The Best Architectural Innovator in the World Today

Bjarke Ingels from BIG is one of my favorite architects. His team constantly cultivates revolutionary ideas into their designs. Why not have the excess heat from refrigeration heat the pool? Why not utilize the path of the sun for efficiency? Why not put a hiking trail into an apartment complex? They are always trying to recycle energy through smart, interconnected “ecosystems.”

Well he’s at it again! Why not put a ski slope on the back of a waste-to-energy power plant?

From the article-

“It is, to date, the closest thing we have achieved in realizing the vision of designing our cities and buildings as man-made ecosystems. Because not only does the waste-to-energy plant harvest local resources—rainwater, daylight, natural airflows—it forms an urban metabolism with the city of Copenhagen, converting its waste into a rich energy reserve to supply roughly half of the Danish capital with energy.”

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/big-bjarke-ingels-copenhill