Keynote 4
 

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Kai Uwe Bergmann

Bjarke Ingles Group (USA / Denmark)

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Kai-Uwe Bergmann is a Partner at BIG, where he contributes his architectural expertise to proposals across the globe, including North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Kai-Uwe heads up the firm's business development, which have expanded to over 40 countries. He also oversees BIG's Urban scales projects and support BIG's Landscape Projects. His recent contributions include his involvement in the resiliency plan known as BIG U, designed to protect 10 miles of Manhattan's coastline. The project, initially conceived as part of the Rebuild by Design competition to create proactive responses to Superstorm Sandy, is under construction and expected to be completed by 2026. Among his other significant projects are the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Queens Park, Smithsonian Master Plan, Pittsburgh Master Plan, and Miami Beach Square.

 

He complements his professional work through previous teaching assignments at University of Pennsylvania, IE University in Madrid, and his alma mater the University of Virginia. Bergmann formerly was on the Board of the Van Alen Institute, participates on numerous international juries and lectures globally on the works of BIG.