Danish architecture studio BIG ha reunido todos sus departamentos bajo las siglas de BIG LEAP para desarrollar un nuevo proyecto, "Masterplan Esbjerg Strand" (a new educational institution and campus on the island of Esbjerg Strand),  in the Wadden Sea on the west coast of Denmark.

Set to be built in the seaside town of Esbjerg, and the visuals released show us an education-focused campus and innovation hub surrounded by water with an irregularly shaped structure that will feature a sweeping roofscape and central park, elevated on a platform seven metres above sea level and accesses by bridges.
The Education Esbjerg masterplan by BIG LEAP is informed by the site’s environmental parameters: the noise from the nearby ship recycling yard and offshore rigs, dominant westerly winds, high tides, storm surges, and occasional sunlight.

The complex EDUES, rather than separate buildings spread across the island,  is an entire neighbourhood in one continuous 90,000 m² building, on an elevated platform 7 meters above the ground to gird against the effects of sea level rise, where all interior spaces have park views, and sea views, with public promenades on the ground and roof.

The Masterplan Esbjerg Strand forms part of Esbjerg of the Future Vision 2025, a plan to grow the town's population and transform it into a destination for education.

BIG has experience in this kind of challenge, such as Glasir Education Centre in Torshavn, and more recently the SLUISHUIS housing complex, or in the nearby area the Marsk Watchtower project enhancing the area's tourist offerings.

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Bjarke Ingels Group. Partners-in-Charge.- Bjarke Ingels, David Zahle.

Project Design Lead.- Viktoria Millentrup.



Project Manager.- Per Bo Madsen.

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Vilius Jokubaitis Nanna Gyldholm Møller Alejandro Javier Di Napoli Castañeda Ian Law Anders Holden Deleuran Bo Kuiper Jiewei Li Zuzanna Eugenia Montwill Jenna Kaisa Hukkinen Natalia Politano Søren Martinussen Malka Logo Elisa Evelynne Annick Niglis.
BIG Engineering.- Andrea Megan Hektor, Tim Christensen, Andrew Robert Coward, Edward Durie.
BIG Sustainability.- Tore Banke, Helena Hammershaimb, Karim Daw, Katrine Juul, Peter Andres Ehvert.
BIG Landscape.- Giulia Frittoli, Eleanor Gibson.
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Voluntas, Rambøll, MIR, Quantum.
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Client
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Education Esbjerg.
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Area
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90,573 m².
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23/08/2022.
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Esbjerg, Denmark.
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Bjarke Ingels (born in Copenhagen, in 1974) studied architecture at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen and the School of Architecture of Barcelona, ​​obtaining his degree as an architect in 1998. He is the founder of the BIG architecture studio - (Bjarke Ingels Group), a studio founded in 2005, after co-founding PLOT Architects in 2001 with his former partner Julien de Smedt, whom he met while working at the prestigious OMA studio in Rotterdam.

Bjarke has designed and completed award-winning buildings worldwide, and currently, his studio is based with venues in Copenhagen and New York. His projects include The Mountain, a residential complex in Copenhagen, and the innovative Danish Maritime Museum in Elsinore.

With the PLOT study, he won the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2004, and with BIG he has received numerous awards such as the ULI Award for Excellence in 2009. Other prizes are the Culture Prize of the Crown Prince of Denmark in 2011; Along with his architectural practice, Bjarke has taught at Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University and Rice University and is an honorary professor at the Royal Academy of Arts, School of Architecture in Copenhagen.

In 2018, Bjarke received the Knight's Cross of the Order of Dannebrog granted by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II. He is a frequent public speaker and continues to give lectures at places such as TED, WIRED, AMCHAM, 10 Downing Street or the World Economic Forum. In 2018, Bjarke was appointed Chief Architectural Advisor by WeWork to advise and develop the design vision and language of the company for buildings, campuses and neighborhoods around the world.

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Published on: August 29, 2022
Cite: "BIG revealed new education campus on Esbjerg overlooking the North Sea" METALOCUS. Accessed
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