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-The Fishermans Bath-

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Fish restaurantFishing shops

Empty s i tepreviously planned resident ia l

An older residential neighbourhood

Ship-yard

Smaller f ishing boats coming and going when weather is good for

f ishing

Trawlers

Marit ime museum

Creative off ices

café

Small Theatre

Fish industries

Concrete skeleton-The Fishermans Bath -

Fisherman’s café

Song School

old boat

A f ive minute walk to the city center

Situat ion plan1:1000

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In an area f i l led with l i fe , cul ture and act ivi ty a big concrete skeleton s tands quiet in the middle .

By giving i t a new meaning in l i fe by adding a publ ic funct ion i t takes on a new rol l . . . .

. . .and by act ivat ing a par t of this bui lding i t invi tes to more act ivi t ies f i l l ing the rest of i t .

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Site & ConceptSeveral archi tectural compet i t ions have been held in regards to development in this area where the shipyard would be removed and the area made into a res ident ia l harbour dis t r ic t .

But in the “inbetween” face of a l l th is planning i t has got ten a program that has somehow grown by i tself . . . a crooked f ishermans café , creat ive off ices and a café in an older bui lding, a mari t ime museum, a l i t t le theatre , a song school and the shipyard which s t i l l s tands there with al l the act ivi ty that fol lows.

And in the middle of a l l of this a concrete skeleton s tands as a reminder of what was supposed to become.

I would l ike to add a new element to this fantast ic program by act ivat ing a par t of the concrete skeleton and the bui lding s i te . Not a huge project . Just enough to get some meat on the bones.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . something that easi ly can adapt to the rough concrete s t ructure

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . something for everyone to enjoy

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . something unexpected

The fantast ic “ inbetween phase”

Put t ing some meat on the bones

A l i t t le bathouse!

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Bathing is essent ia l for any man. I t i s equal ly important to wash the whole body, as washing the face and hands, as any civi l ized man does on a dai ly basis . Reykjavík Bath House is a much needed inst i tut ion that no one wil l object to i t receiving a considerable sum from the counci l budget annual ly. (Reykjavík bathhouse 1905-1966)

— Morgunblaðið, The Morning Newspaper, 20th of march 1917

A typical bathing faci l i ty in Reykjavík / Iceland consis ts of a swimming pool , chi ldrens pool a sauna, dressing rooms and some hot tubs.

There are 20 swimming pools in the Greater Reykjavík area. Almost a l l are outdoors .

In Reykjavík near ly a l l of the water comes direct ly f rom the ground where i t heats up through geothermal energy. I t i s c lean and used as i t i s and the abundance of i t makes i t a cheap al ternat ive in energy use.

The Icelanders have been making use of their hot water s ince the is land was set t led.

The Icelandic hot- tubs are made by ancient role models , the natural hot spr ings, and the f i rs t one was opened in 1962.

In this cold cl imate these pools and hot tubs are wel l used by the people of Reykjavík who averagely vis i t the pool 15 t imes a year. Many go on a regular basis and some every day and the hot tubs are a colorful arena of of ten heated discussions.

Wet wel l -being

Average s ize swimming pool (25 m) uses as much water as 80-100 resident ia l houses anual ly.

Each resident uses around 1000 l of hot water and 220 l cold water every 24 hrs . (most goes to house heat ing)

There are 170 swimming pools in Iceland. One for every 1900 residents .

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Ways of keeping warm in Iceland

Going for a blood pumping hike into the mountains . . .

Enjoying Geothermal Power

Dressing in wool . . .

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dressing rooms

drying room-warm f loor

sauna

l i t t le hot dark sauna

bath bathsouts ide baths + entrance entrance

Program diagram from sect ion a-a

Possibi l i ty of expanding bath-house to the sea.

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Bathouse creates access to concrete skeleton act ivat ing i t and making a new movement through i t .

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Reusing Mater ia lsMaking use of what´s lying around.

Main frame s t ructure

Fi l l ins

Pure s t ructural

Steel f rame bol ted or welded at intersect ions.

A sol id s t ructure that can s tand independent ly or with a l i t t le help from an exis t ing bear ing s t ructure .

I t can serve as wal ls-f loors-roof .

The frames can be f i l led with different kind of mater ia ls .

Glass or plast ic for le t t ing in l ight .

Formwork plates are exel lent f i l l in mater ia l , s t rong, ever las t ing and covering.

Half covering-dressing room

Fully covered-saunas

There are mater ia ls lying around bui lding s i tes a l l over the ci ty.

Most contractors have gone bankrupt and now the government/banks owns much of this mater ia l .

Much of this could be “harvested” for another use than or iginal ly intended.

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Light emit t ing mater ia ls

Threading

Transparency

A new structure - parasi te

Sketch models

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Sect ion a-a

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-The Awesome Alley-

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A luxury apartment house is bui l t very close to an old boat house that once housed a res taurant .

The 24 ready bui l t luxury apartments s tand empty.

The restaurant is for rent .

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A t iny café with one table outs ide

City l ibrary

An adventurous kni t t ing s tore and a gal lery bout ique

Contemporary ar t museum

A fish restaurant and a small museum

The oldest par t of the ci ty centre

The Kolaport market hal l

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In the new luxury apartment house a hole exis ts in the facade leading to the s t reet , showing a gl impse of the old boathouse in the back. . . .

There is a l i t t le passage to the al ley between these two houses , the old and the new one, that both s tand empty and wai t ing for somebody to f i l l them with l i fe . . . .

One s tar ts to wonder what the al ley could hold. . . . i t could be the most wonderful space f i l led with color and happenings. . . . .

I t could be AWESOME.

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-The MeetPoint-market-

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New icon - HarpaThe New Music House

Reykjavík HarbourCruise Ship Pier

Busy t raff ic s t reet

Tol l HouseMarket Hal l

Local iconThe Hot Dog Shack

City centre

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A new connect ion is made between the harbour and the ci ty centre .

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In the middle of the 20th century i t was hugely popular to have a colonial garden on the outskir ts of town. Here the r ich and the poor s tood s ide by s ide and planted potatoes and cabbage and s tayed in their l i t t le colonial huts over weekends.

But soon the growing ci ty took over and these colonial gardens disappeared.

Now, with al l the empty space, even r ight in the ci ty centre , i t i s t ime to revive a good thing.

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The market spreads out of i t ´s c losed market hal l and over the s t reet towards the sea and the new music house. . . . . .

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5-The Heart Square-

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Between two busy s t reets in the ci ty centre I f ind a s i te that looks l ike i t was born af ter the crash.

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. . . I had discovered the hear t square.

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An empty + closed off bui lding s i te in the ci ty

centre .

Benches and l ight ing set up.Grass plane planted.A path is paved over the s i te between two busy s t reets .

Art is ts invi ted to decorate wal ls .

Old birch t rees get to l ive. A hear t is paved in the middle of the space.

. . .and af ter a few of days a l i t t le colorful square is born.

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s i t down and wiggle your toes f i l l the wal ls with colour se l l your old toys p lay your music look up through the birch t rees v is i t a chr is tmas market

and just enjoy l i fe . . . .

In few easy s teps the s i te became a place where you can

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-The viable view- 6

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A high r ise block s t ructure r ises between the sea and the low r ise c i ty centre .

Ris ing high

Laying low

Public agendaInstead of being a barr ier the high-r ises invi te you up to higher ground and share their view.This could be done with offer ing publ ic programs in the vacant spaces .

This leads to no physical and l i t t le visual contact between the ci ty and the sea.

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Building high is a good way of maximizing land use and densifying ci t ies .

In Reykjavík a plan was made to bui ld high r ise resident ial housing with expensive luxury apartments as wel l as high r ise of f ice bui ldings.

Now these bui ldings s tand unfinished and empty, programmed to fulf i l l needs that do not sui t today’s society.

When lef t empty a high-r ise is a very prominent reminder of a plan gone wrong

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ViableWorld Engl ish Dict ionary

viable ( ˈvaɪəb ə l )

— adj1. capable of becoming actual , useful , e tc ; pract icable: a viable proposi t ion

2. (of seeds, eggs, e tc) capable of normal growth and development

3. (of a fe tus) having reached a s tage of development where fur ther development can occur independent ly of the mother

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-The Heal ing Hole-7

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A hole between two houses . Inside i t a low-rise commercial bui l ing was planned, meant to make the s t reet a bet ter place. A small project but yet i t was cancel led.

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What can be done so this hole could s tar t to heal?

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People unconciously walk faster past the high, fenced off s i te than past the shopping windows.

A quick sketch was made with some bal loons that were hung on the wal l . . .

I t was interest ing to see what a l i t t le bi t of color and movement can do.

People watched curiously.

They took a bal loon.

The s topped and poked.

Some stopped for a second and looked around to see i f something else was happening.

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Today the most act ive movement is outs ide the s i te , in the shopping s t reet . There is cont inuous movement of cars

and people .

. . . the res ident ia l area in the back is more quiet but yet a neighbourhood populated by people who love being

close to the act ive l i fe of the ci ty centre .

Opening the closed s i te creates a new possibi l i ty in the area for an act ive common space that could both be used by the vis i tors of the shopping s t reet

as wel l as res idents f rom the surrounding area. This could be a much needed playground.

In f ront In back Right in the middle

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-The Emerging Park-8

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A big, empty bui lding s i te

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An empty bui lding s i te barred off with high fences al l around.

A path is created between two paral le l s t reets .

. . . .and s lowly but surely a park emerges.

More and more space opens upMore elements appear over t ime. . . when needed. . .when someone wants i t bad enough. . . . i f there´s some money. . . .

Behind closed wal ls new elements are being created.

And af ter they f inish they are made publ ic .

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-The Wannabe Hotel-

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On an old factory lot s tands an older concrete bui ldingIt´s the only thing lef t s tanding on a big empty plot .

Close to the Icelandic Art Academy, the bus terminal and ci ty centre .Stands in an area which is a mix of older res ident ia l and commercial bui ldings with

different kinds of businesses .

The remains of an old facade becomes a gateway into a new structure .

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A planned 100 room hotel s tands a lone and unfinished. I t ´s an older concrete house with new addi t ion on top.

The facade of an old house - a reminder of what was before .

I t now becomes the new facade of this empty concrete s t rucutre .

Opening up to a publ ic program on the f i rs t f loor. A l i t t le kni t t ing café perhaps. . . .There are no other cafés around. . .

And i f enough money is earned a room is f ixed up and leased out as a hotel room.

. . . the bal l s tar ts to rol l . . .and over t ime a hotel is born.

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-The Hot Spot Highrise -

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What do you see from the top of an Icelandic

skyscraper?

Volcanos!

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A skyscraper is a ta l l , cont inuously habi table bui lding. There is no off ic ia l def ini t ion or height above which a bui lding may clear ly be classi f ied as a skyscraper. Most c i t ies def ine the term empir ical ly; even a bui lding of 80 meters (262 feet) may be considered a skyscraper i f i t protrudes above i ts bui l t environment and changes the overal l skyl ine

wikipedia .com

The current ly highest skyscraper in the world is the Burj Dubai 818 m tal l .

When i t comes to skyscraper, the Icelandic skyscraper is not so very high. I t i s 16-20 s tory ta l l and s tands way higher than the rest of the low r ise c i ty s t ructure .

The t rend of bui lding skyscrapers in Reykjavík is new and there are not many of them. The recession put an end to that .

The Höfðatorg Skyscraper is the ta l les t one in the ci ty r is ing 65 meters high. Only the tower of the Hal lgr ims-Church is higher, around 80 m. high.

Sketch diagrams of bui lding and s i te

Occupied-Fast food

Occupied -Lawfirms

Empty Being furnished for lease

The skyscraper today

A lonely skyscraper

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From down to UPmaking a publ ic access

The Skyscraper Adding a new structure Creat ing a new movement on and through an exis t ing

bui lding

Hallgrímskirkja - Reykjavík’s tallest building

The Hengi l Area-An act ive volcano covering 100 km2

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my roof needs fixing.

The skyscraper was or iginal ly meant to be a complex of 6 high-r ise business/resident ia l bui ldings. But instead of becoming a par t of the nearby business dis t r ic t i t towers over a smaller res ident ia l are .

The residents protested profoundly against these high r ise bui lding plans but they were unheard and one of the high-r ises rose.

Then came the recession and no more high r ises were bui l t . So this one s tands alone and watches over the neighborhood.

The residents say that i t has got ten windier and some lost the evening sun.

- Giving the tower a more publ ic facade and a more open program would change the effect i t has on i t ´s surroundings.

- The neighbors could get their own private park on the top of the l i t t le tower, where they can look over their neighborhood.

Enemies of the skyscraper

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The Hot Spot

Highrise

HOT SPOTIceland is one of the most act ive volcanic regions in the world, with erupt ions occurr ing on average roughly every three years . There are 132 volcanos in Iceland and 40 of them are act ive.

The la tes t erupt ion was a huge erupt ion in Eyjaf ja l la-glacier the spr ing of 2010. I t caused great global problems for the f l ight industry as wel l as t remendous f inancial and enviromental problems for the Icelanders .

In geology, a hotspot or hot spot is a port ion of the Earth’s surface that may be far f rom tectonic plate boundaries and that experiences volcanism due to a r is ing mantle plume or some other cause

The Iceland hotspot is a hotspot which is par t ly responsible for the high volcanic act ivi ty which has formed the is land of Iceland.

HOT SPOT HIGHRISEYou can get used to everything. Even l iving with highly act ive volcanos. So maybe you forget how fantast ic i t real ly is . . . .

You are reminded once in a while when the ear th shakes or a mountain explodes. But in between, l i fe goes on as usual .

There are no volcano museums in Reykjavík. I t could be a new place for the locals to learn more about what they are l iving with as wel l as an amazing place of discovery for the touris ts .

I t would give the ta l les t high-r ise in Reykjavík a new and more publ ic role .

L iving with volcanosand sharing the experience

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A growing s t ructure

The new program is a tenant of an exis t ing bui lding. . . . . . . . .

Future scenarioMore elements can be added/taken away according to need

a new element is added on an

exis t ing s t ructure

the new element has a publ ic funct ion.

Linked to other e lements by an exter ior access .

Making use of par ts of exis t ing.

More elements - inter iour access

ScenarioThe Hot Spot Highrise

Cafe

Exhibion

Exhibion

Roof park

Viewpoint

Library

Current Si tuat ionA half-used highrise

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Structural e lementsusing exis t ing s t ructure as a basis for the new one

Steel beams are fas tened under exis t ing s lab.

New f loor constructed Stair system fastened onto f loor and beams.

New facade New structure uses bear ing forces f rom exis t ing s t ructure .

Concrete s lab

Bearingwalls

Bearing columns

Exist ing s t rucutre

Windows moved from frames to make way for a new structure .

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Sect ion1:100

The museum structure . Boxes and s ta i rcases

Experiencing an urban volcanic erupt ion Learning about the force of the mountains Loving the lava Going over more levels

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