Kengo Kuma & Associates' new design for the Hans Christian Andersen Museum is underway. Pulling reference from Andersen's tales Kuma and his team bring the famed author and his writings to life in an exciting spatial experience. "The museum will provide a unique artistic experience, which combines landscape, architecture, and modern exhibition design, and it will offer new perspectives on one of the most beloved and creative thinkers in world history," shares the museum team.
The firm was selected for the museum project after winning first prize for the international design competition in 2016. Slated to open Summer 2021, visualizations of the project's dreamy outdoor landscapes complement Andersen's fantastical tales. The 60,277 square foot (5,600 square meters) museum site contains a children's house and an underground museum that intertwines with the garden.
Kuma was inspired by the author's fairytale "The Tinderbox" which tells the story of a soldier who learns of a magical underground world beneath a tree. "The idea behind the architectural design resembled Andersen's method, where a small world suddenly expands to a bigger universe," shared Kuma.
View museum renders and photos of the construction process below.
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What a show-off, can we just give this guy his Pritzker and move on?
I thought he already won. Long overdue
kengo kuma is just better than you
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