COUPLING BOLUNGARVÍK RETHINKING THE ICEHOUSE
This catalouge is a model study of the renovation of the Icehouse, a disused shrimp factory in Bolungarvík, Iceland. The Icehouse was built and extended through period 1929-1980 and represents the life & work in Bolungarvík, the rise & decline of the fishing industry that contains layers past processes. These photos explore the new & old materiality Light and space. Use of the new program for the innovation center and how the building can represent life & work again in Bolungarvík in this desolated building.
CENTRUM STEPS
ENTRANCE FROM INDUSTRY PARK BJARNA SQUARE Drymla pond
OUTDOOR MARKET
KAYAK SHORE SEA TAXI TO THE FJORD
BREAKWATER VIEWPOINT
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Icehouse Innovation Center Plan 1:100 2. Floor
1. Sea food kitchen 2. Bar 3. Restaurant 4. Toilet
Common use Education Sea food production
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Icehouse Innovation Center Plan 1:100 1. Floor
Common use Education Sea food production
1. Information desk 2. Show-room / Cantine 3. Offices 4. Class room 5. Class room 6. Class room 7. Class room 8. Reading area
9. Social pocket 10. Social pocket 11. Meeting room 12. Class room 13. Storage 14. Laboratory entrance 15. Laboratory 16. Laboratory
17. Laboratory 18. Laboratory 19. Laboratory 20. Production laboratory
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Icehouse Innovation Center Plan 1:100 Ground Floor
Common use Education Sea food production
1. Main Entrance 2. Icehouse main hall 3. Lecture room 4. Workshop 5. Lecture room 6. Social pocket 7. Reading space 8. Event stage
9. Workshop 10. Entrance 11. Toilets 12. Class room 13. Sea food production reception 14. Sea food production 15. Pipe Chamber Storage 16. Loading / Storage
The Icehouse becomes a part of the new square
Past processes of the factory will be reoriented with new programs
The desolated part of the production space built in 1980 is revitalized with a new skin to the existing structure
The oldest part of the Icehouse, built in 1929 is preserved
The central part is opened up to access the educational, public & sea food production in the Icehouse
Passage through the Icehouse from the Bjarna square to the Breakwater viewpoint
Passage through the Icehouse towards the breakwater
The Icehouse at night time emits light & life
A social pocket on the West side of the Icehouse innovation center at the ground floor
A social pocket on the East side of the Icehouse innovation center with a view to the fjord
A social pocket on the North side with a view to the Bolafjall mountain
The new skins opacity reveals the life & work of the building
The movement of the past production line the is rethought with various elevations of the innovation center
The main hall of the innovation center
Cantine with information desk in the old packing space
Main hall
Going from the class rooms to the reading area
Workshop in the old sorting space
The main hall consists of open hall with class rooms and scene for events
Connection from the cantine to the sea food production part of the Icehouse
Sea food production spaces
Loading & storage space in the sea food production
Sea food production laboratory
Restaurant
The restaurant
The new viewpoint at the breakwater is connected to through the Icehouse passage
The Breakwater viewpoint - a view to Hornstrandir & ﾃ行afjord