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Natural History Museum in CopenhagenDesign giants <a href="http://kkaa.co.jp/" target="_blank">Kengo Kuma & Associates</a>,<a href="http://www.ema.dk/" target="_blank"> Erik Møller Arkitekter</a>, and <a href="http://www.ja-ja.dk/" target="_blank">JAJA Architects</a> have come together to transform Copenhagen's Natural History Museum into an educational urban park. Incorporated into the beautiful landscape of the city’s <a href="http://inhabitat.com/atlantas-botanical-garden-is-a-glowing-winter-wonderland-with-recyclable-led-topiary/" target="_blank">botanical garden</a>, the museum is partially sunken into the ground and topped with a walkable green roof that welcomes visitors to rest and enjoy the surrounding garden.1
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe project mixes the experience of the museum and the garden by establishing several spaces where cityscape, vegetation and exhibition spaces converge.2
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe architects have decided to integrate the museum space within the landscape.3
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe collection is brought outside the museum space and into the garden, where the natural historical journey begins.4
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe interior is bathed in sunlight and provides multiple views of the garden area.5
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenWhile touring through the exhibition space, visitors can take a moment to sit down and enjoy the calmness of the landscape that flows right outside the museum.6
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe Natural History Museum of Denmark has one of the world’s largest collections documenting the planet’s history.7
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThe new museum is a fusion of nature and history.8
Natural History Museum in CopenhagenThese glimpses of giant skeletons and other wonders from our planet’s history invite and tease, invoking curiosity of the passers-by.9









