Mountain Dwellings (Danish: Bjerget) is an award-winning building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park. The apartments are scaling the diagonally sloping roof of the parking garage, from street level to 11th floor, creating an artificial, south facing 'mountainside'. Each apartment has a "backyard" on the roof of the in front, lower-level apartment. The resulting courtyard penthouses are an attempt to balance "the splendours of the suburban backyard with the intensity of an urban lifestyle". Throughout the building, it plays on a mountain metaphor as well as the clash between the urban vibe of the interior parking space as well as the surroundings and the peaceful and organic hillside.
| Image Details: | |
| Image File: | WIPR-0015-0004 |
| Caption: | Mountain Dwelling (Bjerget), Copenhagen, Denmark. Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), 2008. View of the apartments and gardens. |
| Property Release: | No |
| Model Release: | N/A |
| Dimensions in PX: | 4579 x 3663 pixels |
| Date of Photograph: | 01/06/2013 |
| Restriction: | No Restriction |
| Credit: | Alastair Philip Wiper/VIEW |
| Building Details: | |
| View Project Number: | 61305 |
| Building Name: | Mountain Dwelling (Bjerget) |
| Headline: | Mountain Dwelling (Bjerget), Copenhagen, Denmark. Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), 2008. |
| City: | Copenhagen |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Architect: | Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) |
| Architect Website: | http://www.big.dk |
| Category: | Housing |
| Building Type: | Apartments Flats |
| Year of Completion: | 2008 |
| Collection: | VIEW Architecture |
| Public Notes: | Mountain Dwellings (Danish: Bjerget) is an award-winning building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of apartments above a multi-storey car park. The apartments are scaling the diagonally sloping roof of the parking garage, from street level to 11th floor, creating an artificial, south facing 'mountainside'. Each apartment has a "backyard" on the roof of the in front, lower-level apartment. The resulting courtyard penthouses are an attempt to balance "the splendours of the suburban backyard with the intensity of an urban lifestyle". Throughout the building, it plays on a mountain metaphor as well as the clash between the urban vibe of the interior parking space as well as the surroundings and the peaceful and organic hillside. |
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| Orientation: | H |
| Type: | Apartments Flats |
| B/W or Colour: | Colour |
| Number of People: | Nobody |
| Technique: | Copy space |
| People Incidental: | N/A |
| Point of View: | View upwards |
| Time of Day: | Day |
| Interior or Exterior: | Exterior |
| Photographer: | Alastair Philip Wiper |
| Source File Name: | WIPR-0015-0004.jpg |
| Copyright Info URL: | www.viewpictures.co.uk |