Mountain Dwellings

Mountain Dwellings
Bjerget
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General information
Typeresidential, parking garage
Architectural styleModern
LocationØrestad, Copenhagen
Completed2008
Technical details
Structural systemReinforced concrete
Floor count11
Floor area33,000 square metres (360,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Bjarke Ingels Group + JDS Architects
Main contractorHøpnfer A/S
Awards and prizes2009 ULI Award for Excellence
2009 MIPIM Award for best residential building
2008 WAF Award for Best Residential Building
2008 Forum AID Award

Mountain Dwellings (Danish: Bjerget) is a building in the Ørestad district of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of apartments above a multi-story car park. The building was designed by the Danish architectural practice PLOT (BIG+JDSA). The apartments scale 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 property in front and below it. The resulting courtyard penthouses are an attempt to balance "the splendours of the suburban backyard with the intensity of an urban lifestyle".[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Mountain Dwellings by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-10-20.