CULTURAL BUILDINGS PROJECT REPORT
overhang’s unusual, but it’s all been done in the traditional way. You don’t cut it to size beforehand, just trim it once on the roof. It’s sewn at the top using needles – a very beauti- ful process.”
The materials used have also been proven over the centuries to be well used to a climate laden with salt, which is actually beneficial for thatch, she says. The thatch is naturally impregnated with salt from the air, and it not only protects the straw as well as wood against algae growth, it also “helps preserve it against fire.”
Exhibition spaces
Mandrup worked closely throughout the project with designers JAC studio and British designer Jason Bruges to ensure that the building “worked with the exhibition, not against it.” The exhibition spaces achieve this using a “respect for materiality and the surfaces,” and benefit from copious amounts of natural light, with large windows in all but one of the rooms. Mandrup says that
many of the white-painted spaces use daylighting where possible. She continues: “They did a very good
job of making a mix between using technology and an extremely tactile experi- ence. A lot of the design is in oak and high quality, then there are projections and animated watercolours.” Due to the need to have no internal columns or beams, a steel frame was used to achieve the neces- sary open spans in the extension. One particularly striking feature which takes advantage of this openness is a large abstract ceiling installation representing migrating birds.
The centre has had more visitors in the few weeks since opening in early February than it was accustomed to seeing in a whole year. This is largely down to the handiwork of a well-regarded architect, her project team and those behind the construction. They have created something of unusual earthy beauty, which reflects and respects its landscape.
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Client: Esbjerg Municipality Architect: Dorte Mandrup Exhibition design:
JAC studios/Jason Bruges/ No Parking Main contractor: Bo Michelsen Floor area: 2,800 m2
A HAPPY CLIENT
The centre has had more visitors since it opened in February than it normally gets in a year
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