"In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives."
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Bjarke Ingels, born on October 8, 1974, in Copenhagen, Denmark, is a renowned architect celebrated for his innovative approach to sustainable design. As the founder of the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), he has redefined modern architecture by blending bold aesthetics with environmental consciousness. Ingels’ projects, including the famed 8 House in Copenhagen and the Spiral in New York City, reflect his commitment to creating spaces that enhance urban living. His visionary ideas continue to shape the future of architecture, leaving a lasting legacy in the field.
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"Sustainability can't be like some sort of a moral sacrifice or political dilemma or a philanthropical cause. It has to be a design challenge."
Bjarke Ingels"I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing board."
Bjarke Ingels"If I was misogynist, would I hire a woman as my CEO? Probably not. I grew up in Denmark, for crying out loud. Denmark is probably one of the places where equality is actually fully achieved. Our political system is practically a matriarchy."
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"Today, we have sophisticated building technology: we can calculate and simulate the environments and performance of the building, the thermal exposure of envelop, or the air flow through an urban space or structure."
Bjarke Ingels"For me, architecture is the means, not the end. It's a means of making different life forms possible."
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"When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical."
Bjarke Ingels"I think architecture is rarely the product of a single ideology. It's more like it can be shaped by a really big idea. It can accommodate a lot of life forms."
Bjarke Ingels"Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house."
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"The 'International Style of Modernism' came with the advent of building services. In the end, the architecture became like a container space, essentially like a boring box with a basement full of machinery to make it inhabitable. As a result, buildings literally started to look identical all over the planet."
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