Danish Mirror House reflects its enviornment
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The new mirror pavilion has become a popular attraction at Central Park in Copenhagen, Denmark (Photo: MLRP)
The new mirror pavilion invites local visitors to interact with the array of different shaped mirrors (Photo: MLRP)
By turning the outside walls into mirrors MLRP successfully transformed a "drab" building into a local attraction (Photo: MLRP)
The wall of mirrors featured at the end of the pavilion dramatically reflects the surrounding landscape (Photo: MLRP)
From certain points of view the building seems to morph into thin air and dissolve into the adjoining parkland (Photo: MLRP)
The new mirror pavilion has become a popular attraction at Central Park in Copenhagen, Denmark and invites local visitors to interact with the array of different shaped mirrors (Photo: MLRP)
The new building also features monolithic black timber volumes and mirrored headboards (Photo: MLRP)
The MLRP mirror pavilion design for Copenhagen Central Park (Image: MLRP)
The footbridge design features twisted ropes and an eye line that gives the impression that the bridge is falling into the park's landscape (Photo: MLRP)
MLRP design for the new footbridge to cross the lake (Image: MLRP)
The footbridge design features twisted ropes (Image: MLRP)
The MLRP footbridge design for Copenhagen central park (Image: MLRP)
The multicolored houses will including street themes such as a bakery, post office and theater (Image: MLRP)
The traffic playground will see a fun makeover of an existing building into a collection of different colored houses (Image: MLRP)
The traffic playground will see a fun makeover of an existing building into a collection of different colored houses (Image: MLRP)
The new mirror pavilion invites local visitors to interact with the array of different shaped mirrors (Photo: MLRP)
The MLRP Traffic house design for Copenhagen Central Park (Image: MLRP)
Article Summary
Danish architectural firm MLRP has come up with a novel way to prevent graffiti and vandalism of a local town hall. By turning the outside walls into mirrors, the team successfully transformed a "drab" building into a local attraction that is hopefully resistant to future graffiti attempts.
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