![]() ![]() ![]() Kengo Kuma and Associates, Cornelius Vöge, MASU planningĪndersen’s own story has a fairy-tale arc. Renderings of the museum, designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, reveal that it is full of curves. “Everything you thought you knew can be experienced anew.” “It’s kind of like a universe where nothing is quite as it seems,” Lübker says. A long ramp leads underground only to reveal an unexpected garden. Labyrinthine hedges almost merge with sinuous wooden pavilions, blurring the line between nature and architecture. Renderings of the museum, which includes 60,000 square feet of building space plus 75,000 square feet of gardens, all designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, reveal that it is full of curves. ![]() The museum’s creative director, Henrik Lübker, says the museum in Odense is designed not to showcase Andersen’s life and his classic stories like “ The Little Mermaid” and “ The Emperor’s New Clothes ,” but to echo the sensibility of a fairy tale writer who rarely offered his audience simple lessons. Andersen's House, scheduled to open this summer in Denmark, is an exception to the rule. Most museums dedicated to a specific historical figure aim to teach visitors about that person. ![]()
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