Design
Architecture That's Part Space Opera, Part Science
A new exhibition of projects by the wildly experimental Bjarke Ingels Group shows a commitment to functional sci-fi design.
According to Bjarke Ingels, design works like science fiction. He's in a position to know. Ingels captains one of the world's leading architecture firms, Bjarke Ingels Group, a team whose work might fairly be described as "out there."
"I'm a big fan of Philip K. Dick," Ingels says. "He says that science fiction is not a space opera, although it often takes place in space. It's not a story from the future, although it happens in the future. Science fiction is a story where some kind of innovation, often technological or scientific, triggers the plot, and the plot becomes a narrative exploration of the potential of that innovation."