Program - Work In Progress

COUPLING THE FJORDS / ENVISIONING & ACTIVATING ARCHITECTURAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WEST FJORDS

COU-PLING: - The act of linking together or forming couples.

- A device that links or connects.

- A connection or joint between two things.

ICELAND POPULATION : 319.575

1. january 2012

AKUREYRI 17.481 THE WEST FJORDS: 7127

EGILSSTAÐIR: 2.257

REYKJAVÍK: 187.181

KEFLAVÍK: 13.862

EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL VOLCANO SELFOSS: 7.928

INTRODUCTION SETTLEMENT IN ICELAND HAS AL- JORDS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND WAYS BEEN BASED AROUND HAR17,4 % OUTMIGRATION FROM THE BOUR CONDITIONS ALONG COAST REGION SINCE 1997.

AND GEOTHERMAL AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. REYKJAVÍK, THE CAPITAL, IS INHABIT BY 70% OF THE NATIONS POPULATION AND SERVES AS THE NATIONS ECONOMY ADMINISTRATIONS. IN 1997 THE PARLIAMENT INTRODUCED A LEGISLATION FOR NEO-LIBERAL PRIVATIZATION OF FISHING QUOTA RESULTING IN THAT SHAREHOLDERS BOUGHT THE RIGHTS FROM AUTHORITIES IN THE WESTFJORDS.

WITH THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE IN 2008 MANY OF THE SHAREHOLDERS HAVE DECLARED BANKRUPTCY, LEAVING THE TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTF-

BUT WITH THE VOLCANIC ERUPTION OF EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL IN 2010 THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS HAS INCREASED FROM 488.622 THAT SAME TO 565.611 IN 2011**, WHERE 70 % OF THE TOURISTS COME TO EXPERIENCE THE NATURE AND LANDSCAPE ALONG THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY ROUTE AROUND ICELAND. THE SITUATION TODAY IN THE WESTFJORDS IS THAT OUT-MIGRATION IS INCREASING EVERY MONTH, LOCAL FISH PROCESSING OPERATIONS ARE BEING DECLARED BANKRUPT AND TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL FARMING IS DISAPPEARING. THE WORKERS

UNION ARE FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN ACTIVITY IN THE REGION AND THERE, FOR EXAMPLE FISH FARMS ARE EMERGING IN SMALLER FJORDS AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR ESTABLISHING OIL REFINERIES IN THE FJORDS WHEN THE NORTHERN SEA-ROUTE OPENS. THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTFJORDS HAVE ADDRESSED THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON TOURISM TO GENERATE MORE MONEYFLOW INTO THE SOCIETY.

BUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INCREASED NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS THERE IS A CONCERN OF ACCOMODATION AND AVAILABILITY OF BERTHS, AND PRESSURE ON POPULAR SIGHT SEEING DESTINATIONS.

POPULATION / URBAN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1998 SUÐUREYRI/

286 (+1,4%)

BOLUNGARVÍK/

889 (-18,7%)

FLATEYRI/

274 (-24,9%)

ÍSAFJÖRÐUR/

2874 (-14,7%)

SÚÐAVÍK/

154 (-29,6%)

ÞINGEYRI/

339 (-22,2%)

BÍLDUDALUR/

192 (-39,0%)

TÁLKNAFJÖRÐUR/

276 (-15,6%)

PATREKSFJÖRÐUR/

731 (-23,9%)

HÓLMAVÍK/

518 (-17,5%)

TOTAL EMIGRATION FROM THE REGION 1997 - 2010

ABANDONED FARMS / THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE FARMS ABANDONED BETWEEN 1955 TILL TODAY IS MAINLY RELATED TO A SHIFT IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST CENTURY. FARMERS ALONG THE COASTLINE USED TO BOTH CULTIVATE THEIR PASTURES AT SUMMER AND FISH IN WINTER.

HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK /

SETTLEMENT UNTIL 1950. STATED AS NATIONAL PARK SINCE 1975.

REMAINS A POPULAR DESTINATION FOR TREKKING & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

ABANDONED SETTLEMENTS /

(-17,4%) * http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1173&src=/temp_en/Dialog/varval.asp?ma=MAN03200%26ti=Population+by+postcodes%2C+sex +and+age+1998-2012+++%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Byggda kjarnarhverfi/%26lang=1%26units=Data ** http://www.byggdastofnun.is/ibuathr

POPULATION IN DJÚPAVÍK WENT FROM 437 TO 2 IN THE 1960´S AND REMAINS NOW AS RECREATIONAL DWELLINGS FOR SUMMER PERIOD.

SETTLEMENT IN THE VILLAGES OF DJÚPAVÍK AND EYRI ON THE EASTERN COASTLINE, WERE BASED ON HERRING FACTORIES SINCE 1935.

THOSE FACTORIES WERE EVIDENTLY CLOSED IN 1954 BECAUSE OF DECLINE IN THE FISH STOCKS. THE

TOP 10 TOURIST DESTINATIONS HORNSTRANDIR BOLUNGARVÍK ÓSVÖR ÍSAFJÖRÐUR VIGUR REYKJANES DYNJANDI LÁTRABJARG RAUÐASANDUR FLATEY * ACCORDING TO WESTFJORDS TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER

INCREASE IN TOURISM / APPROX. 40.000 TOURISTS VISITED THE WEST FJORDS IN 2011.

OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE REGION HAVE INCREASED BY 47% SINCE 2008. BETWEEN 2000 AND 2009 TOURISM´S SHARE OF ICELAND´S TOTAL EXPORT REVENUE WAS ON AVERAGE 18,8%. THEREFORE, AND WITH AN EVER GROWING NUMBER OF ARRIVALS AT KEFLAVÍK AIRPORT, MANY REGARD TOURISM AS A POTENTIAL WAY OF FURTHERING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT HAD IMMENSE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE ICELANDIC ECONOMY AND TRADE.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM / SUSTAINABLE TOURISM EMERGES AS REPONSE TO ISSUES RELATED TO MASS TOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, IMPACTS ON SOCIETY & CULTURE. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IS MORE INNOVATIVE AT IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SECURE POSITIVE BENEFITS, IN ADDITION TO THE ESTABLISHED APPROACHES OF REGULATION AND DEVELOP-

MENT CONTROL. THREE COMMON ELEMENTS INVOLVED IN INNOVATION - CREATIVITY, A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH AND A NEW WAY OF THINKING.

NETWORK SPREADING / A PROGRAM OF NETWORK COLLECTING EXPERIENCES AT DIFFERENT LOCATION. THE NETWORK PROPOSES AN ALTERNATIVE MAPPING OF TEMPORAL MIGRATION FLOW OF VISTIORS

GEOTHERMAL POOLS / COLD GEOTHERMAL AREA (>90°C) CULTIVATED CLOSE TO HUMAN HABITATIONS OR ENTIRELY NATURAL SPRINGS ON THE HIGHLAND THAT HIKERS HAVE DISCOVERED ON THEIR TRAILS

DEVELOPMENT TODAY

BANKRUPT INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES

IMPROVEMENT ON REGIONAL ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE NATIONAL ROUTE

PLANS FOR FISH FARMS IN THE FJORDS

PLANS FOR OIL REFINERY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR

PRESERVATION OF PLANTS & ANI- INNOVATION IN FOODPRODUCTION MALS IN AREAS CLOSE TO THE ON GEOTHERMAL AREAS IN NATIONAL PARK REYKJANES

COUPLING PROGRAM PROPOSAL BETWEEN SCALES NETWORK PROGRAM / REGIONAL SCALE TOURISM NODES / HUBS TEMPO / DESTINATION NATURAL RESOURCES ABANDONED MANMADE SUBLIME LANDSCAPE SHRINKING TOWN / MUNICIPAL SCALE REUSE AND REPROGRAM ABANDONED FACTORIES RESIDENTIAL HOUSES FARMING LAND

SOCIAL / HUMANITIES STUDY I AM WORKING ON THE TOPIC OF OUT-MIGRATION AND INCREASEMENT OF TOURISM IN THE WESTERN FJORD-REGION BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE EMIGRANTS LEAVE BEHIND WHEN THEY MOVE TO URBAN CENTERS AND WHAT ATTRACTS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRAVELERS TO VISIT THE REGION, SO I CAN HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE VILLAGES OF THE REGION AND THE FACTORS THAT MAKE INDIVIDUALS MOVE AWAY AND IF THE THE WESTERN FJORDS SOCIETY HAS CAPACITY TO RECIEVE AND BENEFIT FROM INCREASED NUMBER OF TOURISTS.

THE WEST FJORDS REGION / 1 : 250 000 NETWORK OF PROGRAMS RESEARCH QUESTION I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF SHRINKING CITIES, THE GLOBAL PATTERN OF DEPOLUTION IN FORMER INDUSTRIALIZED TOWNS AND CITIES, IN THE WESTERN FJORDS-REGION, WHICH IS RELEVANT TO A ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CONVERSION AND INTERVENTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED HOUSING AND BANKRUPT INDUSTRY ESTATES CAUSED

BY A NATIONAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, WETHER DISCOURSING PRESERVATION OR RESTRUCTURING OLD FACILITIES. AND BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE OF ACCESSIBILITY AND CAPACITY NEEDS OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN ICELAND.

HYPOTHESIS

THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OF ACTIVATING MIXED USE OF VACANT SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE AND OUTSIDERS MEET, THE PROPOSAL WILL BE DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO A NETWORK OF DIFFERENT SPATIAL EXPERIMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF ACTION AND DEVELOPE INTERVENTION OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PLANNED OIL REFINERY & A PASSAGE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON THE WAY TO A NATIONAL PARK. THIS SUGGESTS A PROGRAM OF COUPLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS IN THE WESTERN FJORDS.

COMMERCIAL & TRADE AREA AREA FOR SERVICE INSTISTUTION RESIDENTIAL AREA CENTRUM HARBOUR AREA BOLUNGARVíK 1:1000

BOLUNGARVÍK MUNICIPALITY / CONVERSION OF A PRAWN FACTORY RESEARCH QUESTION I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF CONVERSION, OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN BOLUNGARVÍK, WHICH IS RELEVANT TO A ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CONVERSION AND INTERVENTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BANKRUPT INDUSTRY ESTATES CAUSED BY A NATIONAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, WETHER DISCOURSING PRESERVATION OR RESTRUCTURING OLD FACILITIES. AND BECAUSE OF THE ROLE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

HYPOTHESIS THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OF REORIENTATE THE EXISTING SPACE AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES WITH THE STRUCTURE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FORMER FACTORY. ACTION AND DEVELOPE INTERVENTION OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN BOLUNGARVÍK, THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PLANNED OIL REFINERY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR & A PASSAGE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON THE WAY TO HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK. THIS SUGGESTS A PROGRAM OF COUPLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS IN THE WESTERN FJORDS.

MODEL STUDY

TRANSFORMING BAKKAVÍK FREEZING PLANT BOLUNGARVÍK WEST VIEW

EXISTIING BUILDIING

TYPE

EA

TYPE B

TYPE C

EXISTING PRESERVATION LAND

PLANNED EXPANSION OF PRESERVATION

HIKING TRAIL & RIDING PATH TO NATIONAL PARK DALBÆR DWELLING

PIER ROAD ENDS

BOAT TRIP FROM BOLUNGARVÍK

DALBÆR, SNJÁFJALLASTRÖND / GATEWAY TO HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK

RESEARCH QUESTION I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AT THE PORTAL OF HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK WHICH IS RELEVANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CONSERVATION. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM EMERGES AS REPONSE TO ISSUES RELATED TO MASS TOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, IMPACTS ON SOCIETY & CULTURE. THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OF PRESERVATION OF FLORA AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SITE OF DALBÆR BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE NATIONAL PARK.

BÍLDUDALUR ARNARFJÖRÐUR / - ABANDONED AGRICULTURE - EMERGING AQUACULTURE - PLANNED OIL REFINERY RESEARCH QUESTION I AM WORKIN ON THE THEME OF SHIFT OF INDUSTRY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR. WITH ADDRESSING THE PLANS OF EMERGING AQUACULTURE WITH FISH FARMS IN , ALGAE PLANT, PLANS FOR OIL REFINERY AND THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED FARMS IN THE FJORD I WANT TO EXPLORE THE FESIBILITY OF THE PLANS AND SEE WITH EXPERIMENTATION HOW DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURE COULD WORK TOGETHER AND WHAT KIND OF SOCIAL IMPACT THOSE TRADES MIGHT EFFECT THE DECLINING POPULATION IN BÍLDUDALUR.

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DIPLOMA DELIVERY

CURRICULUM VITAE

PÉTUR BLÖNDAL MAGNASON Born in Reykjavík / Iceland / august 19th 1985

EDUCATION Bergen School of Architecture / 2006-2012 Technical College Reykjavik / 2005-2006 Student from Reykjavík Gymnasium / 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MASTER COURSES / 2010 - 2012 THROUGH OUT THE DIFFERENT MASTERS LEVEL STUDIOS AND WORKSHOPS AT BERGEN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE I HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS FOR APPROACHING CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT, PHENOMENAS AND ISSUES OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM AT VARIOUS SCALES. IN MY TRAINING I HAVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS TO USE VITAL INFORMATION FOR THE CONTEXT AND MATERIALITY TO REALIZE PROJECTS. WITH THIS PORTFOLIO I PRESENT MY WORK WHERE I HAVE USED DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING RESEARCH BOOK, INSTALLATIONS, CONSTRUCTION OF UNCONVENTIONAL MATERIALS, HAND DRAWNED AND COMPUTER GENERATED ILLUSTRATIONS AND MODELS TO PRESENT THE PROJECTS.

NORTHERN LINES

GEOMETRY IN SPACE

RAMMED EARTH

VISUAL STRUCTURE VII

EMERGING ARCTIC LANDSCAPES

Krads Architecture / Reykjavík / Internship / 2009-2010

CONTACT Address / Christian Michelsensgate 5, 5012, Bergen Mobile / +47 97495676 / +354 848 4595 Email / petur.magnason@gmail.com

EASTERN PROMISE / FORCE MAJUERE

NORTHERN LINES AUTUMN 2010

EASTERN PROMISE - FORCE MAJEURE SPRING 2011

EMERGING ARCTIC LANDSCAPES AUTUMN 2011

TUTOR:

TUTORS:

TUTORS:

DEANE A. SIMPSON

STEVE CHRISTER MARGRÉT HARÐARDÓTTIR KRISTINN E. HRAFNSSON ESPEN FOLGERØ

GISLE LØKKEN MAGDALENA HAGGÄRDE TONE BERGE

THE COURSE WAS A RESEARCH-BASED DESIGN STUDIO EXPLORING THE IMLPICATIONS FOR URBANISM AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXPANDING CRUISE-SHIP INDUSTRY IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF NORWAY. IN THE DESIGN PROJECT IS THE FOCUS ON THE GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC OF RETIREES AT A GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SCALE. THE BASES OF THE PROJECT WAS THE TRENDS AND ISSUES OF RETIRED CRUISE-TOURISTS FROM THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THE STUDIO. RETIREMENT BASE IS A PROJECT EXPLORING HOW INTERNATIONAL MIGRATING AND SEASONAL BASED RETIREMENT CRUISE COULD IMPACT A NORWEGIAN VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE LEISURE LIFESTYLE OF THE FOREIGN DWELLERS.

ABOUT: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDIO WAS TO LOOK AT PAST AND PRESENT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST REGION OF ICELAND. EL GRILLO WAS A BRITISH OILTANKER THAT WAS SUNK IN SEYÐISFJÖRÐUR DURING WWII. A BEER BEARING THIS NAME IS NOW BREWED IN REYKJAVÍK. WITH THE PROJECT A LOCAL TRADITION AND RECIPE IS INTRODUCED WITH FJARÐARALDAN BREWERY AND CULTURAL CENTER ON THE PRESENTLY DESERTED HARBOURFRONT, MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT. ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING IS A WRAPPING OF THE BREWING PROCESS CROSSED BY A CULTURAL ROUTE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED AT MANY LEVELS INCLUDIN WALKT-THROUGH, PRODUCTION TOUR AND DRINKING EXPERINCE. IN GOOD WEATHER THE PUBLIC AREASCAN OPEN ONTO A BOARDWALK. IT IS ANTICIPATED THE RICH MIX OF EXPERIENCE WILL APPEAL TO LOCALS, REGULAR VISITORS AND THE TOURISTS AS THEY ARRIVE BY THE INTERNATIONAL FERRY. THE BUILDING IS SIMPLE AND DIRECT WITH FORMS REMINISCENT OF THE INDUSTRIALIZATION THAT ONCE OCCUPIED THE WATERFRONT OF THE TOWN. THE INTENSITY OF THE BUILDINGS IMAGE IS HEIGHTENED BY THE USE OF WEATHERED OF THE TIMBER SCAVENGED FROM DISMANTLED PIERS.

ABOUT: THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDIO WAS TO CREATE A PLATFORM FOR CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE CHANGES CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN THE ARCTIC REGION. WITH REORIENTING BIDJOVÁGGI THE FOCUS WAS ON THE CONFLICT OF CONTRADICTING INTERESTS IN THE SÁMI TERRITORIES IN FINNMARK. THE LANDSCAPE HAS UNDERGONE DRAMATIC CHANGES THE LAST 30 YEARS IN FORM OFF USE OF ENERGY RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH HAS INFLUENCED THE TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE OF THE REINDEER HERDERS OPERATING AND MIGRATING IN FINNMARK. BASED ON FUTURE PLANS OF GOLD MINING OPERATION IN KAUTOKEINO MUNICIPALITY THE PROJECTS AIM WAS TO APPROACH THE ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE COMING TRANSFORMATION OF THE AREA, BOTH HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN, AND INTRODUCE AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO DISCUSS AND PLAN CHANGES IN BIDJOVÁGGI