“in the summer of 2021, a kengo kuma-designed museum dedicated to the life and work of hans christian andersen will open in odense, denmark. offering a new perspective on the much-loved author, the institution seeks to provide a unique artistic encounter, which combines landscape, architecture, and modern exhibition design. the vision for the museum is to spatialize the experience of andersen’s literary universe and stage a complete artistic setting in which architecture, sound, light and a stream of images constantly create new encounters between each visitor and andersen’s fairytales.
as part of the design process, kengo kuma & associates (KKAA) found inspiration in andersen’s fairytale ‘the tinderbox’, in which a tree reveals an underground world, which magically unearths new perspectives right in front of the beholder. ‘the idea behind the architectural design resembled andersen’s method, where a small world suddenly expands to a bigger universe,’ kuma explains. KKAA worked on the project alongside cornelius vöge and MASU planning.
the museum site covers an area of 5,600 square meters (60,278 square feet) and contains a children’s house and an underground museum, which intertwines with a surrounding garden. on top of that, the museum will comprise a wide array of state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to set design, all of which will add to the experience of andersen’s magical universe coming to life.”
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