Lego House – The Creative Toy Comes To Life In Denmark

Those iconic bricks that have inspired the architect in children around the world have finally come to life in Billund, Denmark. The LEGO House is a building under construction and set to open in September 2017, in the city of the factory of LEGO. The house will be designed entirely in the brick-by-brick aesthetic of LEGO. The building will serve as part public art piece, tourist attraction, LEGO store, and cafe. It will also have 20,000 square feet set aside for open space.

LEGO House offers children and adults an amazing opportunity to combine bricks and creativity, creating the ultimate play date. The layout of LEGO House follows the structure of the five learning zone competences activated through play. Each brightly color-coded zone has bundled together some really awesome play activities that are there for you to explore.

In the midst of LEGO House stands one of the world’s most iconic LEGO models. The Tree of Creativity is over 40 feet tall and packed full of details the most avid LEGO enthusiast cannot fail to be impressed by. The base and roots of the tree represent the LEGO Group foundation in wooden toys, and at the very top LEGO mini-figure workers are building new branches using a giant crane — just like LEGO House itself. The unique LEGO model is built by hand from 6,316,611 standard LEGO bricks and took 24,350 hours to assemble.

LEGO House is designed by Bjarke Angel Group (BIG). According to the founding architect Bjarke Ingels, the idea for LEGO House was to create a cloud of interlocking LEGO bricks… a literal manifestation of the infinite possibilities of the LEGO brick. Twenty-one white bricks are stacked on top of each other, crowned by the Keystone. These huge bricks not only form internal spaces for LEGO House activities, but they also create a covered public square and a series of interconnected terraces and playgrounds for guests to investigate and enjoy. This ensures that LEGO House can be enjoyed both by fans who come to experience the LEGO story and by local residents and visitors to the town of Billund.

From the ADG Job Site

by Gerald Olesker, ADG Lighting