| Mountain Dwellings | |
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Bjerget | |
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| General information | |
| Type | residential, parking garage |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Ørestad, Copenhagen |
| Completed | 2008 |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Reinforced concrete |
| Floor count | 11 |
| Floor area | 33,000 square metres (360,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Bjarke Ingels Group + JDS Architects |
| Main contractor | Høpnfer A/S |
| Awards and prizes | 2009 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.
- ^ "Mountain Dwellings by BIG". Dezeen. Retrieved 2009-10-20.