BjarkeINGELS

Scott HorsfallAndy KuanErik Ross

PLOTArchitecture group co-founded by Ingels

BIGBjarke Ingels GroupCreated after PLOT was disbanded in 2006

KiBiSiCreated in 2009 along with Lars Holme Larsen from Kilo Design and Jens Martin Skibsted from Skibsted Ideation

YES IS MOREBy saying yes to everybody, more interesting and demanding schemes are developed, rather than saying no and focus on one requirement.

EVOLUTION, NOT REVOLUTIONIdeas gradually evolve by adapting and improvising to the changes of the world.

PROCESSA great idea may not provide the best solution. However, it may be the right answer for other questions, so it is never wise to throw anything away.

VALUES

Idea that by mixing traditional ingredients, when you combine them, they become gold.

ARCHITECTURE ALCHEMY

Focus on designing buildings where sustainability increases the quality of life.

SUSTAINABILITY

THEMES

VM HOUSE

“The second break was when we completed the VM House... That was real credibility - and gaining credibility is a major element in allowing you to do what you want to do.”

“We try to maximize the social qualities of different projects. We also ask ourselves why you would ever want to move there. Maybe we could provide something that wasn’t available anywhere else.”

MOUNTAINDWELLINGS

“When you make architecture, you don’t cut the mountain out of a block of marble, you put together a lot of existing systems. It’s about how you put things together, how you curate all the different things from the catalogue together in a new way that makes it original.”

“It’s the idea that you combine the suburban lifestyle - a house with a garden - with an urban Danish context. You put something that is normally kept separate, like a parking building and a residential building, and combine them so it transforms all the apartments into penthouses. Once we put those forces into play, the actual architecture was almost just a consequence. It became quite easy. There are always a lot of problems you have to solve, but in a way, it’s like you just discover the architecture.”

ASTANA NATIONALLIBRARY

“The design of the National Library combines four universal archetypes across space and time into a new national symbol: the circle, the rotunda, the arch and the yurt are merged into the form of a Moebius strip. The clarity of the circle, the courtyard of the rotunda, the gateway of the arch and the soft silhouette of the yurt are combined to create a new national monument appearing local and universal, contemporary and timeless, unique and archetypal at the same time.”

Perfect Circle Public Spiral Möbius Strip

“Rather than choosing between the practical or the ideal – we strive towards a pragmatic utopian architecture that turns making the world a better place into a practical objective.”

“Architecture is the means, not the end. It’s a means of making different life forms possible. Since the planet is populated by billions of people that all live differently — we prioritize things differently; we believe in different gods; we have different standpoints — architecture, and the city, has to be able to accommodate this incredible variety. Therefore, I think architecture is rarely the product of a single ideology. It’s more like it can be shaped by a really big idea. It can accommodate a lot of life forms.”

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