2022. 3. 31. 16:18ㆍARCHITECTURE/CULTURE
The visitor center in Ribe, a small Danish town in the southwest part of the peninsula of Jutland, was renovated and enlarged by the Copenhagen-based architect Dorte Mandrup. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Wadden Sea National Park stretches all the way to Germany and the Netherlands. Millions of birds make a stop in its marshes in the course of their migratory routes to find food. The construction rises from the ground and appears on the horizon with a gently elongated shape. Containing 2,800 square meters of exhibition space, it blends into the landscape with a sculptural thatched roof taken from local building tradition. The visitor center originally had three wings. A new fourth one evokes neaby farmhouses.
The Wadden Sea Centre is one of forty works shortlisted for the 2022 Mies van der Rohe Award.
Wadden Sea visitor center
Ribe, Denmark
Architects : Dorte Mandrup arkitekter
Area : 2,800㎡
Year : 2017
Photographs : Adam Mørk
from arquitecturaviva