It is really not easy to find a small living space in the city. Even students who have not yet gone out into society have experienced early what it means to live in a big city because of the competition for dormitory spots every semester. Not easy."
In order to solve the growing demand for student dormitories in Copenhagen, Denmark, Bjarke Ingels Group Architects (BIG) used upcycled containers to build an Urban Rigger covering an area of ??680 square meters, cut into 15 living spaces. , floating on the harbor of Copenhagen, serves as an affordable dormitory for students away from home.
Copenhagen is a city close to the sea, so the BIG design team naturally chose a port with a low usage rate but an excellent location as the dormitory location. Each container can be transported at the lowest cost. It is very convenient to ship to any corner of the world through land transportation, water transportation, and air transportation.
Each container is built into a concentric triangle structure with the central garden as the center. The garden in the center can just be used as an alternative public living room, where dormmates gather after class to chat. If you don’t want to drink coffee and chat, you can stand on the public balcony on the roof, or stay in the room and look out the window, which is a great value for money sea view.Very eye-catching.
The dormitory also has a kayak landing, bathing platform, barbecue area, and 12 storage rooms, technical rooms and automatic laundry rooms in the basement. In addition, the design team also selected hydroelectric heating, solar energy, and low-efficiency Energy pumps and other equipment are very environmentally friendly.
BIG stated that as the number of students increases, there is a need to build new dormitories. Because Urban Rigger is like a boat floating on the sea, it can be copied to other seaport cities with limited space but equally great demand. I just don’t know what kind of ideas BIG would come up with if it were an “inland city” not close to the sea?
