BIG collaborates with local practice Fuglar to design largest ever commission for the Faroe Islands

Bjarke Ingels Group and a team of consultants have won the largest ever commission on the Faroe Islands for a 19, 200 sq m Education Centre in Torshavn.

BIG, in collaboration with local architects Fuglar will design the centre situated on a hillside on the outskirts of the capital of the island group situated between Iceland and Scotland.

The institution will combine the Faroe Islands secondary school Torshavn’s Technical College and the Business College of the Faroe Islands in one building. The building will house 1,200 students and 300 teachers.