Ilulissat Icefjord Centre
Visualizing climate change
photography Adam Mork
Sermeq Kujalleq, on the coast of Greenland, 250 kilometres from the Arctic polar circle, is one of the most active and fastest-moving glaciers in the world. Icebergs up to a kilometre long calve from it, which is why scientists constantly monitor it as part of their research into the effects of climate change.
In 2004 the Icefjord area was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Ten years later, a competition was organised to build a visitors centre to show the effects of the climate crisis on the planet. The Danish architecture studio Dorte Mandrup won the contest with “its poetic, simple and visionary design”, in the words of the jury.
The Ilulissat Icefjord Centre is designed to welcome visitors - climate researchers or travellers - 365 days a year. Inside it one can discover [...]
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