The landscape in Silkeborg is surrounded by big lakes and forests, regarding as one of the most beautiful places in Denmark. Utzon design focuses on not allowing the museum distract from its geographical location. I consider his concept is strong as it allows more focus to the museum’s interior spatial considerations. If he chose to create a colossal museum as an addition, the wonderful features on the surface would seem to engulf the natural scenery.
“...the existing calm wing of the museum calls for a solution that will not dominate the surroundings on account of its size.”"It feels natural to bury the museum in the ground to a depth corresponding to the height of a three-storeyed building”
The implications for a sense of enclosure could be argued that “the experience of visiting the caves in Tatung, west of Peking” had provided the inspiration for the Silkeborg Museum. I find this greatly evident through the resemblance of his designs and plans of how the freeform cave-like enclosure is buried deep under the ground with the interior space seeming as though they have been carved out from the earth. This also leads me to think that Utzon utilized this style to hide most of the massive museum underground so that not much of its additional design would change the original building and the environment. Finally, I also noticed that his design had been carefully detailed with the balancing density of the thick structures.
Caves in Tatung, west of Peking
Utzon's plans
Plaster model made by students of the Royal Danish Academy
quotes - http://architecture.about.com/library/blutzon-silkeberg.htm - accessed 9th October 2008
images - http://www.arcspace.com/architects/utzon/silkeborg.htm – accessed 9th October 2008
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