Comments on: 8 House by BIG

By: tbg

tbg — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 21:53:49 +0000

This project really belongs to an earlier, pre-financial crisis age. Not many people are buying the flats.

By: One UK

One UK — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:36:52 +0000

I agree James, but… I am so in favour of using daylight to its full potential that I love the design. Or rather, like it – love is too strong a word. Wih regards to the 'regional culture' aspect – it could be that this design becomes iconic of Denmark if the copies are not built in other major cities as you suggested might happen.
It may become the optimal structure in future and all new apartment building will look like this. Perish the thought.

By: feri

feri — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 19:42:43 +0000

yes I also like BIG. I like the website, the ideas, the concepts behind the projects, but I think that they have a log way to go until those great concepts will loke as near as good after they are built. For exemple the danish pavilion, looked great on papar but the real thing was a dissapointment to me. And i think that this is a trend in their projects. They tend to lose those precios little details after they are realised.

By: Tomas Wikström

Tomas Wikström — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:20:22 +0000

For all of you who understand Swedish: http://www.sydsvenskan.se/bostad/article888602/Li…
In this review by the Housing group of Sydsvenskan (daily paper), we appreciate BIG's ambitious experimental attitude – too rare in contexts of housing. The way this block opens up towards the open landscape is extraordinary. However, we also note the references to grand schemes like those of Corbusier and related ideas like lifting up streets from the ground level, ideas that have proved to be failures. What really sinks the project in our eyes is the sloppy design of the flats we had the opportunity to visit. E.g. extremely harsh and windy conditions – and no entry hall. Lovely in summer, though!

By: rasmus

rasmus — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 08:28:50 +0000

As far as i know, they were changed by Big for aestetical and functionel reasons. Not because of any economic rationalisation.