assembling 60 heritage sites in Bergslagen Sweden in a new Iron Industry museum. One of the sites, The Engelsberg ironworks, is considered to be one of the finest industrial monuments in the world, and was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites in 1993. The sites include wooden manor, parks, smelting houses, blast furnace, forges, hammers, waterwheels, rapids, pig iron and bar iron production.

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• Architects: Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter AB
• Project: Kokillen
• Location: Fagersta, Sweden
• Client: Ekomuseum Bergslagen, Fagersta kommun
• Size: 85 square metres
• Design Team: Andreas Lyckefors (head architect), Per Bornstein, Johan Olsson, Edvard Nyman

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