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Bjarke Ingels Lays Foundation Brick at LEGO House
By Rory Stott
August 19, 2014
BIG‘s LEGO House is now under construction, following a one of a kind foundation
laying ceremony featuring – what else – supersized LEGO bricks. Bjarke Ingels
himself was in attendance to lay one of the foundation bricks. Constructed in
LEGO hometown of Billund, Denmark, the LEGO House will be a 12,000 square metre
“hands-on minds-on experience centre.”
BIG’s design for the LEGO House was directly influenced by the LEGO itself, with
the bricks being used to model the building, resulting in a design which is
clearly inspired by the formal possibilities of the toy which it celebrates. The
gallery at the very top of the design is modelled after a gigantic LEGO brick,
labelled the ‘Keystone’ by BIG. Inside, the LEGO House will feature multiple
‘experience areas’, a café, a unique LEGO store, and a 2,000 square metre public
square, as well as several open roof terraces. LEGO Group hopes that the LEGO
House will host approximately 250,000 people annually.
“For me the LEGO brick embodies the notion of systematic creativity – that the
rigour and rationality of the LEGO brick allows children of all ages infinite
possibilities to create their own worlds and to inhabit them through play,” Said
Bjarke Ingels. “We have been inspired by the modularity of the LEGO brick to
create the LEGO House. It will appear like a cloud of interlocking LEGO bricks
that form spaces for exploration and exhibition for its visitors within. On the
outside the pile of bricks form the roof of a new covered square as well as a
mountain of interconnected terraces and playgrounds.”
“I am very passionate about play and how children learn through playing with
LEGO bricks. This is essentially the LEGO idea and what the LEGO House is all
about. I look forward to see the long time dream of having one place where
anyone can experience the LEGO idea come true,” said Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen,
grandson of the founder and current LEGO Group owner.
Construction is expected to complete in 2016.
Pictures and video at
Archdaily.com
Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect.
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) Big.Dk
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