Surrounded by open fields, the impressive Grain House (Kornets Hus) stands tall and strong just south of Hjørring in the northern part of Denmark. Here, everyone is invited to come and learn about our agricultural heritage and the importance of grain in our civilisation.
Category: Education and activity centre
Location: Hjørring, Denmark
Product: Above pendants (Custom solution)
Architect: Reiulf Ramsted Arkitekter
Photographer: Martin Sølyst
Year: 2019
When you first enter the main room of the building, you will instantly notice the beautiful symmetry surrounding you. Large wooden beams create a beautiful pattern, and a large number of Above pendants mirror each other in each wing, emphasising the unique architecture of the building. This instalment creates a nice visual harmony between the repeating beams and the repeating pendants, calming and pleasing to the eye.
No matter where you look, you will most likely see an angle of some kind. The architecture is composed of basic geometrical shapes with lines intersecting, adding to the solid and grounding feeling inside the building. In this context, the Above pendant serves as an interesting contrast. With its conical design it is also a geometrical shape, but circular in nature, it creates an elegant balance to the angles in the room.
Designer Mads Odgård is a minimalist to the bone, which Above is a perfect example of. There is something honest about the simplistic shape of the pendant that goes hand in hand with the minimalistic architecture and the natural materials of the building. Everything is rooted in the fundamentals at Kornets Hus – just like the grain that is the star of the show.
