"Transformation and building renovation are essential for the future. In addition to the environmentally friendly aspects it entails, it is always exciting to work in the field between preservation and renewal, where transformations and renovations create buildings that meet current requirements and expectations while retaining their historical heritage," says Rune Bjerno Nielsen, partner, architect, and head of C.F. Møller's competition department in Aarhus.

A Building in Constant Development
The project includes a comprehensive analysis of the various building parts and functions, each representing its own period in Staldgården's history as a building that has constantly evolved in relation to its contemporaneity and function. In close collaboration with Museum Kolding, principles for the museum design have been developed based on an analysis of possibilities and needs. The goal has been to create a lively and modern museum within the architectural framework.

Based on the building's preservation, which focuses on Nicolai Eigtved's reconstruction in 1736, the transformation and restoration are outlined with the stable yard motif as the guiding narrative throughout the museum experience. There is a clear distinction in architecture and materiality between the stable yard motif, existing and new museum elements in the old wings. Thus, the house is brought into play as a modern museum with traces of the many historical monuments, collectively telling the story of a building that has framed small and large events in both local and national history.