Mountain Dwellings Brochure

Location
Access to Site
Program
Floor Plans
Circulation
Spaces
ARCHITECT: BIG
Roof System
PROJECT: MOUNTAIN DWELLINGS
CLIENT: HØPFNER A/S, Danish Oil Company A/S
COLLABORATORS: JDS ARCHITECTS, MOE & Materiality
BRØDSGAARD,
FRODE MADSEN RÅDGIVENDE INGENIØRER ApS Parking Garage
SIZE: 33.000 M2
LOCATION: COPENHAGEN, DK Other Projects
STATUS: COMPLETION MAY 2008
BUDGET: 34,873,000 EUR Credits
Rhonda Loggia. 2/27/2015. Comprehensive Studio. Assignment 4. Mountain Dwellings. BIG w/ JDS. Copenhagen, Denmark Page 1

Loca on
Located in Orestad, a suburb of Copenhagen
All apartments face south.
Overlooks residential area.
Metro is near. Ride to city center is 10 minutes.
Bus stop is on site.
Mountain Dwellings

Access to site
Pedestrian and bike access
Metro rails
Access by car

The Program: 80 apartments 480 parking spaces 8000 m2 footprint

THE B.I.G. IDEA The Challenge: Orestad is flat
Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark Provide views and south facing glazing for all apartments
Provide parking next to the apartment
Provide a private yard
Provide privacy
“The Mountain Dwellings are the 2nd generation of the VM Houses – same client, same size and same street. The program, however, is 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. What if
theparking area became the base upon which to place terraced housing – like a concrete hillside covered by a thin layer of housing, cascading from the 11th floor to the street edge? Ra-
ther than doing two separate buildings next to each other – a parking and a housing block – we decided to merge the two functions into a symbiotic relationship. The parking area needs
to be connected to the street, and the homes require sunlight, fresh air and views, thus all apartments have roof gardens facing the sun, amazing views and parkingon the 10th floor.
The Mountain Dwellings appear as a suburban neighborhood of garden homes flowing over a 10-storey building – suburban living with urban density. “
SET UP ON A
PARKING BASE
10 M x 10 M GRID

Ground floor
Progression of levels. Ground floor to tenth floor.
The parking is indicated in yellow while the
blue is the apartments. The buff color on
the interior is the circulation inside the
building showing access from the parking
areas to the apartments on the same level
across the void (shown in white) that
separates the two.
Tenth floor

The residents of the 80 apartments are the first in Orestad to have the possibility of parking directly
outside their homes. The gigantic parking area contains 480 parking spots and a sloping elevator that
moves along the mountain’s inner walls. In some places the ceiling height is up to 16 meters which
gives the impression of a cathedral-like space.
ELEVATORS
MAIN STAIRWAY
CONNECTS TO ALL FLOORS
INCLINED ELEVATOR
HOUSING & PARKING
SEPARATED BY VOID
WALKWAY—CONNECTS
INCLINED ELEVATOR TO CORRIDORS
Circula on
CORRIDORS—CONNECTS
WALKWAY TO APTS.
PARKING GARAGE
DRIVE-IN
HOUSING
ENTRANCE

Section through apartment and decking/roof structure

Each deck/garden is on top of the apartment below
There are over 40 different floorplans and each apartment is approx. 100 square meters.
Views toward apartments
Spaces
Apartment layout examples
Apartment interior

Roof System
The roof gardens consist of a terrace and a garden with
plants changing character according to the changing
seasons. The building has a huge watering system which
maintains the roof gardens. This watering system makes
use of rainwater collected and stored in a cistern on site.
The only thing that separates the apartment and the

garden is a glass façade with sliding doors to provide
light and fresh air.

Exterior façade and materials
The north and west facades are covered by perforated aluminum plates, which let in air and light to the parking area. The holes in the
facade form a huge reproduction of Mount Everest. At day the holes in the aluminum plates will appear black on the bright aluminum,
and the gigantic picture will resemble that of a rough rasterized photo. At night time the facade will be lit from the inside and appear
as a photo negative in different colors as each floor in the parking area has different colors.

Parking Structure
The brightly colored and lit interiors provide way finding for residents and visitors.
Each floor of apartments has parking at that level and a walkway to match.

The Bjarke Ingals Group has more

than 90 significant projects detailed
on their website. Visit big.dk for
more details on these and
other projects.
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16000 M2 22000 M2
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Hurlien Residence Building

120000 M2

All text and images from:

www.jdsa.eu/mtn/
www.big.dk
"Mountain Dwellings / BIG with JDS" 11 Mar 2009. ArchDaily. Accessed 23
Feb 2015. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=15022>
http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/17/mountain-dwellings-by-big/
www.googleearth.com
http://www.arkitekturbilleder.dk/bygning-Bjerget-569
The adjacent project also by BIG.
VM Houses. Awarded Best Scandinavian Building 2006.

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The Program: 80 apartments 480 parking spaces 8000 m2 footprint

Section through apartment and decking/roof structure

The only thing that separates the apartment and the

The Bjarke Ingals Group has more

Hurlien Residence Building

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