The tower will rise to 1,340 feet, respectfully framing the 9/11 Memorial Park alongside One WTC, three WTC and 4 WTC. Echo Investment, EPP and Griffin Real Estate have tasked BIG with designing the 230,000m2 combined-use city growth within the coronary heart of the Wola district in Warsaw. Kai-Uwe Bergmann brings his expertise to proposals across the globe, including work in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up BIG’s business improvement which presently has the office working in over 20 totally different countries in addition to overseeing BIG’s Communications. Registered as an architect within the USA (13 states) and Canada (one province), Kai-Uwe most lately contributed to the resiliency plan The Dryline to protect 10 miles of Manhattan’s coastline.
Sheela is an Advisory Board Member for the National Gallery of Denmark and is on the Board of Directors at Maj Bank. In 2019, Fast Company named Sheela on the Most Creative People in Business List and in 2017, Berlingske Business featured her as one of many Top one hundred Female Executives in Denmark. Having roots in Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Denmark, Sheela holds a Master’s diploma from Copenhagen Business School. Berlingske visits BIG’s studio in Valby to speak with Workshop Manager Artemis Antonopoulo on the method behind one of the most important projects within the firm’s history.
Published by the Japanese publisher GA, BIG – RECENT PROJECT is a monograph that paperwork 28 latest tasks developed by the BIG CPH and BIG NYC workplaces . In addition the guide also includes an interview with Bjarke Ingels by Yoshio Futgawa and an essay on Social Infrastructure. A special bilingual issue on the most recent tasks by BIG delivered to you by one of Denmark’s leading architectural publications ARKITEKTUR DK. Essays by Boris Brormann Jensen and Jens-Thomas Arnfred critically examine the work of BIG in the larger Danish context. 200 Greenwich Street / 2 WTC is the capstone within the redevelopment of the World Trade Center and the ultimate component of the revitalization of Lower Manhattan. The eighty-plus story constructing is developed by Silverstein Properties and can serve as the new headquarters for 21st Century Fox and News Corp.
He is presently overseeing the design of Google’s California headquarters and the sports neighborhood East Austin District, as well as the construction of The Honeycomb residences within the Bahamas, Vancouver House in Canada and the next training facility in Virginia. In addition to his long standing participation in all issues BIG, Thomas took a sabbatical year to work in New York City with WORK Architects and has additionally labored with Stan Allen, David Ling in NYC and Henning Larsen Architects. As Chief Executive Officer and Partner, Sheela Maini Søgaard manages the overall well being and progress of the studio’s 500+ designers and help functions globally. Sheela oversees BIG’s finances, operations and business growth, and is answerable for optimizing cash circulate, developing the organization and executing strategic priorities. Prior to becoming a member of BIG as Chief Financial Officer in 2008, Sheela led Business Development efforts for Danish culinary entrepreneur and NOMA co-founder Claus Meyer and earlier than that, she developed strategic solutions at McKinsey & Company.
He compliments his professional work via previous educating assignments at the University of Florida, the New School of Architecture in San Diego and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Kai-Uwe is recognized within the AIA College of Fellows, sits on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on quite a few international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG. Thomas Christoffersen began his collaboration with Bjarke Ingels in 2001 throughout PLOT. Thomas has worked on every notable project from VM Houses in Copenhagen to VIA 57 West in Manhattan, the landmark towers Grove at Grand Bay in Miami and Isenberg School of Management in Massachusetts.
BIG’s Copenhagen, London and New York workshops now all have 3D printers running 24 hours a day to supply face shields for native hospitals. This summer, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is internet hosting a series of chats with professionals within the Landscape Architecture field, designed for college kids but in addition open to the general public.