The Barn - Visitor Centre for Skagen
Authors
Mehta, Drashti Shantiv ; Kandula, Abhay Kumar
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-11-19
Pages
180
Abstract
This thesis presents a design proposal for The Barn, a visitor centre in northern Skagen, Denmark, intended to manage and enrich high levels of tourism by guiding and educating visitors while serving as a cultural hub. The core question is how to create a context-sensitive, multifunctional facility that minimizes environmental impact and aspires to the Zero Energy Building standard while communicating Skagen’s natural and cultural assets. The project follows an Integrated Design Process combining site visits, a questionnaire administered via the Skagen tourist bureau, case studies of visitor centres, and multi-scalar analyses of infrastructure, microclimate, topography, vegetation, user needs, and the site’s character. Program development and iterative sketching, modelling, and optimization inform the final concept and spatial layout. Passive and active measures—such as daylighting, natural ventilation, renewable energy supply, and demand reduction—are coupled with life cycle assessment and the use of locally available materials to lower embodied impacts. The outcome is a coherent architectural proposal with masterplan, plans, sections, and visualizations that offers interactive exhibitions and workshops, improves wayfinding through Skagen, supports local events, and raises environmental awareness; specific performance results are not provided in this excerpt.
Dette speciale præsenterer et designforslag til The Barn, et besøgscenter i det nordlige Skagen, der skal håndtere og berige det høje turistantal ved at guide og uddanne besøgende og samtidig fungere som kulturelt samlingspunkt. Den centrale problemstilling er, hvordan man skaber et kontekstsensitivt, multifunktionelt anlæg, der minimerer miljøpåvirkningen og sigter mod Zero Energy Building-standarden, samtidig med at det formidler Skagens natur og kulturarv. Projektet følger en integreret designproces med feltbesøg, et spørgeskema via Skagens turistbureau, casestudier af besøgscentre og flerstrengede analyser af infrastruktur, mikroklima, topografi, vegetation, brugerbehov og stedets karakter. Programudvikling samt iterative skitser, modellering og optimering leder frem til et endeligt koncept og en rumlig organisering. Passive og aktive tiltag – herunder dagslysudnyttelse, naturlig ventilation, vedvarende energikilder og reduktion af energibehov – kombineres med livscyklusvurdering og brug af lokalt tilgængelige materialer for at reducere den indlejrede miljøpåvirkning. Resultatet er et sammenhængende arkitektonisk forslag med masterplan, planer, snit og visualiseringer, der tilbyder interaktive udstillinger og værksteder, forbedrer vejfinding i Skagen, understøtter lokale arrangementer og øger miljøbevidstheden; konkrete ydelsesmålinger fremgår ikke af dette uddrag.
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