denmark-based firm AART architects wins the prestigious competition to design the new danish cold war museum in rold skov in northern jutland. designed together with SLA, niras and thøgersen & stouby as sub-advisors, the museum has been envisioned to unfold the story of one of denmark?s best kept secrets ? the cold war bunker REGAN vest that had been built in secret during the 1960s to house the government and monarch in case of a nuclear war. for over four decades the underground bunker was kept a state secret. now the historical museum of northern jutland will open the bunker, allowing the public to experience the cold war from a new perspective. AART will design the visitor and exhibition building ? with the 5,500 square meter nuclear-proof bunker as the ultimate focal point.
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from its exterior, the visitor and exhibition building will be the only visible manifestation of the AART-designed danish cold war museum. conceived as four black boxes, the building is nested deep within the forest, appearing hermetically almost as a collection of sealed display cases. only a subtle retraction in the facade indicates the entrance to the museum. the boxes are clad in anodised aluminium, offering a unique weather-resistant structure. their appearance plays distinctively with the surrounding landscape which houses the 5,500 square meter nuclear-proof ?REGAN vest? bunker built to house the danish government and monarch in the case of a nucle...