Article source: AART architects A/S

In many years the attention has been aimed at the site adjacent, where the UNESCO World Heritage site, Kronborg Castle, which is famous for its role in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, exerts its magnetic pull on both tourists and local citizens of Elsinore – but now Elsinore’s old shipbuilding yard has been transformed into a 17.000m2 cultural and knowledge centre, including concert halls, showrooms, conference rooms, a dockyard museum and a public library. The Culture Yard symbolizes Elsinore’s transformation from an old industrial town to a modern cultural hub. In this way, the yard is designed as a hinge between the past and present, reinforcing the identity of the local community, but at the same time expressing an international attitude, reinforcing the relation between the local and global community.

Night View (Images Courtesy Adam Mørk)

• Architect: AART architects A/S
• Name of Project: The Culture Yard
• Location: Allégade 2, 3000 Elsinore, Denmark
• Client: Elsinore municipality
• Type: Cultural centre
• Photographer: Adam Mørk

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