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Scala Tower

Copenhagen, Denmark

Client

Centerplan

Typology

Culture

Size m2/ft2

45,000 / 484,380

Status

Idea

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 — Copenhagen used to be called the city of towers. The city’s coat of arms portrays 3 towers rising above the water. But the city’s love for towers had faded away.

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 — BIG proposed a building with a starting point in the historical Copenhagen tower which is made up of two basic principles: a base that relates to the urban space and life unfolding near the building, and a slim steeple that reaches towards the sky and becomes part of the Copenhagen skyline.

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Scala Tower image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Scala Tower image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Scala Tower image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Scala Tower image | Bjarke Ingels Group
Scala Tower image | Bjarke Ingels Group

Partner in Charge

Bjarke Ingels

Project Team

Andreas Klok Pedersen

Karsten Hammer Hansen

Camilla Hoel Eduardsen

Ville Haimala

Daichi Tanako

Sara Sosio

Christian Bratz

Simon Lyager Poulsen

Julia Szierer

Awards

Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award

Collaborators

Adams Kara Taylor