Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter Wins Wadden Sea Centre Competition

John Hill
12. November 2014
Image: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter's design interprets the local building tradition, particularly rural farmhouses, by covering the walls and roofs of the 1,000-sm (10,750-sf) building with thatching. This approach pleased Esbjerg Mayor Johnny Søttrup, the head of the selection committee, who said, "It has been of great importance that the architecture is in harmony with the vast, horizontal landscape of the marsh as well as being significant and one of a kind."

Image: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Located in Wadden Sea, Denmark's largest national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the project is expected to be complete in July 2016.

Image: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter

Project Team
Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
A/S Marianne Levinsen Landscape
Engineers Steensen & Varming and Anders Christensen Aps

Client
City of Esbjerg

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