© Polyform . Pubblicata il 11 Gennaio 2012.

POLYFORM Architects and KARRES en BRANDS have won the international competition for redesigning the Museum Garden of Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) in Copenhagen. The entry ‘SMK tilbage i Parken’ (‘SMK back in the park’) is based on the concept of connecting the museum garden with the adjacent park Østre Anlæg, where, in the current situation, it turns its back on. By doing so, the SMK will be embedded into the park and the Museum Garden becomes the new entrance area for both the SMK and Østre Anlæg. 



© Polyform . Pubblicata il 11 Gennaio 2012.

The design is simple and flexible, yet full of character. It invites visitors, artists and passers-by to multiple uses. The heart of the design is a ‘plinth’: a unique water feature that can be used as a flexible stage for the museum, city life and many other activities. The Museum Garden will have an explicit green character thanks to the spacious lawns and vast planting of indigenous tree species. By the arrangement of spatial elements the garden becomes an intermediary between collection, museum, park and city.

© Polyform . Pubblicata il 11 Gennaio 2012.

© Polyform . Pubblicata il 11 Gennaio 2012.

© Polyform . Pubblicata il 11 Gennaio 2012.