Bjarke Ingels

 Bjarke Bundgaard Ingels born 2 October 1974, is a Danish architect, founder and creative

partner of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG),
 he is often cited as one of the most inspirational architects of our time. At an age when many
architects are just beginning to establish themselves in professional practice, Ingels has
already won numerous competitions and achieved a level of critical acclaim (and fame) that is
rare for new names in the industry. His work embodies a rare optimism that is simultaneously
playful, practical, and immediately accessible.often cgels has already won numerous
competitions and achieved a level of critical acclaim (and fame) that is rare for new names in
the industry. His work embodies a rare optimism that is simultaneously playful, practical, and
immediately accessible.
 BIG ( Bjarke Ingels Group)

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BIG, founded by Bjarke Ingels in 2005, is one of the world’s most advanced studios in the
definition of urban scenarios and horizons.
BIG has worked on numerous projects all over the world, all sharing a visionary view and an
interest in innovative theories about contemporary society and lifestyles.
Its two offices in Copenhagen and New York bring together professionals from all over the
world, promoting cultural exchange as a source of wealth in design.
The group’s expertise ranges from architecture to design, from concept creation to engineering.
The studio also explores new disciplines bounding on architecture, stimulating research and
coming up with new perspectives on the cities we will live in in years to come. Digital
representation technologies are seen not as an end in themselves but as a means of achieving
these goals. Society, economics and ecology are the themes dearest to Bjarke Ingels and his
team, addressed in every one of his projects.
Some of his works
The mountain: housing
complex in Copenhagen
 Two young Danish architectural studios
have come up with a bold plan for an
intensive residential development just
outside Copenhagen. On the basis of the
formal model of the mountain, which gives
the complex its name, they take advantage
of its natural peculiarities to create an
appropriate microclimate for the residential
complex on the slope and the parking lots
and service areas that form its base.
Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium
in Denmark

 Surprising everyone with their plans for

the expansion of Gammel Hellerup
Gymnasium in Denmark, the architects
of well-known studio BIG (Bjarke Ingles)
have opened a new chapter in their
philosophy of architecture. In the new
central courtyard which forms the
wooden roof of the gym below, the
architects make the most of the potential
of the cladding material to design a
unique construction linking the historic
building with the contemporary world.