University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design
BIG has grown organically over the last two decades from a founder, to a family, to a force of Our latest transformation is the BIG LEAP: Bjarke Ingels Group of Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, Planning and Products. The campus seeks to embody four primary principles: to become an emblem of creativity; to create a connected campus hub; to be innovative and future-proof; and to showcase environmental stewardship. These programs not only showcase the next chapter of our profession, but they will also inspire the designers of tomorrow to envision a sustainable future. BIG
Since joining BIG in as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing the development of the organization and its strategic priorities, Sheela has transformed BIG from Bjarke Ingels’ Danish architectural firm into an internationally acclaimed company led by design, community and innovation. Approaching from any direction, visitors are met with open plazas, winding forest paths and framed views through and over the building. The museum is accessible from all sides, integrating it into both the urban fabric and the surrounding natural landscape. Gelephu International Airport
At the foot of BIG HQ, BIG’s Landscape team has transformed a former parking area into a 1, m2 public park and promenade, inspired by the sandy beaches and the coastal forests of Denmark. With the capacity to handle flights daily, it is projected to welcome 1. For the Gelephu International Airport, we have tried to embody the nature and culture of the country and the Mindfulness City. 
Hungarian Natural History Museum
The Mountain is a hybrid combining the splendors of a suburban lifestyle: a house with a big garden where children can play, with the metropolitan qualities of a penthouse view and a dense urban location. BIG was invited for a competition to design a Maritime museum inside the neighboring decommissioned dry-dock, where ships used to be built. Instead, BIG proposed to place the museum underground, just outside the wall of the dock in order to preserve the dock as an open, outdoor display, maintaining the powerful structure as the center of the Maritime Museum.
The Impact
From their exceptionally comprehensive response to our submission call and throughout the design process, BIG’s willingness to both listen to us and push us has conceived a project that celebrates our history and embodies the ambitious optimism that animates our academic mission.”. The program, however, is two thirds parking and one third living. When asked to design an apartment block next to a parking garage, BIG saw an opportunity to explore a new form of symbiotic urbanism.
The Mountain
When invited to design the Serpentine Pavilion, BIG decided to work with one of the most basic elements of architecture: the brick wall. Rather than clay bricks or stone blocks – the wall is erected from extruded fiberglass frames stacked on top of each other. . BIG HQ
Through minimal means, BIG’s design created maximum functionality and architectural resonance. The architecture of the museum is a collision between the old and the new: heavy textured concrete and light transparent steel and glass. . 
Serpentine Pavilion
Our latest transformation is the BIG LEAP: Bjarke Ingels Group of Landscape, Engineering, Architecture, Planning and Products. A plethora of in-house perspectives allows us to see what none of us would be able to see on our own. .