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BIG’s Blåvand Bunker Museum Preserves Denmark’s WWII History

07/23/2012
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    <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/bjarke-ingels-group/">Bjarke Ingels Group</a>'s design for the <a href="http://www.archiscene.net/museum/blavand-bunkermuseum-big/">Blåvand Bunker Museum</a> 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 looks out on the beautiful surrounding landscape.
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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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  • BIG Bunker Museum lobby
    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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  • BIG Bunker Museum sound contraption
    A contraption of interaction. BIG Explore and push boundaries with their <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roofed-8-tallet-complex-officially-opens-in-denmark/"> architecture</a> and design. A Sound contraption.
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  • BIG Bunker Museum light birds eye
    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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  • BIG Bunker Museum diagram
    A Diagram of the different apparatuses and parts of the museum. The guts and bones of the building.
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  • BIG Bunker Museum showroom
    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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  • BIG Bunker Museum stairwell 2
    An interior rendering of a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/recyclable-double-helix-tower-allows-swedish-residents-to-spy-on-urban-development-project/"> stairwell</a> and hallways of the museum.
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  • BIG Bunker Museum interior
    Minimalist design, texture, materiality, light and shadow are at play in this interior rendering.
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BIG Bunker Museum

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 looks out on the beautiful surrounding landscape.

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