Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre, Rural Building, CEBRA Denmark, Architecture Images
Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre in Jutland
Building Development, Jylland, Danmark – design by CEBRA Architects
22 Nov 2016
Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre
Architects: CEBRA
Location: Jutland, Denmark
Skamlingsbanken Visitor Centre

CEBRA architecture is, together with a team consisting of 2+1 Idébureau, Opland Landskabsarkitekter, Dansk Energi Management & Esbensen and DRIAS Rådgivende ingeniører, appointed as winner of the competition for the new Skamlingsbanken visitor centre in southern Denmark. Skamlingsbanken is one of the highest points in the region and has formed the backdrop for some of the most important speeches in Danish history. The ambition is to re-establish this unique historic spot and distinctive ice age landscape as a popular public gathering point.
Joining Ice Age Landscape and Historic Events

The 113 m high Skamlingsbanken hill gently slopes towards the Little Belt strait and has formed a natural stage for important speeches throughout recent Danish history. Therefore, the architecture competition is about uniting the presence of history with a unique and characteristic landscape in a new visitor centre.

?In our proposal, the centre becomes an integrate part of the landscape?, explains Carsten Primdahl, architect and founding partner at CEBRA, and continues: ?Landscape and exhibition melt together in an architecture that frames, stages and articulates the n...