BIG wins prize for best housing project in the world

Lagt online 26.10.08

The jury at World Architecture Festival in Barcelona was presented with a number of very strong projects. In total they viewed 13 different schemes and chose the danich architects from BIG to win the prize.

- The winning project Mountain Dwellings by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group in Copenhagen, Denmark was a daring 80-unit housing project that we honoured for its ‘enthusiasm’. The jury believed that this project was not without problems – a typical first design by a young architect where every idea that has been percolating in the architect’s mind for 10 years is thrown into the scheme. But nevertheless we believed its strong points (excellent outdoor private spaces, a thrilling car park in the undercroft of the housing block) far outnumbered its less successful aspects. It portends a promising future for its young architect, said the jury.

Read more on www.big.dk or on www.orestad.dk

Picture: BIG/Jens Lindhe

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