in bl▪vand, a small town of the western headland of denmark, there is an event called the wadden tide festival. 15 international artists are invited to work within the constraints and advantages of a very specific landscape, recently inscribed on UNESCO‘s world heritage list. responding to the design brief, the french landscape architects group dérive has constructed ‘the shellter’.
the work appears as a massive square block of wood sitting in a world war II bunker foundation by the wavy shapes of the dunes. its perimeter is distinguished by alternating layers of mussel bags that have been stacked to form four thick walls. the barrier surrounds a luminous alcove, providing a particular peaceful relationship with the environment.