Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) reveals renderings of ‘No.1 Quayside‘ office building in Newcastle, England. Once built, No.1 Quayside will be the city’s third modern icon; after Foster and Partner’s Sage Gateshead and The Millennium Bridge.
This office building is BIG’s first in the UK outside of London, where the architects built four projects including The New Museum of London. This quayside has a historic urban context that was once described as the “finest quay in England”, and is still functioning as one of the greatest riverside townscapes in the UK.
Rendering by Bjarke Ingels Group
The project is set to be built in a unique plot of land that has been abandoned for 10 years. It lies off the quayside between The River Tyne and the Millennium Bridge, and it is bordered on all sides by major highways. Bjarke Ingels Group followed their typical approach that prioritizes blending in with the site: The building’s mass follows the curves of the bordering roads, so it wraps around itself to create a ribbon-like office space. The living green roof slopes down to create a sequence of linear garden terraces. The staircase that connects the office space with the terraces also acts as a fire escape stair. The sloping mass of No.1 quayside is similar to BIG’s waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen.
Concept Diagram
“Our proposal is born from the unique conditions of Newcastle?s architectural elements, the sloping hills and the curv...