Abitare Being BIG tells the story of a group of young architects. This story is told through its founder, Bjarke Ingels: 38-year-old, with a 161-strong workforce, a studio in New York and Copenhagen, some 29 international competitions won in the last 7 years, and construction sites all around the world. and construction sites around the world. Following him for numerous months, Abitare has observed his ways of interacting with others, attempting to nestle in the space between his “gesture” and the responses of his various interlocutors. The result is a polyphonic work that reflects BIG’s communal reality.
Abitare Being BIG tells the story of a group of young architects. This story is told through its founder, Bjarke Ingels: 38-year-old, with a 161-strong workforce, a studio in New York and Copenhagen, some 29 international competitions won in the last 7 years, and construction sites all around the world. and construction sites around the world. Following him for numerous months, Abitare has observed his ways of interacting with others, attempting to nestle in the space between his “gesture” and the responses of his various interlocutors. The result is a polyphonic work that reflects BIG’s communal reality.
The process, which began almost a year ago, involved watching Ingels at work in a variety of contexts, and includes first-hand accounts by some of those involved in his projects: Aaron Betsky, Kurt W. Forster, Serena Danna, Gianfranco Marrone.