Description
A manifesto of architecture as seen by the Copenhagen-based group BIG, told in comic book form
“Historically, architecture has been dominated by two opposing extremes: an avant-garde full of crazy ideas, originating from philosophy or mysticism; and the well organized corporate consultants that build predictable and boring boxes of high standard. Architecture seems entrenched: naively utopian or petrifyingly pragmatic. We consider there’s a third way between these diametric opposites: a pragmatic utopian architecture that creates socially, economically and environmentally perfect places as a practical objective. At BIG we are devoted to making an investment in the overlap between radical and reality. In all our actions we try to move the point of interest from the little details to the BIG picture.”
Bjarke Ingels attracts highly talented co-workers, but also gifted and ambitious clients from in all places the world. He then creates intelligent synergies from wild energies and unforeseen dynamics, and transforms them into surprising, functional, valuable and beautiful solutions to the specific and complex challenges in each task.
BIG projects have won awards from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Architecture Biennale, in addition to many other international prizes. Yes is More is a play on words that represents the company’s ethos and sums up its irreverent attitude towards over the top formalism, and its determination to involved the population at large in its creations. As an extension of its methods and results, its debut monograph uses the most approachable and populist means of communication to be had—the cartoon.