BIG’s design sheds new light on Denmark’s war history, and it does so by balancing practical and playful forms. The bunker’s dark and austere energy is balanced by the museum’s light, airy and modern features. The resulting landscape features a mix of old and new forms, as natural and unnatural features dot the surrounding landscape of the museum. Heavy concrete and metal is set next to light-toned steel and glass, creating a provocative sensory experience.
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+ BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
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Bjarke Ingels Group’s design for the Blåvand Bunker Museum in Varde, Denmark is a modern structure that would preserve the country’s World War II history. The proposed museum would be built into an embankment that was built by German forces during the World War II occupation of Denmark. BIG’s plan calls for the preservation of existing bunkers, with glassy, green-roofed structures built around them. Located near the North Sea coast in southern Denmark, the bunker museum is built into a hill and…
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The bunker’s dark and austere energy is balanced by the museum’s light, airy and modern features.
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The main circulation core in the Museum is the light and airy stairwell. A work of art in itself.
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Rendering of the entrance and surrounding grounds around the museum. View of the museum from the parking lot and entrance area, one finds themselves looking up and journeying along a path.
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An interior lobby rendering. Stark and white with modular furniture. I get a very futuristic sense and curiosity from this depiction of lobby space.
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A contraption of interaction. BIG Explore and push boundaries with their architecture and design. A Sound contraption.
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A light rendering of the museum space showing the lit up interiors in the black of light with no outside lighting source. A ghostly image or tranquility and disturbance.
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A Diagram of the different apparatuses and parts of the museum. The guts and bones of the building.
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The showroom space and interior rendering perspective. Diffused light enters the room lighting up the space without causing damage to the fine art work. Stark corners, ends and walls create a natural circulation and wandering spirit as it leads you around the showroom.
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An interior rendering of a stairwell and hallways of the museum.
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Minimalist design, texture, materiality, light and shadow are at play in this interior rendering.
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