Archinect - News2024-05-05T23:37:04-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150315285/big-s-newest-museum-project-is-a-timely-testament-to-the-outsider-in-danish-society
BIG's newest museum project is a timely testament to the outsider in Danish society Josh Niland2022-06-30T14:45:00-04:00>2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/fd/fd6e5ffb35ec1815132a89ce88a02f1d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The latest museum project from <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/39902/big-bjarke-ingels-group" target="_blank">Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)</a> is now officially open following a weekend ceremony for the new FLUGT Refugee Museum in Oksbøl, Denmark.</p>
<p>With Queen Margrethe looking on, Ingels and his team were on hand to inaugurate the new institution, which is meant as a platform for stories of the immigrant experience in Danish society.</p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7e414b4acb728fdbc4b8e9fefc37ae84.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/7e/7e414b4acb728fdbc4b8e9fefc37ae84.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/68/685fb736a375891de7b2b756bc21429f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/68/685fb736a375891de7b2b756bc21429f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj</figcaption></figure><p>Located on the site of one of Denmark’s largest post-World War II German refugee camps, BIG’s design reworked an existing historic hospital structure into a 1,600-square-meter (17,220-square-foot) space, split into two buildings, that are connected by a single curved Corten steel volume to create a welcoming entryway into the exhibition areas. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/72/727a7d8ae85024e348cd968ddbf328d0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/72/727a7d8ae85024e348cd968ddbf328d0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/8634eedf6e00adfd1708e0edaab300aa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/86/8634eedf6e00adfd1708e0edaab300aa.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj</figcaption></figure><p>Its north wing maintains the original circulation of the hospital layout, utilizing the introduction of three stabilizing cross-sections to increase gallery space in the new exhibition areas. In the new sout...</p>