Ørestad architecture trail: BIG's mile
Three Bjarke Ingels buildings in sequence — VM Houses, Mountain Dwellings, 8 House — like visiting a sculpture park. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. DR Byen metro
M1 stop at the *Danish Broadcasting* (DR) headquarters. The DR Byen complex itself (Jean Nouvel + Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects + others, 2002–07) is an architectural overture; walk past for the south Ørestad approach.

2. VM Houses
*VM Husene*, BIG + JDS, 2005. Two apartment buildings in V- and M-shaped plans, designed so every apartment has a unique floor plan and most have triangular balconies. The diagonal windows are the visual signature; the building won the *Forum Aid Award* in 2006.

3. Mountain Dwellings (Bjerget)
BIG + JDS, 2008. Apartments stacked over a parking garage in an artificial-mountain section — the carparks fill the back, the homes climb the front. Aluminium cladding on the back, terraced gardens facing south. Walk the southern facade for the full silhouette.

4. 8tallet (8 House)
BIG, 2010. Mixed-use figure-8 plan with a continuous rooftop walking path that climbs from ground to penthouse. The path is the architecture — open to the public; walk the whole loop. The residential courtyards inside the figure-8 are the social space.

5. The canal between
*Ørestad* is laid out around a central canal that runs north–south through the development. Walk a stretch; the canal is the connective tissue of an otherwise spread-out new town. Ducks; the occasional swan; a small boat club at the south end.

6. Ørestad station
M1 metro and regional rail. The walk ends in fifteen-minute connections to anywhere — back to the city via M1, south to the airport, or east to Sweden via the Øresund line.

Ørestad architecture trail: BIG's mile