Coupling Bolungarvík - Rethinking the Icehouse

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