Type: Competition
Program: Museum and visitor centre located in a UNESCO world heritage landscape
Size: 1.700 m²
Location: Slesvig, DE
Year: 2022
My role: Assistant Architect  
Collaborators:  Büro Happold


This project was designed during my internship at COBE, Copenhagen


The historic fortress of Danevirke is known as Northern Europe’s largest ancient fortification monument and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The new museum presents a novel entrance to this unique archaeological border complex. The elongated earthwork, originally built to protect the border with Denmark, is a unique landscape today and serves as inspiration for the design. The museum shapes itself towards the cultural landscape and its ramparts while framing the historical views. By lowering the museum into the ground, it becomes a natural extension of the landscape. New perspectives are created - centred around the incredible history of the place.