BIG in Paris: Bjarke Ingels to design for Galeries Lafayette on Champs-Élysées

2016-02-10T14:44:00-05:00

When asked why the company chose not to commission Rem Koolhaas' OMA, who are already involved with designing the department store’s art foundation, Costa says that the decision to select BIG was based on the firm’s disruptive thinking and that OMA was already working with German department store KaDeWe in Berlin. “We were confident to work with new architects,” he says.

Tune in to tomorrow's Archinect Sessions to listen to a fuller discussion of what this disruptive design choice means for BIG, for Paris, and for flagship stores everywhere. In the meantime, here's a window display from Galeries Lafayette, circa 2007:

And here's a quick refresher on what Bjarke's been up to:

BIG's concept for a spiraling-landscape tower in NYC's Hudson Yards
Bjarke Ingels offers his architectural advice to young architects
"[Architects] are not the creators of the city, but the midwives" says Bjarke Ingels
Session 14: His bjark is BIGger than his bjite – A chat with Bjarke Ingels at the opening of BIG's "Hot to Cold" exhibition

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BIG in Paris: Bjarke Ingels to design for Galeries Lafayette on Champs-Élysées