A Unique Condo for a Difficult Site
3 August 2009 - 1:00pm
In Copenhagen, architect David Zahle faced with a problem site. They needed to build 215,000 sq. ft. of parking and 108,000 sq. ft. of housing on one lot. The solution was a sort of artificial mountain.
""We decided to use the cars to lift up the housing units," says Zahle. "We call it ‘architectural alchemy’—combining elements to turn architectural lead into gold."
The result does looks like a mountain—hence the building’s name and the inspiration for the mural of Mount Everest that adorns the 82-foot-high facade."
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