Bjarke Ingels Group

BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Architectural Practice
Industry architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development
Founded 2005
Headquarters Copenhagen, New York City, London
Key people
  • Bjarke Ingels (Founder and Creative Partner)
  • 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 (Partners)
Number of employees
 400+
Website www.big.dk

Bjarke Ingels Group, often referred to as BIG, is a Copenhagen and New York based group of architects, designers, and builders 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. As of 2016, the office has over 400 employees from 25 countries.[1]

History

Bjarke Ingels and Julien De Smedt established PLOT in Copenhagen in January 2001, as a focus for their architectural practice. Ingels established BIG in late 2005 after he and De Smedt closed down PLOT. This drew acclaim for its first completed commission, the Mountain, a residential project in Copenhagen which had been started by PLOT. Over the next couple of years, BIG's projects included a waste-to-energy plant which doubles as a ski-slope in Copenhagen, Denmark; the West 57th Street mixed-use tower in midtown Manhattan for Durst Fetner Residential; the National Art Gallery of Greenland in Nuuk; the headquarters for the Shenzhen Energy Company in Shenzhen; and the Kimball Art Center in Utah.

In December 2009, the company's partnership was expanded to include Thomas Christoffersen, Jakob Lange, Finn Nørkjaer, Andreas Klok Pedersen, David Zahle, CEO Sheela Maini Søgaard, and Kai-Uwe Bergmann.[2]

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

In 2015, BIG added four new partners: Beat Schenk and Daniel Sundlin in New York and Brian Yang and Jakob Sand in Copenhagen.

In May 2016, BIG partnered with Hyperloop One, Deutsche Bahn, and SYSTRA to develop a test of the high-speed, low friction Hyperloop concept.[4]

BIG IDEAS Lab

Launched in 2014, the division is part R&D lab, part incubator for BIG design concepts that can be spun off into independent products or companies.

The lab was founded to build the steam-ring generator for the Amager Bakke - the Copenhagen power plant with a ski slope on its roof - which will "puff" every time it emits a tonne of carbon dioxide.[5] It is now working on numerous BIG collaborations and spin-off projects, including a smart internet-connected lock named Friday,[6] "a company that creates water from super-efficient dehumidification", and Urban Rigger[7] - floating student housing for coastal cities built from repurposed shipping containers. The first are scheduled to be built in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016.[8]

Other projects include Fingerprint Façade,[9] Window Garden, and a gigantic Tesla coil for the Battersea Power Station in London.[10]

Projects

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. ↑ "BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group". big.dk. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  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. ↑ Alissa Walker. "Here's What the First Full-Scale Test of the Hyperloop Will Look Like [Updated]". Gizmodo. Gawker Media. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  5. ↑ https://vimeo.com/107682946
  6. ↑ http://www.fridaylock.com
  7. ↑ http://www.urbanrigger.com/
  8. ↑ http://www.wired.co.uk/article/architect-bjarke-ingels
  9. ↑ http://big.dk/#projects-hum
  10. ↑ http://www.archdaily.com/780533/jakob-lange-on-founding-big-ideas-and-the-diverse-future-of-architectural-practice
  11. ↑ "BIG Architects' Hill House has a Garden on Top". inhabitat.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  12. ↑ "8 House". arcspace. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  13. ↑ "Warehouse421 - Home". www.warehouse421.ae. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  14. ↑ "VIΛ 57 WEST". www.via57west.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  15. ↑ http://www.big.dk/#projects-2wtc
  16. ↑ 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
  17. ↑ http://miami.curbed.com/archives/2014/07/03/grove-at-grand-bay-construction-photos.php
  18. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2013/06/lego-house/
  19. ↑ "Serpentine Pavilion and Summer Houses 2016". Serpentine Galleries. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  20. ↑ "Redskins Hire World-Renowned Firm BIG For New Stadium". www.redskins.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  21. ↑ "Transitlager by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  22. ↑ http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130801-amager-bakke-europe-waste-to-energy/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ↑ "Faroe Islands Education Centre by BIG and Fuglark". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  24. ↑ "Shenzhen International Energy Mansion by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  25. ↑ http://www.dezeen.com/2014/01/27/big-bjark-ingels-honeycomb-housing-bahamas/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ↑ "Shape shifting in Vancouver". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
  27. ↑ "BIG chosen to expand headquarters of Swiss watchmaker Audemars Piguet in La Vallée de Joux". Bustler. Retrieved 2014-06-30.
  28. ↑ http://www.wired.com/2014/08/a-zoo-designed-to-trick-animals-into-thinking-you-arent-watching/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  29. ↑ http://inhabitat.com/bigs-blavand-bunker-museum-preserves-denmarks-wwii-history/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  30. ↑ "Tallinn City Hall by Bjarke Ingels Group". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  31. ↑ "Taking on the women of the world". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
  32. ↑ "New National Gallery". arcspace. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
  33. ↑ "A walk in the PARC". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
  34. ↑ "BIG architects: koutalaki ski village". designboom. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  35. ↑ 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
  36. ↑ Kimball Art Center / BIG, by Alison Furuto, ArchDaily, 03 Jan 2012
  37. ↑ BIG wins competition for the new Kimball Art Center in Park City, by David Basulto, ArchDaily, 10 Feb 2012
  38. ↑ BIG Unveils New Scheme for Park City’s Kimball Art Center, by Karissa Rosenfield, ArchDaily, 04 Mar 2014
  39. ↑ BIG Designs Rejected Again for Kimball Art Center, by Finn MacLeod, ArchDaily, 27 Aug 2014
  40. ↑ "BIG contributes to towering design in Seoul". World Architecture News. Retrieved 2012-05-10.
  41. ↑ "Team BIG+FREAKS Wins Competition for New Cultural Center in Bordeaux". Bustler. Retrieved 2012-07-03.
  42. ↑ "The Red Line". archello. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  43. ↑ "Rose Rock International Finance Center to be New Icon in Northern China/BIG". Evolo. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  44. ↑ "BIG Designs Sexy Observation Tower for Phoenix". Bustler. Retrieved 2013-01-07.
  45. ↑ Welkome, Wandi -. "Bienvenue | EuropaCity". www.europacity.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  46. ↑ "BIG to Extend High Line Vertically with Spiral Tower". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  47. ↑ "A ziggurat for King West: Take a peek at Bjarke Ingels's plan for Toronto". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  48. ↑ "BIG Reveals Design for "Cascading" Secondary School in Virginia". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  49. ↑ "Twisted art museum by BIG to be built across a Norwegian river". Dezeen. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  50. ↑ "BIG plans twisted museum building for kistefos sculpture park". designboom | architecture & design magazine. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  51. ↑ "Urban Land Institute presents Award of Excellence to the Mountain". +MOOD. Archived from the original on 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  52. ↑ "Palmarès 2011 – Prix de l'Architecture de l'Académie d'architecture" (in French). batiactu. Retrieved 2011-06-17.
  53. ↑ "60th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards". Architect. Retrieved 2013-02-26.
  54. ↑ http://red-dot.de/pd/online-exhibition/work/?code=2013-12-7871&lang=en. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  55. ↑ IAKS. http://www.iaks.org/en/awards/here-are-winners-ioc-ipc-iaks-architectural-prizes-2013. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  56. ↑ http://www.centerforlys.dk/nyheder_fuld.php?id=483
  57. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  58. ↑ http://www.holcimfoundation.org/Awards/global-holcim-awards-2015/winner
  59. ↑ "LEGO Towers by Bjarke Ingels Group". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  60. ↑ "Yes is More". Danish Architecture Centre. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  61. ↑ "Yes is More: An Archicomic on Architectural Evolution' by Bjarke Ingels". dsgn world. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
  62. ↑ "The BIG Maze". National Building Museum. Retrieved 2015-02-03.
  63. ↑ "HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation". National Building Museum. Retrieved 2015-02-01.
  64. ↑ http://big.dk/#shop
  65. ↑ STUDIO Architecture and Urbanism magazine

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