Kannikegården位于丹麦最古老的城市里伯的主广场上，与大教堂相对。建筑上方是简洁的砖砌体块，遮蔽着下方具有1000年历史的墙垣废墟。现代表皮与古老废墟并立，讲述着文化与历史遗产的故事。建筑不仅服务于当地的教会委员会和教会工作人员，同时也为城镇居民提供了公共活动的开放场地，人们可以在此举办演讲、音乐会和电影放映会等活动。

▼建筑与里伯大教堂相对，new building across from the cathedral © Anders Sune Berg

 Kannikegården is located in Ribe, Denmark’s oldest city, located on the main square, just across from the cathedral. The simple brick clad volume hovers above the city floor to expose an open ground floor with an integrated 1000-year-old brick ruin. The ruin as well as the modern cladding convey stories of cultural and historical heritage. The building houses functions for the parochial church council and the church staff. Simultaneously, it functions as a hospitable setting for public events for the town’s citizens, such as talks, concerts and film screenings.

 ▼概念草图，建筑与大教堂关系紧密，concept sketches, close relationship with the cathedral © Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects

场地上的历史遗迹是建筑师们需要面对的特殊挑战，通过考古发掘，这里发现了公元800年丹麦最古老的基督教公墓的遗迹，更为显著的是1100年代Augustine Canon修道院的砖砌废墟。现在，这些废墟被整合成新建筑的一部分，在展览空间中分层展示着不同历史时期的遗迹。

The project was faced with a special challenge: Prehistoric finds have been located on the building site. The archaeological excavations have uncovered remains of Denmark’s oldest Christian cemetery from 800 A.D. Most visible however, is a listed brick ruin from the Augustine Canon’s monastery dating back to the 1100s. The ruin is now integrated into the building as an exhibition space designed to communicate the many cultural historic layers on site.

▼建筑提供了开放的活动场地，the building provides open spaces for events © Anders Sune Berg

建筑主体是一个斜屋顶的长方形体块，以支柱支撑在考古发掘区上方。建筑长边与广场平行，比例与周边建筑相协调，符合广场的尺度。建筑体量像雕塑般微微向南弯曲，保证了周围建筑物的光照与通风。建筑师还在Sønderportsgade和Rykind两条街的街角上设计了亲切舒适的绿色庭院。

The building consists of a single, oblong volume with a pitched roof, supported by pillars above the preserved archaeological findings. The length of the building is located along the square with a scale and roof pitch following the neighboring buildings on the square, thus adapting to the surrounding city scale. The archetypical shape of the volume is given a sculptural crookedness towards the south, to bring in light and air towards the neighboring buildings. An intimate green courtyard is established along the streets of Sønderportsgade and Rykind.

▼建筑物体量倾斜，the volume given a crookedness towards the south © Anders Sune Berg