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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Rebild porten in DK by CEBRADecember 27th, 2016 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: CEBRA The RebildPorten visitor’s centre establishes a new entrance to the characteristic rolling landscape of Rebild Hills and Rold Forest – one of the most popular tourist destinations in northern Denmark.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost
 Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost Up until now the entrance to this unique nature reserve and national park has only been marked by a series of red wooden gates. Back in 2012 Danish studio CEBRA won the competition to design a new visitor’s centre. The task was to create a gateway to the cultural history and nature experiences in these beautiful surroundings – a gathering point that informs, inspires and activates the many visitors.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost The winning project’s distinctive expression and character are derived directly from Nature’s own formal language and elements, which makes the building stand out from its surroundings and blend in with nature’s scenery at one and the same time. The centre is designed as a hymn to Nature and the hills and forest, next to which it is situated. It is created in the encounter of building and nature and appears as a sculptural structure made of bluff timber.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost The building gradually opens itself to the approaching visitors through the transparent facade – similar to the way a forest opens and closes when one moves through it, looking upwards through the branches’ chaotic network of crossing lines. By shaping the building out of raw cut timber, the visitor not only experiences a ‘walk in the forest’, but also the scent of wood and nature, which sets the mood for the visit to the forest and hills.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost With its location between Rebildhus and The Fiddler’s Museum, the building stands out from its surroundings as a place of significance – a small piece of stylised forest projected out into the built environment.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost Communication and guiding Rebild Hills and Rold Forest are centrally located in Northern Jutland and attract approx. 400.000 visitors a year. The visitor’s centre is the gateway to this area, acting both as a key to information and inspiration and as a ‘Chinese box’ where experiences are folded out continuously and new layers are added. ReboldPorten is the visitor’s window to the unique nature, history and the many activities in the area. At the same time, it aims at contributing to the creation of synergy and a collective identity in a strong and lively local environment with a variety of committed parties.  Image Courtesy © Mikkel Frost Thus, communication and guiding becomes a crucial factor for the project’s ability to function as both usable and recognisable gathering point. The project incorporates an overall concept and appearance for communication and presentation, where key design elements ensure recognisability, whether you find yourself in virtual space, out in nature or in the building itself. The building’s distinct characteristic – the ‘graphic’ strength of the timber’s structure and the visual reference to trees and branches – acts as a matrix for logos, communication elements, media, guiding landscape elements etc., in order to create an appearance and a guiding concept, which tie landscape, building and user experience together in one consecutive narrative.  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA  Image Courtesy © CEBRA
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