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Julien De Smedt will be in Lugano, Switzerland, on Friday 12th of December lecturing at 6 pm.

CHECK OUT MORE ABOUT THE LECTURE HERE

Turism. Spaces of Fiction from the 3rd of December intill the 24th of May in Barcelona.

Beaches and Mountains, forests and cities, heroes and villans…
Real landscapes or imaginary paradises represent today the wish of millions of people.
Tourism, today, is the number one economic activity in the world. Capable of delivering us all our wishes and desires, capable of reproducing and building places where the tourists becomes the inhabitants of this spaces of fiction.
With their opening exposition, Disseny Hub Barcelona brings us closer to the reality of the industry and the designers that make it happen.
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(Copenhagen, November 21, 2008) The Mountain Project was announced as the winning entry in the Housing Category at the 2008 World Architecture Festival in Barcelona.

How do you combine the splendors of the suburban backyard with the social intensity of urban density?
The Mountain Dwellings are located in the Ørestad, a new urban development in Copenhagen, Denmark. When commissioned to design a traditional housing block and a separate parking house, we instead decided to combine the two programs. The program consist of 2/3 parking and 1/3 living. What if the parking area became the base upon which to place terraced housing - like a concrete hillside covered by a thin layer of housing, cascading from the 11th floor to the street edge? Rather than doing two separate buildings next to
each other - a parking and a housing block - we decided to merge the two functions into a symbiotic relationship. The parking area needs to be connected to the street, and the homes require sunlight, fresh air and views, thus all apartments have roof gardens facing the sun, amazing views and parking on the 10th floor. The Mountain Dwellings appear as a suburban neighborhood of garden homes, floating over a 10-storey building - suburban living with urban density.

The design of the Mountain Dwellings began under PLOT (JDS + BIG). The construction administration was later executed by BIG with respect to the PLOT design.

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Photo Stein Bjørge for aftenposten

Yestarday was a big day as the old ski jump was bottom dismantled to make way for the new JDS_HOP

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JDS and Bjarke Ingels received the TRAEPRISEN 2008 award for their conceptual  and effective use of wood on the MAR_maritime youth house project and the VM_VM Houses.

CHECK OUT MORE TREA HERE

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At the Atelier Bow Wow train in the Arsenale at 16h…

Tomorrow this space will be filled with exhibits, architects, ministers, and many others attending the 2008 Venice Biennale.  Check back soon for a sneak peak of all the exhibits and the who’s who of attendees.  Don’t forget to stop by if you are in Venice during the public openning and see the JDS exhibit!

The blog party was a great success on Thursday, thanks to every one present!

And an extra special thanks to ABSOLUT VODKA…

Welcome to the JDS Blog! Here we will keep you up to date on all the latest that is going on in the office and other parts of the world where we are working. Also, check out our new work under the JDS Projects page. We posted some fresh new stuff for your viewing pleasure. You can also find out about all the things we think are fun, cool, exciting, and incredibly bizarre. We hope to see you back here often as we will be updating the site regularly with news, events, and a other fun info. Enjoy the blog!