๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ. ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฎ๐บ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐.
The natural resort Skamlingsbanken in southern Denmark holds a special place in Danish contemporary history. Over time, it has been a setting and natural stage for debates about democracy, the border country, women's suffrage, and the celebration of the ending of World War II. In the past, Skamlingsbanken - due to its undulating landscape with hollows and hills - was a natural gathering point sheltered from the wind, and many civil gatherings and festivals, therefore, took place right here.
โSkamlingsbanken connects the past with the present and the future, and one of the projectโs main ambitions has been to actualize the placeโs remarkable history and nature into a contemporary context. The new visitor centre is a modern arena for democratic culture and recreates Skamlingsbanken as a setting for important debates and education about the things that concern us, e.g., climate change,โ says Carsten Primdahl, founding partner and architect at CEBRA.
The visitor centre today serves as a location for different events and houses an exhibition about Skamlingsbankenโs history: About nature, democracy, and the power of speech.
๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ
Skamlingsbankenโs landscape was created during the last ice age and offers a rich and varied nature characterized by rolling hills and large meadows, and the scenic context has been the main inspiration for the design of the visitor centre. By elevating the landscape along two circular cuts, the exhibition space becomes a subtle insertion in the landscape in the form of a softly curved hill.
โThe visitor centre is an architectural interpretation of the glacial landscape. It is not a destination itself, but part of an overall narrative. The building is a portal โ to the significant history and the local nature - and forms a natural starting point for hikes in the area, where a network of paths flows through both the building and landscape. From here, visitors are guided into the landscape or inside the centre to the exhibition, the teaching facilities, or the cafรฉ,โ says Carsten Primdahl.
The main attraction at Skamlingsbanken is nature itself. When visitors enter the exhibition space, they will experience moving through the hill and its many hidden stories. The corrugated back wall is plastered with clay, and the rest of the interior is characterized by local materials like wood, terrazzo with fieldstones and, calm, earthy colour tones. The introverted and dimmed exhibition space culminates with a spectacular panoramic view towards the Little Belt Strait.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
The new visitor centre has been built in a protected area, and the landscape and biological values have been important focal points in the project. In close collaboration with the clients, foundations, landowners and the Danish Society for Nature Conservation, the project team succeeded in expanding the protected area around the visitor centre from 35 hectares to 128.
Skamlingsbanken is located on the highest point in Southern Jutland and consists of an old grazing landscape. Several native species are rare, and during the development of the visitor centre, it has been crucial to protect the site's flora and fauna. In collaboration with the biologist Mette Keseler List from Kolding Municipality, a special grass mixture based on local species was developed and spread on and around the building. The mixture provides optimal conditions for the local herbs. Together with the reuse of natural peat from the building site, the project supports the continued development of the unique local nature and biodiversity on site.
Skamlingsbanken visitor centre was inaugurated in May 2021 and in September 2021, the project was honoured with the Kolding Municipality Architecture Award 2021.
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Client: Kolding Municipality, Skamlingsbankeselskabet, and Fonden til opretholdelse af Klokkestablen
Main donation: AP Mรธller Fonden
Year: 2019 โ 2021
Size: 500 sqm
Architect: CEBRA
Landscape architect: Opland
Engineer: DRIAS, Danish Energy Management (DEM)
Exhibition designer: YOKE
Photos: Adam Mรธrk, Yang Liu
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