Esben Kolind Posted January 17, 2023 The Mountain is a residential building in Ørestad, a modern neighborhood in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is designed by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels (BIG) My model is 96 x 80 studs and built in scale 1:150 based on the actual drawings supplied by the architect. It was built for the exhibition "Formgiving" in Danish Architecture Center showcasing the work of Bjarke Ingels. While the front of the building is a sloped and angled layer of apartments and terraces, the back of the building features a large image of Mount Everest hiding the parking garage inside. Each floor has a distinct color code only visible from the back. This photo shows the regular structure and symmetry of the building. Each floor is 7 plates high. Seen directly from the top, the 45 degrees angles are very visible. The different apartment levels are accessed by a "tilted" elevator between the parking garage and the apartments. This can be seen in the picture below. A picture of The Mountain in the sunset More pictures in very high resolution can be found in this Flickr album. The building process has been documented on the blog bigbuilders.dk where other LEGO models from the Formgiving exhibition are also presented. In the blog posts below you can read about initial design considerations, selection of scale and color, building a mosaic of Mount Everest and see reference pictures of the building. I have included some teaser pictures. Getting started - initial design The parking garage Starting from the bottom Half way up the hill Preparing to build Mount Everest Reaching the summit The final model All comments are welcome. Esben Instagram Flickr Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johnny1360 Posted January 18, 2023 What an amazing building and it is so cool to see it in LEGO form, really helps to understand the size and function of such a large structure, well done. One question, where can I get some of that LEGO graph paper, I make my own and it is quite time consuming to make, premade would be a game changer for me, lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Esben Kolind Posted January 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, Johnny1360 said: What an amazing building and it is so cool to see it in LEGO form, really helps to understand the size and function of such a large structure, well done. One question, where can I get some of that LEGO graph paper, I make my own and it is quite time consuming to make, premade would be a game changer for me, lol. Thank you, Johnny. As for the graph paper, I think I downloaded it somewhere on LEGO's website. But a quick google search found this website https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/asymmetric/ where you can generate your own graph paper to the exact measures you want. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rauy Posted January 18, 2023 Wow, what an amazing project! A wonderful rendition as an architecture model and a truely breathtaking endeavour. Great work and thanks also for the insights into the building process! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
A_Forest_of_Lego Posted February 1, 2023 That looks incredible! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
