Bjarke Ingels, and his architecture firm BIG, have unveiled plans for a public promenade mixed-use scheme to be built in Aarhus – Denmark’s second largest city.
Known as ‘Aarhus Island’, the scheme will be stretched along Aarhus harbour and features over 200 residential units, plus a series of public spaces including swimming pools, and areas for recreational activities.
Each aspect of the design has been carefully manipulated with interventions that facilitate public movement and social interaction, while engaging every part of the available space and those in it.
Construction is scheduled to begin in 2015, with the first of the residential apartments ready for use by 2017. Speaking to
LokalAisen/Aarhus Ingels commented that the design of the building will seek to combine the "three types of architecture that characterises Aarhus: blocks, townhouses and high-rises."
