BIG, Architects : Architecture Information + Images

Building News in 2009 from BIG The World Village of Women Sports, Malmo, Sweden World Village of Women Sports National Library in Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan National Library Jakob Lange accepting award for Mountain Dwellings, 5 Aug 2009 Major Projects by BIG Big House, Southern Ørestad, Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark Big House Copenhagen Havnebad, Denmark PLOT / BIG photo © adrian welch Copenhagen Project Danish Maritime Museum, Helsingør, Sjælland, Denmark Kaufhauskanal Metrozone, Hamburg, Germany Architects: BIG Architects; Landscape Architects: Topotek1 Kaufhauskanal housing LEGO Housing, Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark Lego Houses Maritime Youth House, Copenhagen, Denmark PLOT photo: Julien De Smedt Maritime Youth House Mountain Dwellings - VM Houses Phase 2, Copenhagen, Sjælland, Denmark image: Boserup VM Mountain Dwellings Museo Tamayo - Architecture Competition, nr Mexico City BIG with Michel Rojkind Arquitectos New Tamayo Museum Psychiatric Hospital, Helsingør Building, Sjælland, Denmark PLOT / BIG Helsingør Building Shanghai Expo Danish Pavilion, China Shanghai Expo Danish Pavilion Sjakket Youth House, Copenhagen, Denmark PLOT photograph © Vegar Moen Sjakket Youth House Zira Zero Island, Azerbaijan Zira Zero Island More Bjarke Ingels Group projects online soon Copenhagen Architect First BIG solo exhibition DAC (Danish Architecture Center), Copenhagen 21 Feb - 31 May 2009 Practice Information BIG Architects' office based in Copenhagen Key Development: "The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses - same client, same size and same street. The program, however, is 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. What if the parking area became the base upon which to place terraced housing - like a concrete hillside covered by a thin layer of housing, cascading from the 11th floor to the street edge? Rather than doing two separate buildings next to each other - a parking and a housing block - we decided to merge the two functions into a symbiotic relationship. The parking area needs to be connected to the street, and the homes require sunlight, fresh air and views, thus all apartments have roof gardens facing the sun, amazing views and parking on the 10th floor. The Mountain Dwellings appear as a suburban neighbourhood of garden homes flowing over a 10-storey building - suburban living with urban density".