ST. PETERSBURG PIER BY BIG + MESH ARCHITECTURE

The Wave is conceived as a strong character on the skyline and waterline of St Petersburg and Tampa Bay.

Its characteristic waves and curves lend themselves to an array of activities around and within them: a view point, a pavilion, a band shell, a boat pier, a market place, a banquet hall, an exhibition space, a beach, a boardwalk, a stage and an audience. But most importantly – Like water it rests on – the Wave pier is shaped by the life within and around it, and is flexible and open to change.

As life in the city evolves – so will the pier evolve with it. Its strong form and generous spaces can accommodate a multitude of programs – either one single destination or multiple individual activities or tenants. Its sculptural exterior creates a series of public spaces – the rooftop outlook on the break of the wave, the spectator stands in the curl of the wave, the covered stage under the arch of the loop and the beach as the pier dives into the water.

Within the thickness of the wave a cascade of programmable spaces form a single loop. As times change this spaces can be joined or parted to suit the needs and opportunities of the city and its citizens. The programmatic concept includes a museum, observation deck, playgrounds and green areas.

The loop-shaped structure mimics the physiology of the water wave: it goes underwater and rises in order to frame a swimming pool and holding areas for kayaks, canoes and small boats. The gesture further culminates by looping the promenade overhead, sheltering people and providing elevated views from the generated roof terrace.

The public spaces terminate with a platform which submerges into the bay creating an additional view towards the city. exhibition spaces, banquet halls and other public spaces. The proposal also offers different rooms including a salt bath, mist room, botanical room, steam room, cloud room, snow room, polar bear club, water slides and swimming pool.

Vision: "St. Pete has a really unique geography - the environment, history, and culture of a subtropical waterfront city," says Tim Clemmons, principal with Mesh Architecture. "The pier is where we celebrate that reality, celebrate that existence as a really unique place on Tampa Bay."

Space: "We don't see any conventional retail in this building because we don't want to compete with what's already happening in the core of downtown," Clemmons says. The 34,000 square feet of indoor space will likely include restaurants, special galleries and exhibitions, possibly even an indoor ice skating rink.

Materials used: The pier itself would consist of concrete columns supporting concrete slab and a wooded deck. The 120-foot diameter of the main wave structure would be a steel skeleton encased in two concrete shells.

Budget: The initial cost estimate is $49.9 million for the pier and wave structure. Phase 2, not included in that cost, could include improvement of a 20-acre park leading out to the pier.

 

Location: City Of St. Petersburg Florida, Usa

Partner in Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen

Project Leader: Daniel Kidd

Project Team: Marcella Martinez, Andreia Teixeira, Suemin Jeon, Alessandro Ronfini, Chris Falla, Ho Kyung Lee, Jeremy Alain, Siegel, David Brown

Collaborators: Mesh, Martha Schwarz Partners, Atelier Ten, Thornton Thomasetti, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Hr&A, CC&A

Size: 39400 M2

Type: Competition

Client: City Of St. Petersburg Florida, Usa

NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM BY BJARKE INGELS GROUP

BIG architects' proposal for the new natural history museum in denmark situated in the centre of Copenhagen.

“Rather than trying to add new buildings to existing structures, we propose to add a man-made landscape of stones to Garden.

The new Natural History Museum’s architecture will not compete with the existing built heritage.

We propose man-made mineral landscape that naturally adapts to the historic buildings and their stone pavings and the organic forms Geological Garden of building and landscape.

The new museum extension in the Botanical Garden requires a synthesis crisscrossing between urban form, architecture storytelling, communication and research.

As a form of architectural disorder rather than a collection of detached buildings, combines building and landscape, history and innovation, surprise and explanation, research and narrative.

Natural History Museum is a museum for the substances our earth is composed of and the living organisms that inhabit kingdom, plant kingdom and mineral kingdom in an incredible span across all scales.

How do you create a framework universe along the story of life’s conception, birth and death?

The formation of geometry as a common denominator connective tissue between geology, zoology, botany and architecture.

From carbon atoms to cliff rock, from the cell giraffe, it can be observed how our physical world across the organic and inorganic consists of simple geometric structures propose a Natural History Museum built on the same basic geometric principles as found in our own cell structure, surroundings”. http://www.big.dk/#projects-snm

PROJECT INFO:

project: natural history museum
type: competition
client: ministry of climate, energy and buildings, university of copenhagen
collaborators: AKT II, wissenberg, vogt landscape, space syntax london, kvorning design og kommunikation, davis langdon (AECOM), luxigon
size: 38 000 m2
location:copenhagen, denmark
partner in charge: bjarke ingels, andreas pedersen
project leader: jakob hence

team: frederk lyng, ryohei koike, ricardo palma, karol borkowski, alina tamosiunaite, teresa fernadez rojo, martin jonsbæk Nielsen

BLÅVAND BUNKERMUSEUM BY BJARKE INGELS GROUP

Located within the protected shoreland of Blåvand, the future museum finds a unique architectural expression merging with the untouched nature and landscape of western Jutland.

The museum is embedded within an earthen embankment built by the German forces during the World War II occupation of Denmark and is adjacent to the existing Tirpitz bunker.

BIG’s design sheds new light on Denmark’s war history, and it does so by balancing practical and playful forms.

The bunker’s dark and austere energy is balanced by the museum’s light, airy and modern features.

The resulting landscape features a mix of old and new forms, as natural and unnatural features dot the surrounding landscape of the museum.

Heavy concrete and metal is set next to light-toned steel and glass, creating a provocative sensory experience.

Clients: The Museum of Varde City and Vicinity

Location: Varde, Denmark

Project: Blåvand BunkerMuseum
Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
Project Team: Bjarke Ingels, Jakob Lange, David Zahle, Andreas Klok Pedersen
Project Leader: Brian Yang
Team Member: Alina Tamosiunaite, Katazyna Siedlecka, Ryohei Koike 

SEOUL: BJARKE INGELS WINS

Lo studio danese Biarke Ingels Group (BIG) si aggiudica il concorso per la realizzazione di un complesso multifunzione costituito da due torri, di oltre 200 metri, denominato "Cross # Towers", vincendo tra 19 studi internazionali tra i quali MVRDV, REX, SOM e Dominique Perrault.

Il progetto è situato nell'estremità sud-est del distretto dello Yongsan all'interno del masterplan disegnato da Daniel Liebeskind per la realizzazione di nuovo grande quartiere dotato di edifici residenziali, uffici e commerciali in un vasto parco urbano lungo il fiume Han nella capitale della Sud Corea. 

Un piano, denominato Archipelago 21 essendo costituito da "isole" in un mare di spazio verde dove sono previsti 34 milioni di metriquadri per un costo totale di 20 miliardi di dollari,  vuole riflettere la complessità di Seoul attraverso, secondo le parole del progettista, "l'idea è quella di creare una destinazione del 21 ° secolo che è al tempo di trasformazione, vibrante, sostenibile e diversificata".

La soluzione adottata da BIG Group è una semplificazione compositiva che sfrutta il limite imposto delle altezze in un gioco tridimensionale ruotando orizzontalmente i corpi eccedenti, adottando una forma ad # un simbolo universale, chiamato comunemente hash o tasto cancelletto o nella musica diesis.

L'ennesima dimostrazione dell'edonismo architettonico di Bjarke Ingels che coniuga, con genialità, architettura e comunicazione soddisfacendo i bisogni altrui con il piacere personale in un gioco divertente ma estremamente efficace.

Bjarke Ingles vince, non solo concorsi in tutto il mondo, perchè riesce a comunicare il suo processo creativo con semplicità e immediatezza senza andare contro, al mondo o all'establishment, ma conciliando interessi e bisogni cercando di fondere aspetti apparentemente contradditori come economia ed ecologia in una utopia pragmatica.

La genialità di Ingles appare anche maggiormente evidente nel confronto con le torri progettate da MVRDV, poste dietro all'angolo, che hanno creato uno scalpore mediatico a causa della somiglianza con l'attacco del 9/11 al World Trade Center (vedi approfondimento).

KOUTALAKI SKI VILLAGE BY BIG GROUP

Our design for the Loutalaki Ski Village seeks to create a new hybrid integrating distinct, identities such as village and resort, shelter and openness, cozy intimacy and natural majesty, unique character and careful continuity or simply - architecture and landscape.

 

The Ski Village is conceived as a gentle extension of the summit extending the existing cluster of buildings to create a new village square at the heart of the resort. The four buildings wrap around the central square to form a public pocket sheltered from the wind yet open and inviting to the sorrounding landascape. The majestic views from the the summit are contrasted by the intimate atmosphere of the spaces between the buildings. The gentle curves of the undulating roofs create a careful continuity of the natural landscape while lending the whole village the unique character of an architecture of ski slopes an inhabited mountain top.

In the municipality of Kittila, Laplan, the new resort will be located on the mountain ridge of the Levi ski center, overlooking  surrounding landscape and Sirkka village at the foot of the mountain. When first visiting the future Koutalaki village site you realize the proximity to the ski slopers but at the same time the importance of creating a connection for skiers as well. The gentle slope away from the main ski system seems to offer the solution for a unified proposal the creates maximum connectivity for skiers and pedestrians.

Client: KASSIOPEIR FINLAND
Size: 56.000 M2
Location: LEVI, FINLAND
Partner in Charge: BJARKE INGELS, JAKOB LANGE
Project Leader: HANNA JOHANSSON
Team: MAREN ALLEN, JEFF MIKOLAJEWSKY, ERIK DE HAAN, DAVID TAO, LUCIAN RACOVITAN, JESPER VICTOR HENRIKSSON, JEPPE ECKLON, FEDERIK LYNG, JOAO ALBUQUERQUE

RESEARCH CENTRE, PARIS PARC BY BIG GROUP

BIG GROUP WIN THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN THE RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF JUSSIEU IN PARIS

The new multidisciplinary research centre, Paris PARC, will become a significant addition to the campus, strengthening the international appeal and openness of the leading French University for Science and Medicine.

Paris PARC is located in the visual axis of the Notre Dame Cathedral in a dense context of university buildings from different historical periods. BIG proposes a building geometry that adapts to the specific conditions of all adjoining sides, optimized for daylight, views and accessibility. The three-dimensional envelope retracts from the neighboring facades, opens up towards the square Jean Nouvel’s of Institut du Monde Arabe and the park, and folds into a publicly accessible rooftop landscape, resulting in an adapted sculptural building  volume situated between the emblematic architectural monuments of the university.

“As a form of urban experiment the Paris PARC is the imprint of the pressures of its urban context. Wedged into a super dense context – in terms of space, public flows and architectural history – the PARC is conceived as a chain of reactions to the various external and internal forces acting upon it. Inflated to allow daylight and air to enter into the heart of the facility, compressed to ensure daylight and views for the neighboring classrooms and dormitories, lifted and decompressed to allow the public to enter from both plaza and park and finally tilted to reflect the spectacular view of the Paris skyline and the Notre Dame to the Parisians.” Bjarke Ingels, Founder, BIG.

A central canyon provides daylight and a visual connection between laboratories and offices. In the atrium a cascade of informal meeting spaces lead to the public rooftop terrace and faculty club. A public stair to the rooftop offers glimpses into the activities of the laboratories which are divided by transparent walls throughout the building to ensure visual connections between the working spaces. The upper levels have panoramic views towards the Notre Dame and the skyline of Paris.

“We propose a building that creates the optimum conditions for encounters and exchange among the academics and visitors of Paris PARC. Like a scientific incubator the new building will provide the physical environment for nurturing growth of cultures and sharing of ideas - through the internal mix of laboratories, research facilities and informal meeting spaces, and through a reunification with the public life of the city.” Andreas Klok Pedersen, Partner-in-Charge, BIG.

source:  www.e-architect.co.ukhttp://www.e-architect.co.uk/