The German Oceanographic Museum, already the largest natural history museum on Germany’s Baltic Coast, extended its program with the opening of the Ozeaneum. The booklet presents the architectural concept as an open house that is “flooded” from all sides by daylight and visitors, in a manner akin to that of water swirling about stones on the seabed.
Whether viewed from the beach or from the historic city center, the museum complex is an attractive, distinctive landmark on Stralsund’s cityscape and skyline that relates to the sea and creates a contrast with the buildings of the old town. In addition, the exhibition planning, the technical implementation as well as the energy concept are extensively illustrated and explained.