The new buildings rise up from the ground and provide spaces which articulate the fusion of outdoor landscape and indoor exhibition. This active ground modulates according to program and location in the park. The endpoints of the buildings blur the line between building and park by offering inside-out spaces as display areas and projection surfaces related to the temporary exhibitions inside. Silhouettes, as groups of land formations, define the unique newly programmed horizon line of Danfoss Universe.

View of the Curiosity Center

• Architect: J. MAYER H. Architects
• Name of the project: Danfoss Universe
• Location: Nordborg, Denmark
• Client: Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark
• Project Team: Juergen Mayer H., Marcus Blum, Thorsten Blatter, Andre Santer, Alessandra Raponi
• Architect on Site: Hallen & Nordby
• Technical consultants: Carl Bro
• Function: Extension of Danfoss Universe Science Park,
• Additional buildings: Curiosity Center and Cafeteria
• Building area: Cafeteria.- 500 qm, Curiosity Center – 1200 qm
• Number of floors: Cafeteria – 1, Curiosity Center – 2
• Size of the buildings (Length/Heights/Width): Cafeteria 46/10/11m, Curiosity Center 72/17,5/16m
• Structure: Steel construciton covered with corrugated sheetmatel
• Principal Exterior: Alucobond, colours – Champagne metallic and bronze metallic
• Principal interior material: Dry Walls, Curiosity Center – Ceiling – black painted corrugated sheetmatel, Cafeteria – Ceiling – Silver painted corrugated sheetmatel
• Roof: Corrugated sheetmatel coverd with tar-bitumen roof sheeting
• Exhibition: „Bitland“,  Science Exhibition for kids
• Designing period: 2005-2006
• Construction period: 2006-2007
• Completion: May 2007
• Photographer: J. MAYER H.
• Cost: 3 Mio Euro
• Model: Werk5, Berlin
• Software: ArchiCAD, MAYA and Rhino

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