"It's not a swastika it's a pinwheel"
Readers have been debating the shape of BIG's latest project, a subterranean second world war museum, in this week's comments update.
Symbolic: some readers think the new dug-out passages and central courtyard of the Tirpitz Museum in Denmark, which sits adjacent to a former Nazi bunker, resemble a Swastika emblem. But not everyone agrees.
"Umm....did BIG just incorporate a giant swastika for people to see from space"" asked a disbelieving Jenga Cat.
"I mean, technically it's not a swastika it's a pinwheel, which is, of course, a commonly accepted architectural parti. Really, this may be some of BIG's best work and it's getting hijacked by the swastika reference," said HeywoodFloyd, jumping to the firm's defence.
"Anywhere else this wouldn't look like a swastika but on a site like this" You have to be a little bit more careful," countered a sympathetic Jack Treber. Ronaldo Belló was pulling no punches:"BIG lacked so much sensibility in this project it is offensive to humankind."
"But Dezeen readers are perceiving this as a broken swastika, thus symbolising the defeat of the Nazi movement, which of course is one of the subjects of the Tirpitz Museum," responded Geofbob.
This reader is more frustrated that a symbol could be banned forever:
What do you make of BIG's design for the Tirpitz Museum" Have your say in the comments section ?
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