CEO at Big
In 2005, Bjarke Ingels opened his own office, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), having co-founded PLOT Architects in 2001 and collaborated with Rem Koolhaas at OMA. Through a series of award-winning design projects and buildings, Bjarke Ingels has created an international reputation as a member of a new generation of architects that combines astute analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour. In 2004, he was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale by the Stavanger Concert House, and the following year he received the Forum AID Award for VM Houses. Practicing the Bjarke Ingels likes to describe it as “programmatic alchemy, ‘BIG often mixes conventional ingredients, such as life, leisure, work, parking and shopping in new forms of symbiotic culture.
Alongside his architecture studio, Bjarke has been active as a visiting professor at Rice University’s School of Architecture, and more recently at Harvard University’s School of Design.
Categorías de conocimiento
Today’s cities are not sustainable, at least not as they are being designed and used. In fact, over the last decades, urban sprawl and informal settlements have increased, up to a point where 56% of the world’s (urban) population accounts for 66% of energy consumption and 70% of emissions.
Herramientas como las habilidades blandas, la capacidad de comunicación, el uso de la tecnología o el pensamiento crítico son parte del camino hacia un futuro líquido en educación.
The positive aspects of this technology are many and varied, but there are also some risks that would be wise to keep in check.
