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TIRPITZ, a ‘Hidden Museum’ on Danish West Coast

Blåvand, Denmark

BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers



Utrecht, Netherlands, 2017-07-13 –

Varde Museums, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, and Tinker Imagineers celebrate the opening of TIRPITZ – a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark.

The new TIRPITZ transforms and expands a historic German WWII bunker into a groundbreaking cultural complex comprising four exhibitions within a single structure, seamlessly embedded into the protected shorelands of Blåvand in western Denmark. The construction of the 2,800 m2 ’invisible museum’ expected to attract around 100,000 visitors annually.

“The new TIRPITZ is planned, built and furnished as a portal to the Danish West Coast’s treasure trove of hidden stories. It has been our goal to create a humble, world-class attraction surprising its visitors with new perspectives on the majestic landscape. Our guests deserve the best; with BIG’s limitless and inviting architecture and with Tinker Imagineers’ wondrous and playful exhibitions, I feel we have achieved this. TIRPITZ is an incredible, one-of-a-kind experience – violent, astonishing, dramatic, hidden – almost invisible,” says, Claus Kjeld JensenDirector of Varde Museum
 

As an antithesis to the heavy volume of the WWII bunker, the museum appears subtly as the intersection between a series of precise cuts into the landscape. Contrary to the hefty and intrusive regelbau construction of the original artillery fortress – simply designed as an immense concrete block – the new TIRPITZ finely cuts into the dune and camouflages with the landscape. 

“The architecture of the TIRPITZ is the antithesis to the WWII bunker. The heavy hermetic object is countered by the inviting lightness and openness of the new museum. The galleries are integrated into the dunes like an open oasis in the sand – a sharp contrast to the Nazi fortress’ concrete monolith. The surrounding heath-lined pathways cut into the dunes from all sides descending to meet in a central clearing, bringing daylight and air into the heart of the complex. The bunker remains the only landmark of a not so distant dark heritage that upon close inspection marks the entrance to a new cultural meeting place.”  – Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG.  

Upon arrival, the visitors will first see the bunker and as they approach, see the fine cuts and paths leading towards the center of the museum complex. The central courtyard allows access into the four underground gallery spaces that have an abundance of daylight even though they are literally carved into the sand. The exhibitions, designed by Dutch agency Tinker Imagineers showcase permanent and temporary themed experiences. Every gallery has its own rhythm, beating in sync with its storyline: high and low, night and day, good and bad, hot and cold, the passing of time.

Army of Concrete tells the human stories in the shadow of Hitler’s enormous defense project, the Atlantic Wall, such as Anna’s, the girl who had a child with a German soldier; Gold of the West Coast is Western Europe’s most comprehensive exhibition of amber, presented in an enchanting steel forest. Along with its changing colours and sounds, the atmosphere of the rooms alternates between warm and cold: references to the history of amber; and West Coast Stories tells 100,000 years of west coast history and is turned into a nighttime 4D theatre twice an hour. The audio-visual theatre has visitors sit down in a lifeboat before taking them on a tempestuous journey through time.  

From the sunken galleries, visitors are able to walk into the historic bunker, which grounds the tale of an impressive war machine. In the dark visitors can play with light and activate shadow plays that reveal how the bunker should have functioned.

 

“TIRPITZ is a unique opportunity to combine nature and culture in a spectacular fashion. A visit to the museum is not a visit to an exhibition gallery, but a scenic journey through time and space of West Jutland. The idea is that the whole place itself comes to life following the rhythms of nature.”  – Erik Bär, Founding Partner, Tinker imagineers.
 

The building consists of four main materials and elements which are also found in the existing structures and natural landscape of the area – concrete, steel, glass and wood. The walls of the exhibition rooms are made of concrete cast onsite, supporting the landscape and carrying the fascinating roof decks that cantilever out 36 m. The largest roof deck weighs about 1.090 ton and the complex roof structure is engineered by Swiss Lüchinger+Meyer. The main interior materials utilized throughout the gallery spaces are wood and hot rolled steel which is applied to all the interior walls. 6m tall glass panels face the outdoor courtyard, allowing natural daylight into the four exhibition spaces. 

TIRPITZ Facts

SIZE: 2,800 m2

LOCATION: Blåvand, Denmark

COLLABORATORS: Kloosterboer Decor, AKT, BIG IDEAS, Fuldendt, Lüchinger+Meyer, COWI, Svend Ole Hansen, Gade & Mortensen Akustik, Bach Landskab, Ingeniørgruppen syd, Kjæhr & Trillingsgaard, Pelcon

About BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
BIG is a Copenhagen, New York and London based group of architects, designers, builders, and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. TIRPITZ contributes further to BIG’s experience in museum design, particularly in integrating landscape with cultural programs, while preserving the historic value and natural environment. In 2013, BIG completed the Danish National Maritime Museum, in which crucial historic elements are integrated in an innovative concept of submersed galleries. 

About Tinker imagineers

Tinker imagineers is an experience design and production agency from Utrecht, The Netherlands. It celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2016. Rooted in cognitive psychology, Tinker mixes the latest insights in human sensemaking with the storytelling and creative use of media technology. With a team of around forty consultants, designers, content and multimedia developers and producers Tinker realises museums, visitor centres, and experiences for business and community organisations and has a broad national and international portfolio. Recently they renewed Pete Mondrian’s house of birth with an immersive, multimedia experience. 

Media Contacts

BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

Daria Pahhota, Head of Communications
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+1 646 541 14111

Tinker imagineers

Petra Dijkstra, PR & Business Development

[email protected]

+31 647 884 391


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Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - TIRPITZ is an antithesis to the heavy volume of the WWII bunker of the Atlantic Wall - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

TIRPITZ is an antithesis to the heavy volume of the WWII bunker of the Atlantic Wall

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - TIRPITZ museum embedded in the characteristic dune landscape of West Jutland, Denmark - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography 

TIRPITZ museum embedded in the characteristic dune landscape of West Jutland, Denmark

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography 

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - TIPRITZ acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

TIRPITZ is an antithesis to the heavy volume of the WWII bunker of the Atlantic Wall

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - TIRPITZ – a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark.  - Photo credit: Laurian Ghinitoiu

TIRPITZ – a sanctuary in the sand that acts as a gentle counterbalance to the dramatic war history of the site in Blåvand on the west coast of Denmark. 

Photo credit:
Laurian Ghinitoiu

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - Central courtyard of TIRPITZ - Photo credit: Colin John Seymour

Central courtyard of TIRPITZ

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Colin John Seymour

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -                Army of Concrete tells the human stories in the shadow of Hitler's enormous defense project, the Atlantic Wall - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Army of Concrete tells the human stories in the shadow of Hitler’s enormous defense project, the Atlantic Wall

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - West Coast Stories tells 100,000 years of west coast history and is turned into a nighttime 4D theatre twice an hour. - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

West Coast Stories tells 100,000 years of west coast history and is turned into a nighttime 4D theatre twice an hour.

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - At the heart of West Coast Stories is a huge life boat stranded in a sea of dunes - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

At the heart of West Coast Stories is a huge life boat stranded in a sea of dunes

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -                Gold of the West Coast is Western Europe's most comprehensive exhibition of amber, presented in an enchanting amber forest - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Gold of the West Coast is Western Europe’s most comprehensive exhibition of amber, presented in an enchanting amber forest

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -                Along with its changing colours and sounds, the atmosphere of the Gold of the Westcoast room alternates between warm and cold: references to the history of amber. - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Along with its changing colours and sounds, the atmosphere of the Gold of the Westcoast room alternates between warm and cold: references to the history of amber.

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - Treasure room of Gold of the Westcoast - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Treasure room of Gold of the Westcoast

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -                In the abstract, fairy-tale trees, the visitors will discover amber enclosures that are millions of years old, artefacts, and many stories.  - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

In the abstract, fairy-tale trees, the visitors will discover amber enclosures that are millions of years old, artefacts, and many stories. 

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - Visitors discover artefacts and many stories in the                fairy-tale trees of the amber gallery (Gold of the Westcoast)  - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Visitors discover artefacts and many stories in the  fairy-tale trees of the amber gallery (Gold of the Westcoast) 

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -                From the sunken galleries, visitors are able to walk into the historic bunker, which grounds the tale of an impressive war machine.  - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

From the sunken galleries, visitors are able to walk into the historic bunker, which grounds the tale of an impressive war machine. 

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition -  In the dark visitors can play with light and activate shadow plays that reveal how the bunker should have functioned.  - Photo credit: Erik Bär, Tinker imagineers

In the dark visitors can play with light and activate shadow plays that reveal how the bunker should have functioned.

Photo credit:
Erik Bär, Tinker imagineers

Press kit | 1997-04 - Press release | TIRPITZ, a 'Hidden Museum' on Danish West Coast - BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group and Tinker imagineers - Event + Exhibition - Spotlight in the original Tirpitz bunker  - Photo credit: Mike Bink Photography

Spotlight in the original Tirpitz bunker 

Photo credit:
Mike Bink Photography



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