I met Domonkos at Liszt Ferenc Airport for the first time, two hours before our flight to Copenhagen.

Soon I found out that the young man who is about to choose career is interested in architecture besides medicine.
However, before the big decision he really wanted to meet his role model, the famous Danish architect Bjarke Ingels.

Our plane landed in Copenhagen in the late afternoon, so we could only make a short walk in the city. Despite the exhausting travel, Domonkos’ eyes sparkled when he recognized the first building, the Harbour Bath, designed by Mr. Ingels.

Then came the big day...

We reached Bjarke Ingels’ office (BIG) by automatic underground.
Hulda and Julia, who is a hungarian architect student and serves as an intern, enthusiastically took us around in the world of designs and maquettes.
After they invited us for lunch, Domonkos was allowed to build a maquette as a part of an active project.

In the office, everyone had admired Domonkos’ talent, and they apologised that they can send his maquette only later to him, because the office will use it during the project presentation to the customer.

Unfortunately Bjarke Ingels was not in the office, because he was traveling in the world, but Domonkos seemed not too disappointed.
The special shapes of buildings all around us and the hospitality in the office enchanted Domonkos.

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After work we said farewell to the two colleagues, as a surprise Domonkos got books of the BIG projects, and a t-shirt with his maquette printed on it. Then they invited us to a barbecue party, where Domonkos talked with the architects about his architect ambitions.

After leaving the office, we were searching for two other BIG-buildings in the city, then we got back to the hotel exhausted by all the excitement.

Next day, we travelled by train to Helsingør, where we visited a nautical museum, designed by Bjarke Ingels’ office. As a part of the exhibition we could see how the designs of the building were made and how the engineers could execute the not-ordinary ideas.

Although we unfortunately didn’t manage to meet Bjarke Ingels in person, Domonkos told me, that right after we had entered the office, he liked everything so much,that he was sure: he wants to be an architect. Everything that happened after this, just strengthened him in his determination.