BIG TEAMS WITH VOLLEBAK ON DESIGN VISION FOR SELF-SUFFICIENT, OFF-GRID ISLAND IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

BIG joins forces with clothing brand Vollebak to create Vollebak Island, a small self-sustained adventure village off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, in the spectacular Jeddore Harbour. The 11-acre ‘home of adventure’ will feature the central Earth House, a series of nine interconnected buildings clustered under a man-made hill, and the resilient Wood House annex, a standalone garden suite structure on the island’s eastern shoreline. Fully powered by carbon neutral energy, each room in the village is made from its own unique material – stacked seaweed, compacted earth, hemp, glass brick or locally sourced stone – tailored for the specific use and experience of that particular room. “Vollebak is using technology and material innovation to create clothes that are as sustainable and resilient as they are beautiful. In other words, the fashion equivalent of BIG’s architectural philosophy of Hedonistic Sustainability. For Vollebak Island, we incorporate local tradition elevated by global innovation in a self-sustained manmade ecosystem,” -Bjarke Ingels, Founder & Creative Director, BIG. Vollebak Island and BIG’s design vision will be auctioned as part of Sotheby’s Concierge Auctions’ Exceptional Global Properties sale at Sotheby’s New York on 14 June.