Danish Architecture Centre — Attraction in Copenhagen Municipality

The first exhibit area tells the story of Danish architecture from the Viking times to the present day. It was well laid out and had some interesting exhibits. The second exhibit area was about the impact rising water levels are and will have on architecture. This exhibit was boring and repetitive. I have reviewed low due to this exhibit, but as the exhibit will change, it might be worth giving the museum a try in the future. There is a giant slide you can go down and a small exhibit on the stairs, plus a rainbow stair and a photo area. Inside the building, there is a shop and a cafe. There are toilets, including disabled toilets. The toilets were a bit messy. There were, also, lockers for bags. You do not have to leave them, but it makes using the slide awkward if you have it with you. There is disabled access to the building on both sides via a lift on both sides of the building. The internal lift is in the design shop and gives you access to all exhibits and the cafe. They do have wheelchairs to loan. You can book in advance or hope they have one on the day. The rainbow stairs and photo area are not fully accessible, though you can see them from above. The cafe was accessible, with low tables and space to move. Staff were...

What a disappointment! First of all; what a stupid building! Apart from being ugly and not fitting at all in its surroundings it doesn't make sense for its purpose. Far too grotesque and outdated in its material usage and design. Again a bulky dark square building. Very unwelcoming. Almost too ugly! But then! The content is in staggering contrast to the buildings size, namely small. As if the budget was 98% for the building and the rest for the content. Absurdly there was a small exhibition about sustainable building. (That should be the way this building should be built in the first place)..But the exhibition was again very slim in content and a bit outdated. The permanent exhibition was probably filling less than 3% of the total space this center holds. In whish the main point was to show of how world leading Danish architecture is....

So what had it to do with this building? And its future.

That will be a difficult task for a very smart architect!

One positive point... There was a lot of space for education and a funny way to get as fast as you could out of this pricey disappointment; a long slide! (Hey that makes you forget all the frustration!) 1 point for...

Disapointed. Was expecting much more from this place. The exhibition is quite small (and not really attractive) for this size of building you see from outside. The signage at the entrance is confusing: it is a quest to find the actual entrance to the museum, because the one leading to the basement shows some exhibition name, but the door that looks like entrance actually leads to the apartments located just right in that building… So no any signage named “entrance” etc. Oh! Cool danish design, yeah! Then when you are lucky enough to find the entrance, the first thing you go through is.. off course, the shop, to see the actual exhibition you should go through the shop upstairs. And if you want to go to the toilet, there is another great danish design example: if you are designer, or architect, you can visit the place to see and experience how not to make a wc design. In famous danish archi center it’s a shame, really. The building itself (exterior) and the rooftop cafe, is the best part if this place, I gave 3 stars only for cafe and the sliding tube. But if you want to slide, better go to...