by ArchitectureWeek Viewed at a distance, 8 House looks almost like a strange landform: two vegetated roofs form a massive green “V” sloping from the ground-floor roof up to the top of the building, nine stories above. The parti of this mixed-use building is better understood from a bird’s-eye view. In concept, the plan is a 230-meter- (750-foot-) long loop that has been twisted to form a giant, angular figure eight. The ten-story, 61,000-square-meter (660,000-square-foot) building was designed by the architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group with the intent of fostering a vibrant community on this block in Ørestad, a developing area of Copenhagen, Denmark. Ver nota completa






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