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In Ørestad—Copenhagen’s tiny but buzzing new hub of urban development—a mountain rises from the flatlands. No ordinary geological behemoth, this sloping peak is a feat of…
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Kilo Design + BIG + Skibsted Ideation
Exciting news in the design world: Danish powerhouse designer firms Kilo Design (headed by Lars Holme Larsen), BIG (led by Bjarke Ingels), and Skibsted Ideation (founded by Jens artin Skibsted)…
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8 House by Bjarke Ingels Group
Good things come in threes and for Danish superstarchitect Bjarke Ingels, it’s no different. As he makes his new home in New York City, the founder of BIG (the Bjarke Ingels Group) sees the…
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I’m not sure about this one. Seems like the function took over the form. Not very esthetically sophisticated on the outside.
I appreciate the nod to the favelas of brazil/cuba
Great concept! Apartment dwellers can now have the luxury of penthouse living, views without being 100 stories in the air, private flower & herb garden outside their kitchen. sunbathing in private, convenient parking nearby, not down in the basement, no delays waiting for elevators. Many pluses. Not clear from the photos how access to the wooden( ?)structures/gardens sunbathing area is reached. This article was way too short considering the concepts undertaken, uniqueness of the design, visual impact, suspected cold weather problems on the open snow covered open stairways, the garden and patio areas etc. How is the snow going to be handled? The extended slide show on the internet just added to the disappointment, because there were just a few added pictures and no added content. Facts like cost to construct, rental rates possible conversion to Condominiums, features like types of AC(I see no window units so heating and AC must be centralised ), as well as details to the location and access to the funicular-style-elevator(s).
The image shown is an unfortunate choice. The images at the firm's site at are better. However, I would like to see more images of looking from the inside out.
This design may have solved some problems, but I think it will create even more, since it goes against CPTED principles of "eyes on the street" and activity at street level. This building will remove any life and activity from the public realm around it since the only way for residents to go in and out is via the parking garage. I would not like to be walking past this building by myself at night, nor live across the street from such a monolithic structure with no street level transparency (the mural is really just a band-aid for lack of consideration of the effect on the public realm). A row of retail - or perhaps non-market housing - around at the street level would have done wonders for this structure and supported best practices in urban design. The zoning is the problem, and the architecture only panders to it, rather than providing a good design solution.
I would have agreed with the comments above until I viewed the project on the BIG website. The mountain is a bit contrived but the overall concept is engaging on a number of levels. However, while privacy within the project is conventional, its views into the neighboring, transparent project are unnerving. I would surmise that the mountain residents could watch their across the street neighbors as if those neighbors lived within a large screen tv.
Who is Maria Rich's mother...who made the shag rug on the wall in photo 11. It's beautiful.
hello geniuses... click the image to see the next one. It's a slideshow!
I need some plans of mountain dwelling!who can help me pls???
Beautiful thinking outside the box. I love the comment about how it's less like living in the heart of a city and more like being on a country hillside. 970 square feet of outdoor space - a great idea!
I can subjectively say that I don't like the overall massing, and objectively say that the mural is extremely unfortunate and in very poor taste. The architecture should stand on its own without needing to get covered in wallpaper.
That's the way I'd like to live life. Awesome !!!!
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