New Danish school and library design based on Barga Italy

http://www.barganews.com/2014/04/09/danish-school-designed-barga/

New Danish school and library design based on Barga Ørestad School and Library was designed by KHR architects who wanted to make a mountain village in the middle of Ørestad. The architects took their inspiration from the Tuscan medieval town of Barga. The result is a building filled with small squares, terraces and alleys inside and out, the framework invites for both confidence and challenge. The building was designed so that it constantly surprises its users, and you never know what lies around the corner.

An extremely interesting couple from Denmark arrived in Barga this afternoon, bringing with them, an incredible story.

Henning Nielsen and Lise Nissum were visiting a new primary school and library which had just been built outside of Copenhagen in Denmark and were intrigued to find that the architect, Mikkel Beedholm and other members of the KHR Architects Group had based their whole concept and design of the ultra modern buildings ….. believe it or not, on Barga.

So there we have it, Danish architecture inspired by the medieval city of Barga.

Henning Nielsen and Lise Nissum booked a ticket on the first plane out of Copenhagen and this morning flew into Pisa to see for themselves just what was to be found in Barga that had so influenced the Danish architects.