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Bjarke Ingles: Big Architects

Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect and founder of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). He is known for innovative and ambitious designs that defy traditional conventions. His VIA 57 WEST project in New York combines aspects of a perimeter block and high-rise tower, creating a "courtscraper" typology with a central courtyard. The sloped building allows views into the courtyard from units while bringing light deep into the block. Materials were chosen for sustainability, and the courtyard provides a green space within the dense urban environment.

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Bjarke Ingles: Big Architects

Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect and founder of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). He is known for innovative and ambitious designs that defy traditional conventions. His VIA 57 WEST project in New York combines aspects of a perimeter block and high-rise tower, creating a "courtscraper" typology with a central courtyard. The sloped building allows views into the courtyard from units while bringing light deep into the block. Materials were chosen for sustainability, and the courtyard provides a green space within the dense urban environment.

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BJARKE INGLES

BIG ARCHITECTS
BIOGRAPHY
• Bjarke Ingels (born 2 October 1974) is a Danish architect.
• He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) which he
founded in 2006.
• In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi.
• Hoping to become a cartoonist, he began to study architecture in 1993
at the Royal Academy as he thought it would help him to improve his
drawing skills.
• He continued his studies at the Technica Superior de Arquitectura in
Barcelona, and returned to Copenhagen to receive his diploma in 1999.
• Alongside his architectural practice, Ingels has been active as a Visiting
Professor at the Rice University School of Architecture, the Harvard
Graduate School of Design, the Columbia University Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation and mostly recently, the Yale
School of Architecture.
• From 1998 to 2001, Ingels worked for Rem Koolhaas at the Office for
Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam.
PHILOSOPHY

• Known for his innovative and ambitious designs and projects,


many of his buildings defy traditional architectural conventions
and dimensions, and are often highly photogenic, ranging from
representations of mountains to snowflakes.

• He often incorporates sustainable development ideas and


sociological concepts into his designs, but often tries to achieve
a balance between the playful and practical approaches to
architecture.

• BIG "has abandoned 20th-century Danish modernism to


explore the more fertile world of bigness and baroque
eccentricity.

• BIG draws on the Nordic sense of landscape, democracy and


metaphor... BIG's world is also an optimistic vision of the future
where art, architecture, urbanism and nature magically find a
new kind of balance.
FA M O U S A R C H I T E C T U R A L W O R K S

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. 1951-53 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. 1951-53

Miller House, Columbus, Indiana-1957


VIA
57 WEST

Architects: Bjarke Ingels Group


Area: 830000 ft²
Year: 2016
Height: 450 ft
Client: The Durst Organization
FORM + DESIGN

• VIA 57 WEST is a hybrid between the European perimeter block and the traditional Manhattan high-rise that creates a new typology:
the “courtscraper.”

• VIA combines the advantages of both: the compactness, density, and intimacy of a classic courtyard building, with the airiness and
the expansive views of a skyscraper.
• By keeping three corners of the block low and lifting the north-east corner up towards its 467-ft peak, the
courtyard opens views towards the Hudson River, bringing low western sun deep into the block and graciously
preserving the adjacent tower’s views of the river.
FORM + DESIGN

• The slope of the building allows for a transition in scale between the low-rise structures to the south and
the high-rise residential towers to the north and west of the site.
• The highly visible sloping roof consists of a simple ruled surface perforated by terraces, each one unique
and south-facing.
EXTERIOR + VOLUME

• VIA 57 WEST resolves issues inherent to its challenged site: an uneven plot in a flood-evacuation zone, bounded by a
power plant, sanitation facility, heavily-trafficked highway, and a residential tower owned by the same client.
• Originally, the block was zoned for a low-rise industrial building.
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T

• VIA also succeeds in creating a unique and desirable residential environment that most New York City residential buildings lack:
 an inner green oasis.
 by allowing VIA’s inner facades to frame nature on all four sides, residents are provided with direct access to nature;
 by incorporating VIA into the Manhattan grid, green space is allowed to invade the urban fabric.

• Like a metropolitan backyard, the courtyard is framed by all the amenities of the building.
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T

• Amenity space ceilings slope upwards to the courtyard so the spaces are stimulated by the ever-changing sunlight throughout the day.

• From above, residents can look into this urban oasis, their very own Central Park.

• Coupled with 48,800 SF of retail space at the ground floor, VIA is a compelling and lively new addition to its neighbourhood.
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T

• VIA sets a new paradigm for environmental responsibility, both in its design and throughout its construction.
• VIA was constructed with recycled, renewable, and locally-sourced materials wherever possible;
• the stainless steel facade is 100% recyclable with no down-cycling.
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T

• The façade also maximizes natural light,


while low levels of volatile organic
compounds contribute to excellent air
quality, which runs on a demand-controlled
ventilation system.

• Energy Star-rated appliances and low-flow


fixtures are installed in residential units,
and a highly efficient mechanical system
utilizes energy-saving techniques such as
VFD's.

• High-performance glass, occupancy sensors


for lighting in common areas, and a hybrid
water source heat pump system further
contribute to energy savings.

• The design enables rainwater collection for


irrigation and cooling towers.
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T
M AT E R I A L + E N V I R O N M E N T

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