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Entwurf • Design Bjarke Ingels Group, DK-Kopenhagen
Grundriss Erdgeschoss • Ground floor plan
Grundriss 1. Obergeschoss • Floor plan level +1
Bauherr • Client Bjarke Ingels Group, DK-Kopenhagen
Standort • Location Sundkaj 165, DK-Kopenhagen
Nutzfläche • Floor space 4770 m 2
Fotos • Photos Rasmus Hjortshøj (1–3); Andreas Konnerup (4)
Mehr Infos auf Seite • More info on page 166
BJARKE INGELS HQ
IN COPENHAGEN
The Bjarke Ingels Group’s latest project is its own new
headquarters located in Copenhagen. A building made
of glass and exposed concrete, which owes its orche-
strated appearance to the versatile design expertise at
BIG: everything from the park to the door handle was
brought into shape by the Danish team of architects,
designers, urban planners and landscape architects.
T he architecture firm which has been founded by Bjarke Ingels has
grown considerably. It now has around 700 employees who are
spread across five international locations. Last year, the Bjarke Ingels
Group headquarters were inaugurated in Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn
neighbourhood. The stacked precast-concrete elements in the façade –
the supporting structure of the building – are absolutely striking. With
its monumental concrete architecture, BIG makes reference to the indu-
strial heritage of the harbour area, where former concrete silos have
gradually been converted into residential or office buildings. But Bjar-
ke Ingels did not use ordinary concrete. After all, the municipality of
Copenhagen is ambitiously planning to be CO -neutral by 2025 and thus
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set standards as a climate-friendly city. With this firmly in mind, particu-
lar attention had to be paid to sustainability in a purely mineral-based
new building. The aim is to eventually achieve the DGNB gold certifica-
tion through the integration of solar and geothermal systems, natural
ventilation of the offices and the use of CO -reduced concrete. Anyone
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walking through the sleek, glass entrance door, however, is first of all
impressed by the architectural impact the space has. The inspiration for
this came from the architectural fantasies of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
from the 18 century. A sculptural steel staircase connects the seven
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floors of the office building. The staircases are differently positioned
from one floor to the next, following no recognizable symmetry or order.
The floor slabs protruding into the space cascade over one another –
seven storeys, visually and physically perceptible as a single space. Each
floor slab has direct access to a balcony, which is connected to the bal-
conies located above and below, creating a continuous band of outdoor
spaces. Like a mountain path, it winds down from the roof all the way
to the quay below and thus also serves as an additional escape stairca-
se. Once having arrived at the bottom, you find yourself in a park that
surrounds the Bjarke Ingels Group headquarters. The landscape team
has transformed a 1,500 square-metre former parking area into a public
green space reminiscent of typical Danish coastal forests.
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