Bjarke Ingels Group

BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Practice information
Key architects Bjarke Ingels, Andreas Klok Pedersen, Beat Schenk, Brian Yang, Daniel Sundlin, David Zahle, Finn Norkjaer, Jakob Lange, Jakob Sand, Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Sheela Maini Sogaard, Thomas Christoffersen[1]
Location Copenhagen, New York City
Founded 2005

Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a Copenhagen and New York based group of architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. The office now has over 300 employees from over 25 countries in the world.

History

Bjarke Ingels established BIG in late 2005 after he and his former partner, Julien De Smedt, decided to discontinue their common practice PLOT that had gained considerable success since its establishment in 2001. His new firm continues to draw extensive national and international attention and won several international awards for its first completed commission, the Mountain, a residential project in Copenhagen which had been commenced by PLOT. Over the next couple of years, BIG won a number of international competitions and received several large commissions around the world. These include a waste-to-energy plant which doubles as a ski-slope in Copenhagen, Denmark, the West 57th Street mixed-use tower in New York for Durst Fetner Residential, the National Art Gallery of Greenland in Nuuk, headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company in Shenzhen, China and Kimball Art Center in Utah, USA.

As of 1 December 2009, in response to the rapid growth of the company, the partnership was expanded with seven new partners: Thomas Christoffersen, Jakob Lange, Finn Nørkjaer, Andreas Klok Pedersen, David Zahle, CEO Sheela Maini Søgaard, and Kai-Uwe Bergmann who heads the company's Business Development efforts. [2]

In 2010, BIG opened a branch office in New York City, where they have been commissioned to design the W57 courtscraper by Durst Fetner Residential.[3]

In 2015, BIG added four new partners to the existing partnership between the offices in Copenhagen and New York: Beat Schenk and Daniel Sundlin in New York and Brian Yang and Jacob Sand in Copenhagen. In addition 16 employees were appointed in key positions as Associates.

BIG IDEAS

In 2014, BIG IDEAS was established as an internal technology-driven special projects unit which expands the traditional scope of the architect into the realm of information and material. BIG IDEAS explores new intellectual territory in both the digital and material realm through three specific areas: technical simulation, product design and special projects. [4]

Bjarke Ingels says, “BIG’s design process always starts by identifying the key criteria of a project: What is the biggest problem – what is the greatest potential? Rather than arbitrary aesthetic or stylistic prejudice, all decisions are based on project specific information - Information Driven Design. Our effort as architects is sandwiched in the window of opportunity between analysis and implementation. And our influence happens in the translation from information to material. In an attempt to increase our sphere of influence on our built environment, we have established BIG IDEAS.”[5]

The lab started up in 2013 with the development of a steam ring generator for a Waste-to-Energy Plant project in Copenhagen, designed by BIG in 2010. The plant doubles as a ski slope and will blow one steam ring for each ton of CO2 emitted by the plant, once completed in 2017. [6]

BIG IDEAS is working in a number of areas directly related to BIG’s ongoing building projects, many of which remain confidential and involve data from independent think-tanks as well as the exerts from aerospace and material sciences industries. To-date, the following projects are public:

Completed projects

Mountain Dwellings in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark
8 House in Ørestad, Copenhagen, Denmark

Under construction

Awards

West 57 on display in Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Exhibitions

Publications

References

  1. ↑ http://big.dk/#about
  2. ↑ "Young Danes Think Big". Architectural Record. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  3. ↑ "NYC design with a twist". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  4. ↑ {http://big.dk/#big-idea}
  5. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2014/11/bjarke-ingels-will-make-believe-power-architecture/
  6. ↑ http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663148/infographic-of-the-day-power-plant-will-blow-huge-smoke-rings-from-chimney/
  7. ↑ "8 House". arcspace. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  8. ↑ http://www.big.dk/#projects-2wtc
  9. ↑ http://ny.curbed.com/places/625-west-57th-street
  10. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/nyregion/after-hurricane-sandy-new-york-rebuilds-for-the-future.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
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  12. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2013/06/lego-house/
  13. ↑ "Transitlager by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  14. ↑ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130801-amager-bakke-europe-waste-to-energy/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  15. ↑ "Faroe Islands Education Centre by BIG and Fuglark". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  16. ↑ "Shenzhen International Energy Mansion by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  17. ↑ http://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/27/big-bjark-ingels-honeycomb-housing-bahamas/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ "Shape shifting in Vancouver". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  19. ↑ "BIG chosen to expand headquarters of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet in La Vallée de Joux". Bustler. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  20. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-zoo-designed-to-trick-animals-into-thinking-you-arent-watching/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ http://inhabitat.com/bigs-blavand-bunker-museum-preserves-denmarks-wwii-history/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ↑ "Tallinn City Hall by Bjarke Ingels Group". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  23. ↑ "Taking on the women of the world". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  24. ↑ "New National Gallery". arcspace. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  25. ↑ "A walk in the PARC". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  26. ↑ "BIG architects: koutalaki ski village". designboom. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  27. ↑ A new twist, BIG and Architectural Nexus design the winning proposal for the renovation and expansion of the Kimball Art Center, World Architecture News, 14 Feb 2012
  28. ↑ Kimball Art Center / BIG, by Alison Furuto, ArchDaily, 03 Jan 2012
  29. ↑ BIG wins competition for the new Kimball Art Center in Park City, by David Basulto, ArchDaily, 10 Feb 2012
  30. ↑ BIG Unveils New Scheme for Park City’s Kimball Art Center, by Karissa Rosenfield, ArchDaily, 04 Mar 2014
  31. ↑ BIG Designs Rejected Again for Kimball Art Center, by Finn MacLeod, ArchDaily, 27 Aug 2014
  32. ↑ "BIG contributes to towering design in Seoul". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  33. ↑ "Team BIG+FREAKS Wins Competition for New Cultural Center in Bordeaux". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  34. ↑ "The Red Line". archello. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  35. ↑ "Rose Rock International Finance Center to be New Icon in Northern China/BIG". Evolo. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  36. ↑ "BIG Designs Sexy Observation Tower for Phoenix". Bustler. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  37. ↑ "MIPIM Awards Winners 2009 Announced". Bustler. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
  38. ↑ "Urban Land Institute presents Award of Excellence to the Mountain". +MOOD. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  39. ↑ "Palmarès 2011 – Prix de l'Architecture de l'Académie d'architecture" (in French). batiactu. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  40. ↑ "The Eyesore of the Month". Retrieved 2013-02-06.
  41. ↑ "2013 AIA Institute Honor Awards - Regional & Urban Design". Bustler. Retrieved 2013-01-28.
  42. ↑ "60th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards". Architect. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  43. ↑ http://red-dot.de/pd/online-exhibition/work/?code=2013-12-7871&lang=en. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  44. ↑ IAKS. http://www.iaks.org/en/awards/here-are-winners-ioc-ipc-iaks-architectural-prizes-2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  45. ↑ http://www.architectmagazine.com/project-gallery//?tg=ARCHITECT%20Annual%20Design%20Review%202013
  46. ↑ http://www.centerforlys.dk/nyheder_fuld.php?id=483
  47. ↑ "LEGO Towers by Bjarke Ingels Group". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  48. ↑ "Yes is More". Danish Architecture Centre. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  49. ↑ "Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution’ by Bjarke Ingels". dsgn world. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  50. ↑ "The BIG Maze". National Building Museum. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  51. ↑ "HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation". National Building Museum. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  52. ↑ http://big.dk/#shop
  53. ↑ STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine

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