A manifesto of architecture as seen by the Copenhagen-based group BIG, told in comic book form Yes is More is the easily accessible but unremittingly radical manifesto of Copenhagen-based architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group, or BIG.

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Yes is more is the title of an exhibition and a book presenting B.I.G. In solo format for the first time in Denmark at the Danish architecture centre. Unlike a classic architectural monograph, this book is more of a popular cultural manifesto, which is also literally the first actual documentation of B.I.G.' S trailblazing practice. As the book demonstrates, this is a practice where method, processes, instruments and the approach to the concept of architecture is precisely as wild, unfettered and result-producing as the world it is part of and greets with an unqualified Yes.

Bjarke Ingels attracts highly talented co-workers, but also gifted and ambitious clients from all over the world. He does so because his own talent is above all to swiftly create intelligent synergies out of indomitable `movements`, wild energies and unforeseen dynamics and transform them into hitherto unseen, surprising, functional, valuable and beautiful solutions to the specific and complex challenges in each task. The results of B.I.G.' S practice has already won awards from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the prize for `The World's Best Housing Project`, `Best Building in the Nordic Countries` as well as many other international kudos. The project and the title Yes is more is a double-edged wordplay on the dogma in modern architecture that `less is more`. Less is only more as far as dimensions go - the ability to encompass as many dimensions as possible (more) with as few expenses as possible (less).

As a design parameter for an aesthetic retro minimalism this only amounts to idiosyncratic architectural idiocy. `Yes is more is a popular and easily accessible manifesto for architecture as one of the most relevant aggregates of the 21st century in which we may epitomise and answer many of the global agenda-setting questions.

In the exhibition and in the book, B.I.G. Shows how they conceptualise the polymorphous demands, complex rules and highly specialised knowledge of society, creating tangible solutions through artistic processes; solutions which time and again attract the interest of the population at large as well as the respect of global aficionados. Yes is more is a communication created in this very spirit - combing elite and popular elements - allowing the sublime to shone through in the commonplace. Thus audiences are invited into B.I.G.'

S processes, methods and results using the most approachable and populist means of communication available - the cartoon. -Kent Martinussen, Architect, CEO, Danish Architecture Centre`.

What has the internationally awarded Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) to do with Friederich Nietzsche and Charles Darwin? Quite a lot, according to founder Bjarke Ingels, who has created a powerful mixture of Nietzsche and Darwin as the philosophical foundation of BIG’s architecture. When the Danish architect Bjarke Ingels presents the architecture of, he is known for being quite a presenter. With concepts like Hedonistic Sustainability, Vertical Suburbia and Utopian Pragmatism the architectural pieces are related to contradictions and paradoxes, presented in fascinating stories. To Bjarke Ingels, conflicts of society are the main ingredients in the analytical work of creating architecture. Instead of looking at the conflicts of a given project as limitations, Ingels presents the architect’s task as finding “a way to incorporate and integrate differences, not through compromise or by choosing sides, but by tying conflicting interests into a Gordian knot of new ideas.” This is what BIG understands with Utopian Pragmatism. The pragmatic problems of society are the conflict which the utopian thoughts of the architect try to solve.

The architect is, however, rather together with, than against society. It is not the traditional image of the angry young man rebelling against the establishment but rather a pleaser of the establishment, done to a such degree that it becomes a radical agenda.

Pleasing is normally not synonym with being radical. Telling people what they want to hear or showing them what they want to see does not seem very radical or innovative at all. The fact that BIG succeeds in doing this has a lot to do with their mix of thoughts from naturalist Charles Darwin and philosopher Friederich Nietzsche presented in the. BIG tries to contribute to the societal evolution through their architecture – photo by Sofie Kirkeby Societal evolution through architecture Darwin is paraphrased for saying that it is the species most adaptable to changes that survive. A thought Ingels uses to describe their architecture. As the species try to fit the demands of life, their different architectural ideas try to fit the demands of society where some of them succeed while others become “monstrosities” tucked away on a shelf, but always ready to be revived for a new try. By using society in the same role nature was for Darwin, the Gordian knot of conflicting interests becomes a serious matter.