A4 kajal shrimal mountain dewellings

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Architects - BIG Architects

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Location- Copenhagen, Denmark

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Partner In Charge- Bjarke Ingles for BIG, Julien De Smedt for JDS

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Project Architect- Jakob Lange

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Project Leader- Finn Nørkjær

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Project Manager- Jan Borgstrøm

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Collaborators- JDS/JULIEN DE SMEDT ARCHITECTS, Moe & Brødsgaard, Freddy Madsen Rådgivende Ingeniører ApS

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Engineering- Moe & Brodsgaard

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Construction Manager- Henrick Poulsen

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Client- Høpfner A/S

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Construction- DS Elcobyg A/S /PH Montage

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Area- 33000.0 m2

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Project Year- 2008

Program Floor Plans Circulation Spaces

Roof System

Materials Parking Garage References

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

Location • 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

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

Access to site

Access by car Pedestrian and bike access Metro rails

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

THEB.I.G.IDEA

80 apartments

Bjarke Ingels Group, Copenhagen, Denmark The Program: The Challenge

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

“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 the parking 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. “

SETUPONA 10 M x 10 M GRID

PARKINGBASE

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

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

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Elevators

Main stairway Connects to all floors

Inclined elevator Housing & parking Separated by void

Walkway—connects

Inclined elevator to corridors

Corridors—connects walkway to apts.

Parking garage drive-in

Housing entrance

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.

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

Circulation

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.

Spaces

Section

Views toward apartments

Apartment interior

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Apartment layout

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 faรงade with sliding doors to provide light and fresh air.

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

Exterior facade 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.

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

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.

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Model

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal

References All text and images from:

www.jdsa.eu/mtn/ www.big.dk

"Mountain Dwellings / BIG with JDS" 20 Feb 2018.

ArchDaily. Accessed 19 Feb 2018 https://www.archdaily.com/15022/mountain-dwellings-big

http://www.arkitekturbilleder.dk/bygning-Bjerget-569

ARC 551-941 _ Assignment A4 _ Mountain Dwellings, BIG Architects _Kajal Shrimal