Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Partner, Business Development, BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark/USA
Kai-Uwe Bergmann
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Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Partner, Business Development of BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group based in Copenhagen, Denmark and New York City, USA. BIG received the Global Awards Bronze 2015 for “The Dryline: Urban flood protection infrastructure, New York, USA”. Photo: Credit Andrejs Strokins.
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Holcim Awards North America ceremony, Toronto, Canada
Winners of the Holcim Awards (l-r): David Benjamin, The Living, New York – winner of Holcim Awards Bronze for “Hy-Fi: Zero carbon emissions compostable structure”; Caitlin Taylor and Amy Mielke, Water Pore Partnership, New York – winners of Holcim Awards Gold for “Poreform: Water absorptive surface and subterranean basin”; and Kai-Uwe Bergmann – BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, New York and Matthijs Bouw - One Architecture, Amsterdam – members of the consortium winning Holcim Awards Silver for “Rebuild by Design: Urban flood protection infrastructure”.
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Global Bronze Awards 2015 prize ceremony – The Dryline: Urban flood protection infrastructure, New York City, USA
Celebration by the Global Bronze prize winning team of the LafargeHolcim Awards: a consortium led by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group (Copenhagen/New York) and One Architecture (Amsterdam). The Dryline project is a bold proposition to tackle future challenges by means of a construction that offers a multiple value to society – turning a problem into an opportunity.
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Holcim Awards North America ceremony, Toronto, Canada
Presenting the Holcim Awards Silver (l-r): Enrique Norten, Member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation and Principal & Founder of TEN Arquitectos; Kai-Uwe Bergmann – BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, New York and Matthijs Bouw - One Architecture, Amsterdam – members of the consortium winning Holcim Awards Silver for “Rebuild by Design: Urban flood protection infrastructure”; Alain Bourguignon, Holcim Area Manager for North America and the United Kingdom; and jury member Mark Jarzombek, Associate Dean, School of Architecture & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Holcim Awards North America media briefing, Toronto, Canada
“We build resilient infrastructure - but we actually think about the people and their activities.” – member of the Holcim Awards Silver winning consortium Kai-Uwe Bergmann – BIG Bjarke Ingels Group for “Rebuild by Design: Urban flood protection infrastructure, New York”.
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The Holcim Awards jury for region Europe met in Zurich, Switzerland in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Jean-Philippe Vassal, Leo Mittelholzer, Marta Malé-Alemany, Jürgen Mayer H. (Head of Jury), Kai-Uwe Bergmann, Winy Maas, Lucy Musgrave, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, and Hansjürg Leibundgut.
Last updated: April 19, 2024 Copenhagen, Denmark | New York, NY, USA
Kai-Uwe Bergmann was a member of the Holcim Foundation Awards 2011 jury for region Europe. “The Dryline: Urban flood protection infrastructure” also received the Holcim Foundation Awards 2014 Silver for North America. The project is a large-scale integrated flood protection system to address the vulnerability of New York City to coastal flooding and proposes a protective ribbon in Southern Manhattan using a series of raised berms and other measures to create public spaces along the water’s edge.
He was a “Lab Presenter” at the Awards Lab 2015 for more than 50 representatives of Next Generation prize-winning projects from the regional Holcim Foundation Awards 2014 competitions. The students and young professionals from 20 countries met in New York City to elaborate their concepts for sustainable construction.
The Dryline in New York City, USA
BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group (Copenhagen/New York) and One Architecture (Amsterdam), in collaboration with the City of New York, propose a protective ribbon in Southern Manhattan using a series of raised berms and other measures to create public spaces along the water’s edge, forming a large-scale integrated flood protection system.
Kai-Uwe Bergmann is responsible for BIG’s international business development with a growing number of projects in Europe, North America, and Asia. Since joining BIG in 2006, he also been Project Manager responsible for the design proposals on Khalifa Park, a 15,000 square meter temporary exhibition center in Abu Dhabi, and Fabrikken, a 4,200 square meter conversion of an abandoned industrial building into a modern office building. BIG received an Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2016 together with Superflex and Topotek 1 for Superkilen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Superkilen provides a meeting place for residents of Denmark’s most ethnically diverse neighbourhood and an attraction for the rest of the city, this project was approached as a giant exhibition of global urban best practice.
Kai-Uwe Bergmann compliments his professional work through previous teaching assignments at the University of Florida, the New School of Architecture in San Diego and his alma mater the University of Virginia.
He was previously a Project Architect with C F Møller Architects in Copenhagen, Denmark (2004-06) where he was a member of three award-winning proposals for the Most Energy Efficient Office Building in Bjørvika, Oslo; an addition to the Maritime Museum in Greenwich, United Kingdom; and the Hyllie Highrise in Malmø, Sweden. He was also a project architect at Baumschlager & Eberle (2002-04) and Weinstein AU Architects and Urban Designers, Seattle, USA (1999-2003).
Kai-Uwe Bergmann obtained a BA of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia, and a Master of Architecture (hons) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
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“Follow a material’s life-cycle to get a better view of the industry,” concludes Kai-Uwe Bergmann at the Holcim Forum on “Re-materializing construction”. Bergmann is partner architect at Bjarke Ingels Group and was a workshop respondent at the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction.
“A better view of the industry” – Kai-Uwe Bergmann
“Follow a material’s life-cycle to get a better view of the industry,” concludes Kai-Uwe Bergmann at the Holcim Forum on “Re-materializing construction”. Bergmann is partner architect at Bjarke Ingels Group and was a workshop respondent at the Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction.
“A better view of the industry” – Kai-Uwe Bergmann
The BIG U project that addresses New York City’s vulnerability to coastal flooding by using a raised berm and sequence of public spaces along the water’s edge won the Holcim Awards Silver. The 13km (8 mi) long infrastructural barrier was designed by a consortium led by architects Bjarke Ingels and Kai-Uwe Bergmann of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group (Denmark/USA). The jury acknowledged the project’s sensitive blend of hard infrastructure and local community needs.
Rebuild by Design: Holcim Awards Silver 2014 for North America
The BIG U project that addresses New York City’s vulnerability to coastal flooding by using a raised berm and sequence of public spaces along the water’s edge won the Holcim Awards Silver. The 13km (8 mi) long infrastructural barrier was designed by a consortium led by architects Bjarke Ingels and Kai-Uwe Bergmann of BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group (Denmark/USA). The jury acknowledged the project’s sensitive blend of hard infrastructure and local community needs.
Rebuild by Design: Holcim Awards Silver 2014 for North America
Kai-Uwe Bergmann from Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG proposes a large-scale flood protection system by means of a set of small-scale interventions. “Rebuild by Design: Urban flood protection infrastructure, New York, USA” won the Holcim Awards Silver for civic infrastructure that responds to climate change and rising global sea levels.
“Sustainability? Social solutions for generations to come” – Kai-Uwe Bergmann
Kai-Uwe Bergmann from Bjarke Ingels Group – BIG proposes a large-scale flood protection system by means of a set of small-scale interventions. “Rebuild by Design: Urban flood protection infrastructure, New York, USA” won the Holcim Awards Silver for civic infrastructure that responds to climate change and rising global sea levels.