The Times’s architecture critic, Michael Kimmelman, spoke with the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels about three of his projects in New York. They spoke at the Cities for Tomorrow conference thar was held on July.
Mr. Ingels explained that he has become a favorite of developers because he weaves the practical with the fantastical.
“From the starting point,” he said, “we’ve always been interested in this idea, that, say, 99 percent of the profession and also of the built environment is made by reliable and rational, analytical consultants that do things that are functional but probably also a little predictable and a little boring.”
He added: “And then you also have a wild avant-garde that makes spectacular, amazing works of art, but they are often also a little unpractical and maybe spectacularly expensive.
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