BIG architects: national gallery of greenland | designboom. Feb 10, 2011 BIG architects: national gallery of greenland ‘national gallery of greenland’ by bjarke ingels group in nuuk, greenland all images courtesy bjarke ingels group danish architects bjarke ingels group has won the invited competition to design greenland’s new national gallery of art in the capital city of nuuk. a collaborative effort with TNT nuuk, ramboll nuuk, andarkitekti, the proposal was unanimously selected over six other nordic architects including norwegian snøhetta and finnish heikkinen-komonen. view to the fjord conceived as a projection of a geometrically perfect circle on the sloped site, the new 3000 m2 museum is a courtyard building that combines a comprehensive layout with a sensitive adaption to the landscape. the resulting form resembles a melted ring that follows the natural topography to imply the metaphor of a glacier or drifting snow. approach from the water the centre of the melted ring hosts an internal courtyard and an outdoor sculpture garden.
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