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Artist impression: The Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan is focused on the development and planning of a 55-square-kilometre area surrounding Iceland’s global aviation hub. (Source: KCAP)
KEFLAVÍK AIRPORT AREA STRATEGIC MASTERPLAN
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CAP Architects & Planners (KCAP), a leading international Dutch design firm specialising in architecture, urbanism and landscape design, has won an international competition to design the Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan in Iceland. The Keflavík International Airport is a wellconnected international airport and can serve as a driver for an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable area. The location between Europe and North America, the proximity to the capital area, as well as the dynamic municipalities in Reykjanes, are qualities that play an important role in the development of the area. The Keflavík Airport Area Strategic Masterplan is focused on the development and planning of a 55-square-kilometre area surrounding the Keflavík International Airport, Iceland’s
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global aviation hub. The plan will serve as both a framework for the area’s long-term development (until 2050) and as a springboard for individual projects in the near term (until 2030). Emphasis is placed on sustainable development and planning of the area that will mutually benefit the airport and surrounding communities, as well as the national economy. The current focus is on the development of areas that will strengthen the connections between the airport and the Helguvík harbour site, the neighbouring municipalities and the capital area with Keflavik Airport. Led by KCAP, the multidisciplinary team includes WSP, Felixx, MIC Mobility in Chain, VSO Consulting, Buck Consultants International, Buro Happold, Base Design, Maurits Schaafsma, Amberg Loglay and Kanon Arkitektar. Organised by the Keflavík Airport Development Company (Kadeco), Kadeco’s CEO Pálmi Freyr Randversson praised the
