{"id":23719,"date":"2016-02-18T18:04:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T17:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/new-trelleborg-2\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T09:09:29","slug":"new-trelleborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/new-trelleborg\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trelleborg"},"content":{"rendered":"

The proposal \u2019The Lost Shield\u2019<\/em> by team\u00a0PLH Arkitekter<\/strong><\/a>, has won first prize in the competition for a new experience and knowledge centre at the site of the Danish Viking monument \u201cTrelleborg\u201d. It will be a new landmark for Slagelse municipality and a cultural destination that brings to life the dramatic and combative history of the Viking Age through site-centred narrative storytelling. The visitor centre\u2019s design was inspired by Denmark\u2019s only preserved Viking shield, which was discovered at Trelleborg. \u201c\u2026We have designed and placed the building as a \u2018lost shield\u2019 casually left on the edge of the forest<\/em>\u201d, says S\u00f8ren M\u00f8lbak, partner at PLH.<\/p>\n

The visitor centre lies sensitively placed in the landscape and, like a giant shield, skews upwards to offer fantastic views of its surroundings. While maintaining a respectful distance to Trelleborg, the building provides an excellent overview of the earthworks and landscape. Our aim has been to connect the past and present in a single gesture – linking communication, narrative and form in a very contemporary aesthetic. We\u2019ve worked hard to bring the site to centre-stage; we\u2019ve focused on the compelling nature of the place, with its story central to the architecture. The exhibition itself is structured as a narrative story following a Viking family.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have recreated the Viking atmosphere with a <\/em>gripping <\/em>audio-visual universe of exhibition spaces, the crackling of the fireplace in the caf\u00e9, the tarred timber exterior cladding and the Viking sails decorating the facades<\/em>\u201d, explains S\u00f8ren. From the moment the visitor approaches the building, it is to be sensuous experience where the boundary between exhibition and architecture, past and present becomes unclear. Trelleborg is one of Scandinavia\u2019s most important Viking monuments and is expected to be included on UNESCO\u2019s World Heritage List. The proposal has been developed in collaboration with ALL Atelier Lorentzen Langkilde, GHB Landscape Architects, MOE Consulting Engineers, GODdesign by exhibition architect Gert Olsen, film director Rumle Hammerich and art director S\u00f8ren Buus. Slagelse municipality and the Danish National Museum have been responsible for the running of the completion Ny Trelleborg,<\/em> for which we were prequalified in the summer of 2015. The museum\u2019s vision is that \u201ca visit to Trelleborg should not only be a good museum experience, but an experience for the senses, emotions and learning.<\/em>\u201d Ny Trelleborg has an area of approximately 2000m2 that includes a caf\u00e9, lobby, multifunctional lecture space, offices, meeting rooms, spaces for volunteers, a workshop and exhibition area.<\/p>\n