THE STRANDING MUSEUM

Large-format facade panels for museum facade

Build Year

2016

Architect

Frank Maali & Gemma Lalanda

Entrepreneur

Bjarne Ørts og co.

Engineer

Grue + Kirkegaard

Builder

Strandingsmuseet

FACADE PANELS IN ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE CONCRETE

From 2015 to 2017, the Strandings Museum in Thorsminde, Denmark, underwent a significant renovation and expansion. The vision for the project was to strike a balance between being lost at sea and being rescued. The large new building symbolizes a heavy vessel and has been enveloped in facade panels made of Ultra High Performance Concrete (UHPC), manufactured in extremely large formats with an imitated wood texture.

The design draws inspiration from the surrounding environment of harbor and dune landscape. The large facade panels with simulated wood texture help integrate the new museum building harmoniously with its surroundings.

AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECTURE

For the Stranding Museum, Hi-Con has delivered 90 facade panels in light UHPC CRC i2®. The facade panels measure up to 100 mm in thickness and cover a total area of approximately 630 m².

The length of the facade panels ranges from the smallest element at 1.1 meters to the largest facade panel at 15.5 meters. The width of the facade panels varies between 0.8 meters and 1.35 meters.

In October 2017, when Holstebro Municipality awarded the Architecture Prize, it went to the Stranding Museum for the building's character and identity, which resonate with its purpose and location.