![]() ![]() A much needed enlargement was neither possible at the site nor economically feasible with regard to the overall improvement of the attraction of the aquarium. The old building needed a total renovation which would be costly without even providing guests with a significant better experience. Photo: Adam MørkĪlready in the mid-90s, Jesper Horsted, curator of Denmark’s Aquarium, outlined the first ideas on how a totally new and modern aquarium should be designed. For the last years, however, the establishment was run down and a continuous demand for expansions and high end technologies was the order of the day. During the next decades the building went through several modernizations and enlargements.įor more than 73 years the original building in Charlottenlund was the setting for enjoyment and education for all ages. After the war, the aquarium was in a bad shape, and Knud Højgaard initiated extensive renovations. However, through an impressive effort with Danish and home reared fish the aquarium was kept open and active. The consequence was closed borders and considerable problems in getting hold of exotic animals to the aquarium. It opened for the public in 1939 just four months before the break out of World War II and seven months before the occupation of Denmark. Photo: Adam Mørkĭenmark’s Aquarium was founded by civil engineer and contractor Knud Højgaard. At the tourism conference “A New Way to Grow” 2012, the Blue Planet was chosen as Denmark’s best lighthouse project within experience economy, because of its potential for growth, influence on regional development, innovation, realization as well as its uniqueness and ‘reason to go’. The Blue Planet will be one of Denmark’s five most prominent tourist attractions. Moreover, the aquarium in Taarnby Municipality is ideally located with motorways, Copenhagen Airport, the Øresund Bridge, Metro and international trains within few hundred meters. The Blue Planet is Europe’s largest and most significant aquarium with an outstanding location on the shores of Øresund, only eight kilometres from the Copenhagen City Hall Square. Project Description from The Blue Planet: We visualise the construction as a whirlpool which draws visitors into the depths to the fascinating experiences waiting among fish and sea animals from all over the world.” Therefore, the design of The Blue Planet.is based on the story about water and life under the sea. Kim Herforth Nielsen, Creative Director at 3XN, said: “Our wish was to bring our visitors all the way down to the world of the fish. Now the inauguration day of the completed building has come, and the $127M-aquarium will officially open to the public this Friday, March 22. ![]() Back in July of 2008, we reported that 3XN had won the international design competition for Denmark's new The Blue Planet aquarium with an exciting whirlpool-shaped proposal right outside of Copenhagen. ![]()
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