Architecture studio 3XN has unveiled designs for the Danish Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing, an oval building with a tiled roof that will be located in Assens, Denmark.
The two-storey wooden building will have a tiled roof and hold three exhibition spaces focused on the impact of humans and climate change on the sea.
Its central part is designed in a cross shape that will create "different spaces and pockets both outdoors and indoors where people can meet and gather," 3XN said.
The centre will be located on a pier in Assens harbour
The visitor centre will be located in the harbour of Assens in southern Denmark. Visitors will enter via an arrival room that opens up to the south, east and west and is intended to be a social space for the community. At the side of the building that faces Assens, the tiled roof will lift up to welcome visitors and create access to a rooftop terrace.
3XN designed the 700-square-metre building to sit on a large, open pier that provides views of the sea and the town. The centre will also have three large basins that will help visitors to explore the sea.

Read: 3XN wraps spiralling "innovation hub" around large atrium in Stockholm

The area surrounding the site of the Danish Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing previously held shipyards and industrial warehouses, and the open pier aims to preserve some of this "rawness," the studio said.
3XN worked wi...