Danish firm Loop Architects has completed a visitor centre for Thy National Park in Northern Jutland, Denmark, which has a concrete structure that is embedded in the coastal landscape.
The building was designed by Loop Architects for a site in the small coastal village of Nørre Vorupør, which is located at the heart of the 244-square-kilometre park.
Top image: Loop Architects has completed a visitor centre for Thy National Park. Above: it is embedded into the landscape
It is intended as a gateway attraction to encourage passersby to explore the area, which became Denmark's first national park in 2008.
"We won the architectural competition in 2019 with a building that met the client's ambition for a visitor centre whose architecture gently nudges its visitors to enter and explore the park," said Loop Architects' partner Morten Nymann. Its roof is accessible to visitors
Loop Architects' design responds to criteria stipulated in the competition brief that the building should be integrated into the existing dune and heath landscape of Thy National Park.
The visitor centre features robust cast-in-situ concrete walls that emerge from the dunes and funnel visitors towards entrances from the adjacent road and car park.
The centre is surrounded by concrete walls and paving
The landscape design by studio SLA allows visitors to walk around, alongside and on top of the building, enabling them to experience views over the sea, the village and the national park.
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