Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.

February 3rd 2011

waste to energy plant
by: BIG
in: copenhagen, denmark

It’s about as easy to imagine fire and ice together as it is to percieve a waste plant with a ski slope. However, the use of the roof as a community recreation point suggests that public utilities do not not need to be hidden from the public.  Rather, it is an opportunity to combine sustainable technologies with social connectivity in what Metropolis Mag calls “a celebration of health and well being”.

Posted at 11:07am and tagged with: roof, sustainable, BIG, denmark, green, building, waste, ski slope, mixed use,.

waste to energy plantby: BIGin: copenhagen, denmarkIt’s about as easy to imagine fire and ice together as it is to percieve a waste plant with a ski slope. However, the use of the roof as a community recreation point suggests that public utilities do not not need to be hidden from the public.  Rather, it is an opportunity to combine sustainable technologies with social connectivity in what Metropolis Mag calls “a celebration of health and well being”.