BIG architects: 8 house - under constructionBIG's 8 House in Copenhagen wins the 2010 Scandinavian Green Roof AwardCompleting its trilogy of housing projects in Oerestad with the same client, BIG + green roof contractor Veg Tech receives the award for 8 House's 1,700 sq m sloping green roof. The Scandinavian Green Roof Association based in Malmo, Sweden awarded the Best Green Roof in Scandinavia at an award ceremony at the 8 House in Oerestad, Copenhagen. Since 2000, the association has promoted an increased use of green roofs in Scandinavia and created numerous working examples at its Malmo address. In addition the association and its members educate the positive impact of green roofs on urban ecology, and provide inspiration for legislation and building standards. The moss‐sedum roof of 8 House covers a long, steep and sloping roof surface descending 11 floors downward to the edge of a canal in Oerestad South opening up the interior courtyard to a view of the protected open spaces of Kalvebod Faelled. The 60,000 sq m mixed‐use development is designed in the form of a figure 8 by manipulating the housing typology most often found in Copenhagen. The massing steps up and down depending on access to daylight and views and is broken into four programmatic bars of retail and housing. Green spaces upon the roof and within the courtyard are strategically placed to reduce the urban heat island effect as well as providing a visual relief to the inhabitants. The first residents have already moved in while the building will be finally completed by 1st of October 2010. Bjarke Ingels of BIG commented: "The parts of the green roof that remain were seen by the client as integral to the building as they are visible from the ground. These not only provide the environmental benefits that we all know come from green roofs, but also add to the visual drama and appeal of the sloping roofs and rooftop terrace in between." 8 House credit list
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'8 house' by BIG architects in copenhagen, denmark
all images courtesy of BIG architects
photographer: ulrik reeh
The scandinavian green roof association has awarded '8 house' by danish firm bjarke ingels group
as the 'best green roof in the scandinavia'. based in oerestad, copenhagen, the project is one
of a trilogy of housing projects with the same client that the architecture office has completed
in collaboration with green roof contractor, veg tech.
'BIG has demonstrated a very clear and conscious use of the green roof, successfully
integrating it into the visual identity of the building - something which was seen in BIG's
green roof award application last year with the M2 houses, but on a much grander scale'
- louis lundberg, scandinavian green roof association's superintendent
'8 house' features a 1,700 m2 sloping moss-sedum roof which covers a surface descending
11 storeys to the edge of a canal in oerestad south. strategically placed to reduce the urban
heat island effect, the design of the 60,000 m2 mixed-use development fully incorporates
the green element into its architecture.
'the parts of the green roof that remain were seen by the client as integral to the building
as they are visible from the ground. these not only provide the environmental benefits
that we all know come from green roofs, but also add to the visual drama and appeal
of the sloping roofs and rooftop terrace in between.' -bjarke ingels
the first residents have already moved in to the building. the project is expected to be
fully completed by the 1st of october.
moss-sedum roof
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