May 04, 2011 from fabiano's blog
8 House is a multipurpose building housing and commercial area located in Copenhagen, Denmark. A project that despite having simple functions was bold in its conception and shows a totally different architectural concept for this type of housing.
Project by the group of architects BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group aims to be a dwelling place for people of all ages and all types of families. At the bottom were localized shopping and commercial area, thus having easy access to the street. In subsequent layers was distributed the apartments, thereby allowing better ventilation and air quality for residents.
An exciting project for its form and that is worth checking the whole process of designing at the website of BIG.
The apartments are placed at the top while the commercial program unfolds at the base of the building. As a result, the different horizontal layers have achieved a quality of their own: the apartments benefit from the view, sunlight and fresh air, while the office leases merge with life on the street.
Photos by Dragor Luft, Jens Lindhe, Ty Stange
