Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has transformed an original World War II bunker into the new <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vardekommune.dk%2Ftirpitz-museum" target="_blank" target="_blank">Tirpitz Museum</a> in Blåvand, Denmark. <br />
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has transformed an original World War II bunker into the new Tirpitz Museum in Blåvand, Denmark.
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The new museum is partly underground, and connects to the former Nazi bunker through subterranean corridors.
The new museum is partly underground, and connects to the former Nazi bunker through subterranean corridors.
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Ingels is well known for designing several high-profile projects such as Two World Trade Center in New York and the new Google headquarters in California, in collaboration with Thomas Heatherwick.
Ingels is well known for designing several high-profile projects such as Two World Trade Center in New York and the new Google headquarters in California, in collaboration with Thomas Heatherwick.
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The Tirpitz bunker was built by the Nazis as part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, and abandoned, unfinished, at the end of WWII.
The Tirpitz bunker was built by the Nazis as part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall in 1944, and abandoned, unfinished, at the end of WWII.
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Ingels describes the new building as a "museum sunken in the sand."
Ingels describes the new building as a "museum sunken in the sand."
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"It's almost compared to when you have a hot potato," says Ingels, "and you make the cross and you squeeze. It opens up and reveals the softness inside. That's pretty much what's going on here, just with culture and nature."
"It's almost compared to when you have a hot potato," says Ingels, "and you make the cross and you squeeze. It opens up and reveals the softness inside. That's pretty much what's going on here, just with culture and nature."
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"Once you enter and descend, you actually find these huge galleries that are open and airy and allow views of the sky and the sunlight."
"Once you enter and descend, you actually find these huge galleries that are open and airy and allow views of the sky and the sunlight."
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The new museum was inaugurated and opened to guests on the June 29, 2017.
The new museum was inaugurated and opened to guests on the June 29, 2017.
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The galleries tell the story of the Atlantic Wall and also feature an extensive collection of amber.
The galleries tell the story of the Atlantic Wall and also feature an extensive collection of amber.
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One of the galleries recounts life on the west coast of Denmark, from the Ice Age to today, through light projections.
One of the galleries recounts life on the west coast of Denmark, from the Ice Age to today, through light projections.
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Another exhibition is dedicated to the enormous task of clearing the millions of mines that were left along the Danish west coast during World War II. <br />
Another exhibition is dedicated to the enormous task of clearing the millions of mines that were left along the Danish west coast during World War II.
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"The museum is almost the landscape itself." says Ingels. "In this case literally, the dunes are the roof of the museum."
"The museum is almost the landscape itself." says Ingels. "In this case literally, the dunes are the roof of the museum."
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