National Maritime Museum, Helsingor -winner announced

Dutch design studio Kossmann.dejong from Amsterdam has been announced as the winner of the competition to design the exhibition interior of the new National Maritime Museum in
Helsingor, Denmark.

The spectacular museum itself, with a floor space of 5000 m2, was designed by the well-known Danish architectural firm, BIG. The museum will be located inside an old dry dock,
only a stone's throw from Kronborg Castle, better known as the castle of Shakespeare's Hamlet, which has already been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kossmann.dejong designed a 'journey through space' titled 'Seafever' for the new museum. The journey not only tells the story of Denmark's maritime history in a visual and gripping fashion, but also deals with more universal themes such as the fear of the unknown, the desire to visit far-off countries, and themes connected to the sea such as sea monsters, tattoos, and scurvy. The exhibition is cast in the form of a walk through a multimedia environment with a great many stories from many different perspectives.

The jury report talks of: "A nice composite of dramaturgy, of emotions and moods. A pronounced focus on the use of images in order to tell stories without words We think that
Kossmann.dejong has the strongest point, both in relation to the public appeal, concrete storytelling and innovative form of presentation compared to what has otherwise been seen in Denmark."

Kossmann.dejong has recently succeeded in winning other international competitions as well. For example, they are presently working on implementing their design for one of the five theme pavilions for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai (approx. 15,000 m2), and they were recently awarded the order for redesigning the Florence Nightingale Museum in London.

The Maritime Museum in Helsingor is expected to open its doors in the autumn of 2011.�

Gimme Shelter

International Design/Build Competition. Spring 2009

Gimme Shelter is a showcase of six temporary, functional woodland shelters to enhance the experience of visitors to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, a 350-acre nature preserve in the Roxborough neighborhood of Philadelphia. The project is meant to build awareness of the applied possibilities and meaning of sustainability and its impact on our lives and our connection to the natural world. The competition encouraged collaboration between artists, designers and architects, in order to demonstrate and promote new, unique, and inspiring approaches to sustainable design and building techniques.

Opening Reception
Saturday May 9th, 2009
2-5 pm
With a tour of the shelters led by the design/build teams at 3 pm
This event is free and open to the public


FINALISTS:

Bambooze! | Rebecca Popowsky & Riggs Skepnek | Philadelphia, PA
Bird/Seed Shelter | XLXS: Julia Molloy & Taka Sarui | Brooklyn, NY
Firefly | Rashida Ng, AIA, Nami Yamamoto, Max Lent, Greg Charnock | Philadelphia, PA
RainSail | Alexa Bosse & Ari Miller | Philadelphia, PA
RainShelter | GCArchitects: Gabriela Sanz Rodriguez & Carlos Martinez Mediero | Madrid, Spain
Woodland Canopy | FORM Design Collaborative: Joseph Scarpa, Rochelle Curley, Benjamin Nia, Jerome Siedlecki, & Stephen Jack | Philadelphia, PA

GIMME SHELTER WAS JURIED BY:
Mark Hughes, Philadelphia’s new Director of Sustainability
William W. Braham, PhD FAIA, Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
Jeanne Jaffe, Professor and Chair of Fine Arts, University of the Arts
Laurie D. Olin, Olin Partnership
Libby Rosof and Roberta Fallon, art critics, artblog and Philadelphia Weekly.


The six shelters will remain open to the
public through the Fall of 2010

To learn more, visit:
www.schuylkillcenter.org/gimmeshelter

Gimme Shelter is being coordinated by The Schuylkill Center’s Art Program Director, Mary Salvante, and Art Program Manager, Zoë Cohen.

Gimme Shelter is funded by the William Penn Foundation, with additional funding by the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation, and is presented in partnership with The Center for Architecture and the American Institute of Architects-Philadelphia, The Engineering and Design Institute at Philadelphia University, Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, and The Delaware Valley Green Building Council.