By 2050, 90% of the world’s largest cities will be exposed to rising seas. The vast majority of coastal cities will be impacted by coastal erosion and flooding, displacing millions of people, while destroying homes and infrastructure. Marc Collins Chen, Co-Founder and CEO of OCEANIX, said humans can live on floating cities in harmony with life below water. “It is not a question of one versus the other. The technology exists for us to live on water, without killing marine ecosystems. It is our goal to make sure sustainable floating cities are affordable and available to all coastal areas in need. They should not become a privilege of the rich.”

Designed as a man-made ecosystem, Oceanix City is anchored in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, channeling flows of energy, water, food and waste to create a blueprint for a modular maritime metropolis.

“9 out of 10 of the world’s largest cities will be exposed to rising seas by 2050. The sea is our fate – it may also be our future. The first sustainable and self-sustained floating community Oceanix City is designed as a human made ecosystem channeling circular flows of energy, water, food and waste. Oceanix City is a blueprint for a modular maritime metropolis anchored in the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. The additive architecture can grow, transform and adapt organically over time, evolving from a neighborhood of 300 residents to a city of 10,000 – with the possibility of scaling indefinitely to provide thriving nautical communities for people who care about each other and our planet.” Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group

Oceanix City is designed to grow, transform and adapt organically over time, evolving from neighborhoods to cities with the possibility of scaling indefinitely. Modular neighborhoods of 2 hectares create thriving self-sustaining communities of up to 300 residents with mixed-use space for living, working and gathering during day and night time. All built structures in the neighborhood are kept below 7 stories to create a low center of gravity and resist wind. Every building fans out to self-shade internal spaces and public realm, providing comfort and lower cooling costs while maximizing roof area for solar capture.

Communal farming is the heart of every platform, allowing residents to embrace sharing culture and zero waste systems. Below sea level, beneath the platforms, biorock floating reefs, seaweed, oysters, mussel, scallop and clam farming clean the water and accelerate ecosystem regeneration.

By clustering six neighborhoods around a protected central harbor, larger villages of 12 hectares can accommodate up to 1,650 residents. Social, recreational and commercial functions are placed around the sheltered inner ring to encourage citizens to gather and move around the village. Residents can easily walk or boat through the city using electric vehicles.

Aggregating to reach a critical density, six villages connect to form a city of 10,000 residents with a strong sense of community and identity. A larger protected harbor is formed in the heart of the city. Floating destinations and art, including six specialized landmark neighborhoods with a public square, market place and centers for spirituality, learning, health, sport and culture create destinations drawing residents from across the city and anchoring each neighborhood in a unique identity. All communities regardless of size will prioritize locally sourced materials for building construction, including fast-growing bamboo that has six times the tensile strength of steel, a negative carbon footprint, and can be grown on the neighborhoods themselves.

Floating cities can be prefabricated on shore and towed to their final site, reducing construction costs. Pairing this with the low cost of leasing space on the ocean creates an affordable model of living. These factors mean that affordable housing can be rapidly deployed to coastal megacities in dire need. The first Oceanix Cities are calibrated for the most vulnerable tropical and sub-tropical regions around the globe.

OCEANIX CITY FACTS

CLIENT: OCEANIX

SIZE: 75 hectares

COLLABORATORS: MIT Center for Ocean Engineering, Mobility in Chain, Sherwood Design Engineers, Center for Zero Waste Design, Transsolar KlimaEngineering, Global Coral Reef Alliance, Studio Other Spaces (Olafur Eliasson and Sebastian Behmann), Dickson Despommier

BIG–BJARKE INGELS GROUP

Partners-in-Charge: Bjarke Ingels, Daniel Sundlin
Project Leaders: Alana Goldweit, Jeremy Alain Siegel

Team: Andy Coward, Ashton Stare, Autumn Visconti, Bernardo Schuhmacher, Carlos Castillo, Cristina Medina-Gonzalez, Jacob Karasik, Kristoffer Negendahl, Mai Lee, Manon Otto, Terrence Chew, Thomas McMurtrie, Tore Banke, Tracy Sodder, Walid Bhatt, Will Campion, Yushan Huang, Tore Banke, Ziyu Guoh

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With this evolution of the building industry, marked by significant cultural, economic and technological shifts, the role of architects gains a multidisciplinary dimension that allows them to pursue a broader range of career opportunities. New production techniques, computational design, innovative organizational structures and the amalgamation of industries through technology are bringing forth an array of new, exciting job profiles.

We have compiled a list of 5 open career opportunities in firms that combine different disciplines, allow architects to shepherd projects from inception to completion, and gain insights into the business side of the profession.

Industrial Design Intern at BIG IDEAS

BIG’s incubator, called BIG IDEAS, is the place where the firm develops innovative ideas, design prototypes, products and new materials for the AEC industry. Here they work on products and designs that push the envelope and come up with original solutions that broaden the scope of the architectural practice.

BIG IDEAS is looking for an industrial design intern studying in the field of production design, industrial design and furniture design to collaborate with designers and architects in Copenhagen. To be considered, you must be a current student for the duration of the internship, have at least 2 years of design school behind you, and have relevant work experience. Candidates should have advanced knowledge and experience with Rhino, Solid Works (or similar 3D software), V-ray, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Knowledge and experience with prototyping is a bonus.

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Design Applications Manager at Perkins+Will Global

One of the leading architecture offices in the United States, Perkins + Will, experiments with new technologies to improve healthcare design. The firm is at the forefront of the efforts to integrate technology and architecture.

This position requires experience in all phases of the architectural design process, high-level of proficiency leveraging Revit in the architectural production process, and working knowledge of design visualization, VR, computational design and environmental analysis applications. Among other responsibilities, applicants will be expected to represent and coordinate with the firm-wide Digital Practice group to promote local adoption of new technologies, including Virtual & Augmented Reality, Computational Design, Digital Fabrication, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things, workflows and practices.

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Architect for Innovative Timber Building at Menges Scheffler Architects

Those experienced working with innovative uses of timber in architecture should check out Menges Scheffler Architects, led by Achim Menges, one of the leading figures in computational design and material exploration. Menges is also Director of ICD Institute for Computational Design and Construction in Stuttgart.

The firm is looking for an architect for an innovative building project with a novel timber shell structure. Responsibilities include leading the architectural design of the project from schematic design to construction within an interdisciplinary team of consulting engineers, ICD researchers and the timber manufacturer. This is a project-based job related to building an innovative timber building in a prominent city location in Germany, and will last approx. one year ((with longer term employment perspective).

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Project Architect at WeWork

WeWork is redefining space as a service by offering co-working and, as of recently, co-living spaces for a generation of young entrepreneurs.

The firm is currently in search of a Project Architect who is proficient and highly experienced with all phases of the design and construction process from schematic design through the bid process and construction administration. The candidate is expected to ensure efficient and quality design projects, by collaborating with all teams on the execution of WeWork standards, goals and brand ideals. You would work collaboratively with internal and external team members, determine and organize functional requirements, provide programming and space planning, and code analysis with minimal direction. Candidates should have 4+ years practical experience in high end hospitality, residential, commercial or retail architectural design. They should also be proficient in the following programs: Revit, all things Google, CAD, SketchUp, and MS Office.

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Senior Project Management at AE3 Partners

AE3 Partners is a 26-person architecture and construction management practice headquartered in San Francisco. They work on projects as a prime, joint venture partner, or as a member of larger team. This could be a great opportunity to work on design-build projects with a vertically integrated process.

The idea candidate will report directly to the firm owners and be involved in key decision-making processes. You have to be a licensed architect in California with a Bachelors or Masters in architecture, and have advanced skills with Revit Building Design Suite and AutoCAD. Ideal candidates should also have great writing skills and the ability to assist principals and business development team with technical writing for presentations, RFP responses, and other business correspondence.

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Have you worked in any of these firms? Let us know about your career opportunities and experiences.

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We recently published a list of must-watch TED talks for archipreneurs, which includes the one delivered by growth specialist and business strategist Knut Haanaes. Looking for reasons why companies fail, Haanaes finds that exploiting what you already have can be bad in the long term, while focusing only on exploration can be bad short term. Innovation and competence both need to be in place in order to successfully run a business today, and avoid becoming obsolete tomorrow.

Many among the most successful architecture firms in the world have long begun to widen the scope of their work, and continue to branch out into various fields outside of what we conventionally see as architecture. Technological innovation, cross-disciplinary partnerships and research collaborations go hand in hand with consistent delivery of successful projects. In fact, while offering reliable, top notch products and services is a great basis for building a successful business, innovation is the aspect that propels these firms forward and allows them to stay ahead of the competition.

1# BIG

By exploring new financing models and experimenting with innovative design solutions and materials, BIG is broadening the scope of architectural practice. Its incubator, called BIG IDEAS, allows innovators to create design prototypes, products and new materials for the AEC industry.

Among the projects being developed under the BIG IDEAS umbrella are an Internet of Things door lock called Friday, prototypes for a life-sized Tesla coil, steam-ring generators, smart building materials and even a Hyperloop high-speed transportation system. Also, the firm rigorously incorporates popular media and new technology in their marketing campaigns, utilizing GoPro videography, augmented reality, comic books, holograms to name a few.

2# Perkins + Will

One of the leading architecture offices in the United States, Perkins + Will, experiments with new technologies to improve healthcare design. They have recently established an in-house incubator program, which allows them to develop and support small research projects through micro-grants.

The firm also created 10 new laboratories that aim to tackle sustainability issues, resilience, the human experience, the design process, and mobility. In order to encourage designers to innovate, Perkins+Will organized an annual competition through which the most promising projects that are further developed within the Innovation Incubator System.

The first Innovation Incubator call-for-submissions resulted in 89 entries from Perkins + Will professionals competing for micro-grants of 40 hours of company-paid time over a six-month period. Nineteen were chosen from across their global offices, and each successfully completed projects, presentations or publications. Since then, the firm has awarded two cohorts of Innovation Incubator participants annually – in spring and fall of each year – funding at least ten projects per class.

3# NBBJ

NBBJ is among the first architecture firms that fully embrace Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). While a number of firms in the design industry have examined the promise of VR, the firm’s partnership with Visual Vocal marks the first instance of an established design firm incubating a VR startup inside its own offices and developing new tools to improve decision-making.

The initiative is part of NBBJ’s ongoing investment in and development of digital tools. It will pilot the Visual Vocal software on design projects for healthcare, corporate, and urban planning clients. Ultimately the tool will then become available to the greater architecture, engineering, and construction industry.

4# KieranTimberlake

Philadelphia-based design studio, led by architect KieranTimberlake, has embraced innovation by turning their own office into a research lab where they test out various design and technological solutions related to energy efficiency, sustainable design and sensor-driven products for the AEC industry.

Here the team produces full-size prototypes of architectural elements, using their own “home” to create efficient innovative products such weather-tracking software and smart materials. They collect data from their own office to explore natural thermal comfort, as well as mass customization, off-site fabrication and prototyping.

5# Foster + Partners

Foster+Partners have managed to stay ahead of the competition for many years. The practice is on the frontier of innovative design thanks to it is dedicated research and development teams and numerous research collaborations. Their in-house team of researchers is a mix of material specialists, mathematicians, aerospace engineers, architects, artists and acousticians who use state-of-the art technological tools to design.

They were recently asked by the European Space Agency to design a habitat for the Moon. For this project they teamed up with space engineering company Alta and D-Shape, the organization behind the world’s largest 3D printer. The project is an inflatable skeleton structure that can be transported flat-pack style and assembled by robots using local materials like Moon dust to 3D print a protective shell.

While this specific project might seem too out there for those concerned with revenue and business growth, it is useful to notice that this dedication to innovation is also behind the projects such as the Gherkin in London and Hong Kong International Airport.

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What role does innovation play in your business? Do you think having an in-house idea incubator is something archipreneurs should consider?

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Last week we shared with you 5 essentials models you should know in crowdfunding for architects. Today we present you 6 successfully crowdfunded architecture projects:

Crowdfunded Architecture Lowline by James Ramsey and Dan Barasch

One of the most notable ones is Lowline. The project to repurpose the old Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal under Delancey Street in New York City into a public green space was envisioned by Lowline co-founders James Ramsey and Dan Barasch. They discovered the space several years ago and saw its potential as a kind of underground version of the High Line.

After presenting their idea to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which controls the space, they created a Kickstarter campaign to raise $100,000, which would pay for the Lowline Lab, an open laboratory and technical exhibit designed to test and showcase how the Lowline will grow and sustain plants underground. The proposal raised almost $224,000 through its latest campaign, making it “the most funded Public Art project” on the popular crowdfunding platform to date. The Lowline Lab ran from October 2015 through February 2017, the permanent space however is pending.

See the kickstarter campaign here.

Splash House by Parsons Design Workshop

Another crowdfunding success is located north of the proposed Lowline. Graduate architecture students from Parsons The New School for Design recently completed Splash House-pool pavilion, which was also funded through Kickstarter. Despite the support of individuals and corporations, the team needed additional funding to start construction.

Their goal was $15,000, which they exceeded by scoring $16,493 from 232 backers, many of whom lived or worked in the neighborhood.

See the kickstarter campaign here.

The Jennings Hotel

The world’s first crowdfunded hotel and artist residency was realized by Greg Hennes in Oregon. In a recent interview the entrepreneur and founder of The Jennings Hotel spoke about his crowdfunding campaign.

Greg bought the century-old building in Joseph, Oregon, in 2014. The preparation and shooting of the Kickstarter campaign took 6-8 months, but it was a success. The goal of $80,000 was exceeded by raising $107,070 from 870 backers. He could redevelop the building – then a mess of run-down apartments and offices – back to its former beauty as an eight-room hotel and artist residency. You can now book the rooms via Airbnb.

See the kickstarter campaign here.

Cabin Spacey

Another way to use crowdfunding is to get seedfunding for your project. You can compare crowdfunding in this initial stage of a new business to approaching investors including friends, family and neighbors, and asking them to give you money. 

The architect duo of  CABIN SPACEY launched a successful crowdfunding campaign to raise money to build a prototype of their innovation: tiny cabins, that will be located on cities’ existing and yet unused spaces – rooftops, parking decks, gable walls and temporary lots.

In an interview with Archipreneur the architects stressed, that you have to be aware of the work it will take:

Producing this [campaign] material needs care, time and deliberation; one shouldn’t underestimate that. The more time you have to focus on the preparation, the better your campaign will feel and the more fun you will have in promoting your baby.

139 backers raised $30,848 exceeding the goal by 106%.

See the indiegogo campaign here.

Steam Ring Generator by BIG

Even starchitects are starting to embrace crowdfunding. In 2015, Bjarke Ingels launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to realize a prototype of their “steam ring generator”, in Copenhagen – a steam chimney for the world’s “cleanest power plant in the world”. We spoke with Jakob Lange, Partner at BIG and Head of the BIG Ideas project unit, about the the steam ring generator in our interview.

The team exceeded their $15,000 goal, with 399 backers pledging a total of $29,520.

See the kickstarter campaign here.

Maketto

The brothers Daniel and Ben Miller made crowdfunded architecture their business model and told us about it in an interview. They founded the crowdfunding platform Fundrise with the vision to completely democratize real estate investment by removing the middlemen and the outdated regulations that restricted who and how people can invest in real estate.

It was a success, their first project was a unique urban boutique project in Washington D.C. called Maketto – a hybrid, half-retail, half-restaurant. It was the platform’s first offering when it launched in 2012 – back before anyone knew about the possibility of crowdfunding real estate.

It raised $325,000 from 175 individual investors who invested from $100 to $10,000 into the crowdfunded architecture project to support the launch of a new business.

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Today’s interview is with Jakob Lange, Partner at BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) and Head of the BIG Ideas project unit, which was established in 2014. With this unit, BIG is broadening the scope of their architectural practice to a wider field. Combining technology and product design, this remarkable incubator creates prototypes, products and new materials within the building industry.

The Friday Smart Lock, an electronic door lock that pairs with a user’s mobile device is one great example of an innovative product the team at BIG have helped to produce. They have also utilized creative methods for financing their projects, including a recent Kickstarter campaign for the prototype of a steam ring generator at a BIG-designed power plant in Copenhagen.

We think it is fascinating that one of the world’s most innovative and successful architectural offices is moving into other fields of practice—a very archipreneurial move! However, this is just one of many ways that architects can apply their skillsets to future business innovations.

Here are Jakob’s thoughts on architecture, design and product development. We hope you enjoy the interview!

You and Bjarke Ingels started BIG Ideas, an internal technology-driven special projects unit within BIG. How did you come up with the idea? Was there a particular moment that sealed the decision for you?

We had always tried to find special elements in our designs to which we could add a bit more of our “BIG DNA”. So a few years ago we started up a company called KiBiSi where we did design work for all of our projects. Three years ago, we decided that we wanted to focus more on integral designs – lamps and door handles and so on –So that’s why we started BIG Ideas.

Another thing that we wanted to do was to try and solve some of the bigger ideas that were hard to conceptualize. That was the reason for the name “BIG Ideas”. With our project for the Waste-to-Energy Plant in Copenhagen , for example, we had an idea that every time one ton of CO2 was emitted from the power plant, we would send out a visual signal in order to raise awareness of the impact that power plants have on our environment.

…we wanted to try and solve some of the bigger ideas that were hard to conceptualize.

So, every time one ton of CO2 was released, the power plant would emit a smoke ring. We looked for solutions as to how smoke rings could be created but weren’t able to solve the challenge at the time, so the idea died. Later on, we revisited the idea and looked for alternative solutions.

Our first discovery was that when smoke comes out of a chimney, the only visible part is actually the steam within the smoke, so we looked at how we could emphasize the steam within the system, or, how to create steam rings instead of smoke rings.

Over the last two years, we’ve been testing this concept and proving that we can do it. We are now testing a prototype ⅓ ^rd the size of the real thing in Copenhagen, only possible due to generosity of our Kickstarter backers.

What are some of your long-term goals for this incubator unit? Do you want to expand it?

BIG Ideas will ideally grow together with BIG. We deal with designs for our buildings and then simulate conditions around them – wind, daylight, energy, acoustics and so on.

During our design process we need quick answers to simple questions. But when we work with engineering companies it’s not very often that they are able to give an answer to a certain question within a day. Sometimes they’re even reluctant to give absolute answers because then they have to stand by what they say. If we can do this ourselves, we can make the tests much faster and get answers back to our design teams – which they can then use to inform their designs.

There are really three main areas for BIG Ideas: the big idea itself, the design, and the simulation. The idea is that we will go along with the demand. Much of our work depends on what kind of projects we get.

Can you tell us about a few of the projects you’re currently working on at BIG Ideas, besides the steam ring generator?

We were trying to find a way to make a very large Tesla coil for a project in London, the Battersea Power Station. Unfortunately, even after proving that we could do it, the project didn’t move any further. So we have this gigantic Tesla coil standing in the office as proof of concept.

We have recently released a smart lock technology that we call the Friday Smart Lock. It basically replaces the doorknob on the inside of the door and operates through your phone’s connection. When you approach the front door, the lock is able to detect that you are nearby and it will automatically unlock for you.

You don’t even need to take your keys out of your pocket. Of course, if you ran out of power, then you could use your keys as you would normally do. And from the inside, you could manually turn the doorknob. Friday Smart Lock is like an assistant, a helping hand that opens the door for you.

Your team has created early stage prototypes and even consumer products with your ideas. This is something many technology start-ups are also accomplishing by creating minimum viable products with the Lean Startup Methodology. How can architects best use their natural design abilities as a way of expanding their business opportunities?

We are in a good position right now because we are working on some very interesting projects that get a lot of attention. That means a lot of firms and manufacturers want to work with us, and that makes this setup a lot easier than it would for a relatively unknown architecture brand.

I think there’s no hard and fast formula for how you can succeed in this field because, for us, it was a result of our position in the market, which then created opportunities to design products for our buildings. We’ve been designing a lot of lamps together with some very large companies like Louis Poulsen, the Danish lamp manufacturer.

When we were designing the project we were searching for the perfect lamp to follow the design concept of the building. The project is basically designed to be as simple as possible, without doors, no columns and the windows are 6 meters tall and still designed without any mullions. We therefore wanted to find a simple lamp that were “just a lamp” nothing else. This proved hard to find and we therefore decided to design it ourselves together with Louis Poulsen.

In developing the Friday Smart Lock, you demonstrated the many benefits of merging architecture and design with technology. In what other ways could the architectural profession benefit from intersecting with the tech industry, product design and other fields?

I think that as architects our strength lies in being a curator of designs that you then put into your buildings. You assemble lamps, chairs, window frames, doors, handles, heaters, floor materials, ceiling materials, acoustic materials, wires and so on. So it becomes an onslaught of different designs that you piece together – and that essentially becomes your “architecture” – whereas a traditional designer who designs a smart lock as a unique piece has created a design entirely on its own.

For us architects, what is important is that when you have so many objects at your disposal, you have to be careful not to put every one of them in your building. You don’t want all these different designs fighting against each other for space. Instead, you want the finished look to be elegant, simple, streamlined, and hopefully in a language that speaks with your other design choices.

What you don’t want is a very unique and very special re-designed aerodynamic thing. Unless the building itself is very aerodynamic, your design simply won’t work. I think that’s also one of the reasons why Apple is so successful: they’re not designing an aerodynamic computer or an aerodynamic phone. They’re just designing the simplest phone that they can because that’s essentially what people want.

That’s the strength that I would say good design firms have – they’re not just over-designing, they’re making things that are slick and simple for the end user. And I think that that is the basic building block for architects.

In what ways do you think your BIG Ideas team is reinventing the traditional role of architects and the way they work?

I think both in terms of relations and design. We think about concepts, opportunities and so on: i.e. the big picture. I think architects can be used in many different industries as problem-solvers. If you throw architects into different areas, even areas outside of design, they will thrive. I think that architects are generally good thinkers.

I think architects can be used in many different industries as problem-solvers.

Do you have any advice for “Archipreneurs” who are interested in developing their own product or project?

I think it’s all about making simple solutions to complex problems and not to over-design. There’s a tendency in the design industry to over-design and over-complicate matters by putting too many features into something. You see so many examples of designs from start-ups where the design can do a thousand things at once. But I think it’s all about doing less –and doing those few things right.

Like, focus on one aspect, and do that aspect really well?

Yes. For example, I just saw this Kickstarter campaign for an umbrella. The umbrella could open and close automatically, but then it also had a thermometer inside, and it could connect to an app on your phone that would tell you the current weather conditions.

And if you were ever to forget your umbrella in a bar it would remind you because it’s connected to your phone … it’s this onslaught of ideas that are put on top of the design. What an umbrella essentially wants to do is shield you from the rain, and if you bought a smart umbrella then you’d want it to shield you from the rain in a smarter way.

That’s all – no extra gadgets. You don’t want to add more complexity to that.

How do you see the future of the architectural profession? In which areas (outside of traditional practice) can you see major opportunities for up and coming architects?

This is a very tricky question. As I said before, I think the reason why BIG is successful in other areas right now is because we’re working on some very large-scale and very public projects. These projects basically open many doors for us. So I think if you want to expand your architecture business then you need to find the right projects or designs that, for whatever reason, you’re good at.

I always use an example: my entire family works in the plant industry and as professors in botany. Because I was surrounded by people interested in plants, I had this idea for a “window garden”.

And I think the reason why that project was successful is because I already had a very ingrained understanding of how plants work and how they thrive and so on. So I think you have to do what you’re good at and then explore those areas instead of trying to solve areas that are too far away from your expertise.

In the architectural profession we mainly think about solutions, and we constantly challenge how things are normally done. I think that’s a rare quality.

I think architects can be used as experts in a lot of fields. In the architectural profession we mainly think about solutions, and we constantly challenge how things are normally done. I think that’s a rare quality.

About Jakob

Jakob Lange is Partner at BIG and has collaborated with Bjarke Ingels since 2003. As the lead for several prize winning projects, Jakob has been instrumental in winning some of BIG’s largest commissions.

He led the design and development of the Mountain residences in Copenhagen (2008) and served as the Project Leader for the new Tallinn Town Hall in Estonia, which received a MIPIM Future Award in 2011. He is currently Partner in Charge of Stettin 7, a 20,000 m² high-end green residential building in Stockholm, Sweden.

Jakob also heads BIG Ideas, BIG’s technology-driven special projects division. Through analysis and simulation, BIG Ideas informs BIG’s design decisions with precise data rather than style or aesthetics – information driven design. Special projects, including a green window farm, customized lamps and building systems support the studio’s work from small details to the BIG picture.

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