New Rock-Museum in Roskilde

Architects MVRDV of Rotterdam and COBE of Copenhagen and Berlin have won a competition to design a rock-music museum at a former concrete factory in Roskilde, Denmark.

 

The ROCKmagneten project comprises the conversion of the factory halls plus three new structures to house the Danish Rock Museum, the headquarters of Roskilde Festival and their new Roskilde Festival Folkschool.

 

The museum will be clad in gold spikes while the black office block will be covered in speakers, to be used for outdoor events in the plaza below.

 

The former factory site is currently occupied by musicians, artists and skaters and the company hopes to maintain this platform for informal creativity, with space around the site for temporary exhibitions, events and pavilions.

 

The first phase of construction is due for completion in 2014.

 

The following details are from the architects:

ROCKmagneten: MVRDV and COBE win Danish Rock Museum competition in Roskilde

The MVRDV and COBE scheme for the transformation of a former concrete factory into a multifunctional creative hub was chosen as the winner of an international design competition.

 

The masterplan proposes an informal transformation of the 45.000m2 site into a dense neighborhood, incl. 8.000m2 existing factory halls, organized around a plaza for events.

 

Three new volumes will be added on top of the halls: The 11.000m2 ROCKmagneten consists of The Danish Rock Museum, The Roskilde Festival Folkschool incl. student housing, and the headquarters of the famous Roskilde Rock Festival.

 

They share program in a public creative communal house. The museum with a total of 3.000m2 will be completed as the first phase in 2014.

 

The site is located between Roskilde city centre and the Festival grounds of the annual rock festival. The brief demanded preservation halls of the former concrete factory Unicon and the informal character of the site which is currently used by artists, skaters and musicians.

 

You can find more details on Dezeen here: http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/04/rockmagneten-by-mvrdv-and-cobe/