Mountain Dwellings 

is an award-
MOUNTAIN winning building in
the Orestad district
DWELLING of Copenhagen, Denmark,
consisting of apartments above
DWELLI Residential Project by a multi-story car park.
Bjarke ingels group Area: 33000.0 m2

Residential Project by
Bjarke ingels group
PROJECT – Mountain Dwellings
LOCATION – Copenhagen, Demark
ARCHITECT – BIG Group
CLIENTS – HOPFNER, Danish Oil
Company
COLLABORATORS – JDS Architects, MOE &
broadsgaard.
AREA – 33.000 M2

Location:

DENMARK COPENHAGEN ORESTAD

THE PROGRAM CHALLENGE :

• 80 apartments
• 480 parking spaces 8000
m2 footprint.
• Orestad is flat.
• Provide views and south
facing glazing for all
apartments.
• Provide parking next to the
apartment. Provide a
private yard Provide privacy

• North and west facades covered with

perforated aluminum plates, the holes forming
a reproduction of Mount Everest. At day the
image resembles a rough rasterized photo. At
night the facade is lit from the inside .
• There are 6 different size holes.
SITE PLAN
 Access to
site
Pedestrian and bike access

Access by car

• Metro is near. Ride to city

centre is 10 minutes.
• Bus stop is at site.
• Copenhagen airport is 7.2
kms away.
Access by metro rails
Progression of levels
 CIRCULATION
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.
Garage, sloped elevator, and colored
corridors to housing.

View towards apartment
Section through roof structure
Spaces
• Section through apartment
and decking/roof structure.
• Each deck/garden is on top
of the apartment below .
• There are over 40 different
Apartment Interior floorplans and each
apartment is approx. 100
square meters.
 THE 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 FACADE AND MATERIAL
The north and west facades
are covered by perforated
aluminium 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 aluminium plates will
appear black on the bright
aluminium, 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 colours as each
floor in the parking area has
different colours
 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.