Head of Odense City Museums Torben Grøngaard Jeppesen adds: “The project team had to dive into Andersen’s fairy tales as the very first thing, because they are what everyone knows.” However, the idea is not to retell the stories, “but rather to communicate their familiarity and inspire further reading of Andersen”. “To spatialize the experience of Andersen’s literary universe, we want to stage a complete artistic experience,” says Kuma. Visitors to the museum find their own subterranean treasure chamber – and in this case, the treasure is the author’s life. It was clearly inspired by the large hall found inside the hollow tree by the soldier in Andersen’s fairy tale. ft (5,600 m²), a substantial part of the museum is found underground. With a total floor area of roughly 60,200 sq. When you take a look at the museum, you can see what Kengo Kuma means. “The idea behind the architectural design resembled Andersen’s method, where a small world suddenly expands to a bigger universe,” Kuma explains.
#The tinderbox fairy tale full#
Specifically “The Tinderbox”, which takes its protagonist down to an underground world full of earthly treasures. It was designed by a star of today’s world, iconic architect Kengo Kuma.įor the design of this special building, Kuma looked to Andersen’s writings for inspiration. Still, last summer Denmark paid even greater homage to its famous son when an especially spectacular monument opened in Odense: the Hans Christian Andersen museum. Memories of him and his fairy tales already live on in many different ways, especially in the storyteller’s homeland. But the famous Danish author takes his readers into worlds that are all the more fascinating. They are definitely less romantic than those of the Brothers Grimm. It’s true, Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales are rather brutal.
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