KAKTUS

Located next to the waterfront area of Kalvebod Brygge, the 74,000-square-meter site will comprise a new IKEA store, budget hotel, and green space in addition to the two planned Cactus Towers. The pair of buildings gets its name from the striking spiky-looking facade created by rotated floor plates. The corners of those floor plates create overhangs that provide shade. The buildings will rise to 60 and 80 meters tall and feature 500 “youth rooms.”

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BIG's Cactus Towers reach 80 and 60 meters high and are shaped by hexagonal cores. Each floor is rotated in different axis and their complicated forms create displaced balconies and cornered facades. The complex also includes a 37,000-square-metre new department store of IKEA, will be unlike from IKEA's normal monotonous stores built so far. Trees are planted on its roof and sheltered accommodations are provided in the building.