The Maritime Museum of Denmark, which opened in October 2013, occupies a sensitive site between new Kulturværftet cultural centre in Helsingør (Elsinore) and Kronborg Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) produced a dazzling response, designing the 6,500 sq m Museum as a continuous loop around a disused 1950s dry dock, linked by three sloping double-level bridges. These serve both as external shortcuts between the town and the castle, and as internal walkways between the black box galleries on the sides of the dock. A striking lecture theatre, with intersecting seating and stage slopes, is at the heart of the building. The new glass and wood structure contrasts with the rough-hewn concrete of the old dock walls. The Dutch firm Kossmann.dejong designed the exhibition.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | DBOR-0049-0056 |
| Caption: | Danish Maritime Museum (M/S Museet for Sofart), Helsingor, Denmark. Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), 2013. Wooden seats in lecture theatre. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 3344 x 5016 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 31/10/2013 |
| Restriction: | Editorial Only |
| Credit: | David Borland/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Danish Maritime Museum (M/S Museet for Sofart) |
| Headline: | Danish Maritime Museum (M/S Museet for Sofart), Helsingor, Denmark. Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), 2013. |
| City: | Helsingor |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Architect: | Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) |
| Architect Website: | http://www.big.dk/ |
| Category: | Culture And Entertainment |
| Building Type: | Museum |
| Year of Completion: | 2013 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | The Maritime Museum of Denmark, which opened in October 2013, occupies a sensitive site between new Kulturværftet cultural centre in Helsingør (Elsinore) and Kronborg Castle, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) produced a dazzling response, designing the 6,500 sq m Museum as a continuous loop around a disused 1950s dry dock, linked by three sloping double-level bridges. These serve both as external shortcuts between the town and the castle, and as internal walkways between the black box galleries on the sides of the dock. A striking lecture theatre, with intersecting seating and stage slopes, is at the heart of the building. The new glass and wood structure contrasts with the rough-hewn concrete of the old dock walls. The Dutch firm Kossmann.dejong designed the exhibition. |
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| Orientation: | V |
| Type: | Museum |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Copy space |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | Room view |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Interior |
| Photographer: | David Borland |
| Source File Name: | DBOR-0049-0056.JPG |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |