8 Tallet Copenhagen, Denmark BIG Architects “The project is partly influenced by the classic townhouse but, instead of using the usual block formation, the assembly follows a layered orientation: the apartments and gardens are placed on top of commercial and trade layers, which provide services at the base of the building. to provide each units with an individualistic quality of their own, the ‘8 house’ is pulled up in the north east corner and pushed down in the south west, ensuring an ample amount of sunlight, fresh air, and views of kalvebod fælled. the figure eight configuration of the building creates a moment of synergy as well as two distinct spaces in the court- yard. a 500 m2 communal facility is placed at the centre of the intersection while a 9 meter wide passageway at the same point connects the two surrounding urban spaces outside of the residential project: the park to the west and the channels to the east. to maximize a sense of community for the future inhabitants, the architecture weaves the shared facilities throughout the whole building from ground level to roof. a system of gardens, trees and paths provide a branch of access points to these programs, ending at the 11 storey-high rooftop where you can enjoy a view of the Copenhagen Canal.” http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ JACK R. RASMUSSEN PROJECT A4 - CASE STUDY ARC551 STUDIO Image from http://www.big.dk/#projects-8 28 FEBRUARY 2015 Project Info & Contents 1 - Cover Page Architect: BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group 2 - Project Info & Contents Location: Copenhagen, Denmark 3 - Site Plan & Location Collaboration: Hopfner Partners, MOE & Brodsgaard, KLAR 4 - Form Progression Partner-In-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Thomas Christoffersen 5 - Form Progression Project Leader: Ole Elkjaer-Larsen, Henrick Poulsen 6 - Plan: Ground, Site, Topo Project Manager: Finn Norkjaer, Henrik Lund 7 - Floor Plans Project Team: Dennis Rasmussen, Rune Hansen, Agustin Pe- 8 - Circulation Diagrams rez Torres, Annette Jensen, Carolien Schippers, Caroline Vo- gelius Wiener, Claus Tversted, David Duffus, Hans Larsen, 9 - Architect Model Jan Magasanik, Anders Nissen, Christian Alvarez Gomez, Hjalti Gestsson, Johan Cool, James Duggan Schrader, Ja- 10 - Structure: Grid kob Lange, Kirstine Ragnhild, Jakob Monefeldt, Jeppe Mar- ling Kiib, Joost Van Nes, Kasia Brzusnian, Kasper Broendum 11 - Structure: Sections Larsen, Louise Heboell, Maria Sole Bravo, Ole Nannberg, Pablo Labra, Pernille Uglvig Jessen, Peter Rieff, Peter Voigt 12 - Structure: Details Albertsen, Peter Larsson, Rasmus Kragh Bjerregaard, Rich- 13 - Views In and Out ard Howis, Soeren Lambertsen, Eduardo Perez, Ondrej Tichy, Sara Sosio, Karsten Hammer Hansen, Christer Nesvik, So- 14 - Interior Space eren Peter Kristensen, Lacin Karaoz, Marcello Cova, Luis Fe- lipe González Delgado, Janghee Yoo, SunMing Lee 15 - Green Roof Client: St. Frederikslund Holding 16 - Context Project Area: 61,000 sqm, 476 residences 17 - References Project Year: 2010 2 Site Plan and Location ....the aim was to build a “three-di- mensional community even though the build- ing is in the middle of nowhere,” says In- gels. The “nowhere” is about 7 miles from the city center at the south- ern tip of Ørestad, a still some- what bar- ren district rising along a branch of Copenha- gen’s new metro line. See more at: http://archrecord. construction.com/projects/ portfolio/2011/08/8-House. asp#sthash.WFSRH3ST.dpuf http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ 3 Form Progression http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ 4 Form Progression http://www.archello.com//sites/default/files/story/attachment/BIG%20BH%20DIAGRAMS.pdf 5 Plan: Site, Ground Floor, Topo http://www.archello.com//sites/default/files/story/attachment/T-A-99-0-1-02.pdf 6 Floor Plans Level 0 Level 1 In order to create an architectural framework for the community the designers envisioned there, they based the 8 House scheme on the typology of a perimeter block, but squeezed it in the middle to form a bowtie shape that de- fines two courtyards. At the central “knot,” they created a 30-foot-wide passageway that connects the east and west sides of the site. They then layered the components of the program one on top of the other like a cake: Com- mercial uses, including retail space, a café, a day care center, and offices, are placed near the base, so that they can benefit from direct contact with the street, while the different types of apartments — townhouses, flats, and penthouses — are stacked above. http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/08/8-House.asp#sthash.WFSRH3ST.dpuf Level 4 Level 10 http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ 7 Circulation Diagrams http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/22/8-house-by-big-2/ http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/22/8-house-by-big-2/ http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zFmuQ_12t4A/URPo3G-D00I/AAAAAAAAABA/J9fLLl-DY0Q/s1600/8House-analyse3.jpg http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-archi- tects-8-house-under-construction/ 8 Architect Model http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ 9 Structure: Grid http://www.archello.com//sites/default/files/story/attachment/T-A-99-E0-1-01.pdf 10 Structure: Sections http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/22/8-house-by-big-2/ http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ 11 Structure: Details http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-archi- http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ tects-8-house-under-construction/ 12 Views In and Out http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ “And in order to provide the residential units with daylight and views of marshes and grazing lands that sit directly to the south, they raised the build- ing’s northeast corner to 10 stories, sloping it to only one story at the diagonally opposite corner by stepping down each successive line of apart- ments”- http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/08/8-House.asp#sthash.WFSRH3ST.dpuf 13 Interior Space http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/22/8-house-by-big-2/ 14 Green Roof The 8 House project won the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof Award. The design was specifically commended for the way the green roofs have become a part of the buildings aesthetic as they slope down 11 stories towards the canal edge.....The moss-sedum roof covers an extraordinarily long, steep and sloping roof surface descending 11 floors downward to the edge of a canal in Oerestad South opening up the interior courtyard to a view of the protected open spaces of Kalvebod Faelled... Green spaces upon the roof and within the courtyard are strategically placed to reduce the urban heat island effect as well as providing a visual relief to the inhabitants. http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/20/8-house-by-big/ 15 Context http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ (BIG’s) two earlier residential projects — the 221- unit VM Houses,named after the shape of the com- plex when seen from the air, and the Mountain, which features 80 apartments that terrace down over a parking garage — are located not far away in the same developing quarter. http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/08/8-House.asp#sthash.WFSRH3ST.dpuf http://www.archello.com/en/project/8-house 16 References and Additional Resources Architect’s Web-Site http://www.big.dk/#projects Other Articles http://www.archdaily.com/83307/8-house-big/ http://arc1012.blogspot.com/2013/02/8-house-big-architects_7.html http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/2011/08/8-House.asp http://www.arcspace.com/features/big/8-house/ http://architizer.com/projects/8-house/ http://aplust.net/blog/big__house__years_later/ http://www.designboom.com/architecture/big-architects-8-house-under-construction/ http://www.dezeen.com/2010/08/20/8-house-by-big/ http://www.dezeen.com/2010/10/22/8-house-by-big-2/ http://www.archello.com/en/project/8-house Videos https://vimeo.com/3499612 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUlo_YZwvak 17.