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[2] Referring to his second example of "architectural alchemy", Bjarke Ingels explains his idea "that by mixing traditional ingredients, retail, rowhouses and apartments in untraditional ways, you create added value, if not gold.

Thomas Christoffersen, BIG's partner in charge of the project, described the approach in more detail: The apartments are placed at the top while the commercial programme unfolds at the base of the building.

As a result, the different horizontal layers have achieved a quality of their own: the apartments benefit from the view, sunlight and fresh air, while the office leases merge with life on the street.

[4] The retail and commercial area at the base consists of a café, a day-care centre and offices, while the living space with houses, apartments and penthouses is positioned above.

It combines retail, commercial row houses and apartments in untraditional ways, and its elevated street provides a new level of social engagement.