MOUNTAIN

DWELLINGS
RESIDENTIAL PROJECT BY

BJARKE INGELS GROUP

PROJECT – Mountain Dwellings
Mountain Dwellings is an award-winning LOCATION – Copenhagen, Demark
building in the Orestad district ARCHITECT – BIG Group
of Copenhagen, Denmark, consisting of CLIENTS – HOPFNER, Danish Oil Company
apartments above a multi-story carpark. COLLABORATORS – JDS Architects, MOE &
broadsgaard.
SIZE – 33.000 M2
 LOCATION

DENMARK COPENHAGEN ORESTAD

 THE B.I.G IDEA
THE PROGRAM
CHALLENGE :

• 80 apartments
• 480 parking
spaces 8000 m2
footprint.
• Orestad is flat.
• Provide views and
south facing
glazing for all
apartments.
• Provide parking
next to the
apartment. Provide
a private yard
Provide privacy
 ACCESS TO SITE

Pedestrian and bike access Access by car

• Metro is near. Ride to city centre is 10 minutes.

• Bus stop is at site.
• Copenhagen airport is 7.2 kms away.
Access by metro rails
PROGRESSION OF LEVELS
CIRCULATION
The residents of the 80 apartments are the first
in Orestad to have the possibility of parking
directly outside their homes. The gigantic
parking area contains 480 parking spots and a
sloping elevator that moves along the
mountain’s inner walls. In some places the
ceiling height is up to 16 meters which gives the
impression of a cathedral-like space.
CIRCULATION
 SPACES
• Section through apartment and
decking/roof structure.
• Each deck/garden is on top of the
apartment below .
• There are over 40 different
floorplans and each apartment is
View towards apartment approx. 100 square meters.

Section through roof structure Apartment Interior

THE ROOF SYSTEM The roof gardens
consist of a terrace
and a garden with
plants changing
character according
to the changing
seasons. The
building has a huge
watering system
which maintains the
roof gardens. This
watering system
makes use of
rainwater collected
and stored in a
cistern on site. The
only thing that
separates the
apartment and the
garden is a glass
façade with sliding
doors to provide
light and fresh air.
EXTERIOR FACADE AND MATERIAL

The north and west facades are covered by perforated aluminum

plates, which let in air and light to the parking area. The holes in
the facade form a huge reproduction of Mount Everest. At day
the holes in the aluminum plates will appear black on the bright
aluminum, and the gigantic picture will resemble that of a rough
rasterized photo. At night time the facade will be lit from the
inside and appear as a photo negative in different colors as each
floor in the parking area has different colors
 PARKING STRUCTURE
The brightly colored and lit interiors provide way
finding for residents and visitors. Each floor of
apartments has parking at that level and a walkway
to match.
THANK YOU.