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Tour BIG’s Tirpitz Bunker Museum through NYT's Daily 360

2017-08-31T14:20:00-04:00

Take a walk through BIG's controversial 2,800 m2 Bunker Museum that opened this summer in Denmark—

See BIG's Tirpitz Museum in action in this new video

2017-08-07T18:03:00-04:00

Take a quick tour through BIG's 2,800 m2 Tirpitz Museum in this recent video from Tinker Imagineers, the Dutch firm who designed the museum's first set of exhibitions. These immersive exhibitions revisit the light and dark chapters of the region's history. Check it out below.

Dig into more photos of BIG's “invisible” Tirpitz Museum

2017-07-13T16:19:00-04:00

The BIG-designed Tirpitz Museum in the Danish coastal town of Blåvand recently had its grand opening and already appears to be attracting plenty of visitors to the historic site. Unlike its heftier neighbor, the German WWII Tirpitz bunker, the museum finely cuts into the dune landscape and appears to be hidden.

The project's distinct form has already drawn a quirky comparison to a “freshly sliced hot potato” from Bjarke Ingels himself. On the flip side, the museum is designed to serve as a “portal to the Danish West Coast's treasure trove of hidden stories”, says Claus Kjeld Jensen, the Director of the Varde Museum. The Tirpitz Museum intends to take visitors on a scenic journey through the light and dark chapters of the region's history.

Photo: Mike Bink

Photos: Mike Bink

Photo: Colin John Seymour

The 2,800 m2 museum complex consists of concrete, steel, glass, and wood — four materials and elements that are also found in existing structures and landscape of ...

Bjarke Ingels compares the shape of the just-opened Tirpitz Bunker Museum to a freshly sliced hot potato

2017-07-07T15:20:00-04:00

Due to the surrender of German forces in WWII, the Tirpitz Bunker's construction was never completed leaving the dugout as a dark presence on the sandy coast of Denmark. The 3.5 meter thick concrete fortification is the country's largest bunker and was intended to be part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall defenses. Due to its strategic position near the coast, the bunker would've helped protect the sea route to the Port of Esbjerg, a major intermodal hub for the Nordic region. While the Allies blew up many of the bunkers in the region, the Tirpitz was saved. The site has been used as a small museum since 1991 and has previously held concerts and art shows within the moss-covered bunker walls. In 2012 as part of a 7,500-square foot development, it was decided to expand the museum.

Today, hidden under the dunes, the new Tirpitz Museum, designed by Bjarke Ingels, has finally been transformed with four distinct galleries alongside the original bunker. The museum will explore both the lighter an...