Architecture firm BIG has released images to show its transformation of an abandoned historic building in Copenhagen into the new site of famed Nordic restaurant Noma.
Aptly referred to as Noma 2.0 by BIG, which refurbished the old structure and created new additions, the Michelin-starred restaurant's new home is located in the Christiania freetown in the Danish capital.

The building is an ex-military warehouse called Søminedepotet, constructed in 1917 and once used to store mines for the Royal Danish Navy.
Before this, the wider area was part of the Greenlandic Trading Square and was the centre for trade, particularly the export of salted fish, for nearly 200 years.

Abandoned for several years and covered in graffiti, the linear warehouse-like structure was overhauled, while taking into account the strict codes for preserving the historically significant site. "Due to the landmark status of the site, authorities only allowed extensions to Søminedepotet in areas where small extensions (later demolished) were previously located," said BIG.

The project entailed the creation of a "community" of new buildings, located at the southern end of the existing structure.
Comprising a total of 11 spaces, the waterfront property features a newly built kitchen positioned at the centre, within a group of seven free-standing structures.

"The organisation of Noma 2.0 finds inspiration in the traditional Nordic farm typology, the sæter ? a loose cluster of...