My friend Inge posted this Bjarke Ingels’ TED presentation recently and I couldn’t resist blogging it here. Partly because I’m fascinated by the way BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) thinks evolution into architecture, and partly because we live in one of their buildings.

Last year, after witnessing an average of 3 summer tour groups per day and being subject to some less than subtle tourist photography while lounging at home in our underpants, we just couldn’t resist hopping on board one of the few tours actually hosted by BIG themselves – to hear what all the hubbub was about.

Odd as it was to step onto a tour bus at the Danish Architecture Centre and ride with the group back to our own front door – it was wonderful to finally hear first hand (from Kai Uwe Bergmann, architect and Director of International Business Development at BIG) what the thinking was behind not just our building, but several others in Copenhagen as well. BIG has a way of thinking more than the end product (the building) into their architecture – and you can feel that when you’re inside them. The light is different, the space breathes, and it feels alive. Outside is brought in, and there’s a great connection with the surrounding neighbourhood…  (and ok, maybe too great a connection with the tourists, but that’s another story).

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