PEOPLE’S BUILDING

source: obviousmagorg

Two arched bodies emerge – one on the ground, the other in water – in direction to the sky, united at the top and bounding in a unique monumental building of hurled forms, similar to a tube of perfumed action and bended by an immense force. Its profile suggests the Chinese alphabetic character which means “people”. That’s the way the People’s Building will be at the Expo 2010, in Shanghai,China.
The Povo Building (codename: REN) is a project of a group of danish architects and designers named BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). An oriental philosophical form, a symbol which goes beyond the similarity with the calligraphic sign with whom it identifies. That way, the body emerges from water and is dedicated to the activities of physical culture, sports, etc.; since the emerging body of land is destined to activities such as “spiritual enrichment” – conference center and others. At the point of encounter, where the building turns into one, is located a hotel of 1000 rooms! 250 000m2 of constructed area…
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source: obviousmagorg

Dois corpos arqueados emergem – um do solo, outro da água – em direcção ao céu, unindo-se no topo e fundindo-se num monumental edifício único de formas arrojadas, semelhante a um tubo de aço perfurado e dobrado por uma força imensa. O seu perfil sugere o caracter do alfabeto chinês que significa “pessoas”. Assim será o Edifício do Povo na Expo 2010, em Shanghai, na China.
O Edifício do Povo (nome de código: REN) é um projecto de um colectivo de arquitectos e designers dinamarquês intitulado BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group). A forma peculiar deste edifício não é gratuita e comporta, na perspectiva da filosofia oriental, um simbolismo que vai para além da semelhança com o sinal caligráfico com o qual se identifica. Assim, o corpo que emerge da água é dedicado a actividades de cultura física, desportos, etc.; já o corpo emergente da terra tem como destino actividades de “enriquecimento espiritual” – centro de conferências e outras. No ponto de encontro, onde o edifício se torna um só, situa-se um hotel de 1000 quartos! 250 000m2 de área construída…
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source: szjscomcn

哥本哈根的Bjarke Ingels小组 提出人字型概念双子楼计划，其主题契合2010上海世博会的主题“城市，让生活更美好。”
大厦使用汉字“人”作为创意灵感，两座大厦（分别象征大脑与躯体）远处看很巧妙地组合在一起，其中建立体育馆和水上运动场所的子楼立足于水面，设置会议中心的子楼则立足于陆地，一旦计划中标获批准建造，将会是又一人类奇观。
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source: bigdk

BIG-BJARKE INGELS GROUP
BIG is a Copenhagen and New York based group of architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. The office is currently involved in a large number of projects throughout Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes. Not least due to the influence from multicultural exchange, global economical flows and communication technologies that all together require new ways of architectural and urban organization. We believe that in order to deal with today’s challenges, architecture can profitably move into a field that has been largely unexplored. A pragmatic utopian architecture that steers clear of the petrifying pragmatism of boring boxes and the naïve utopian ideas of digital formalism. Like a form of programmatic alchemy we create architecture by mixing conventional ingredients such as living, leisure, working, parking and shopping. By hitting the fertile overlap between pragmatic and utopia, we architects once again find the freedom to change the surface of our planet, to better fit contemporary life forms.