From Backyards to Courtyards
NARVIK (NO) — SPECIAL MENTION
AUTHOR(S) — Márton Tövissi (RO), Mihai Bușe (FR), Boris Girin
CONTACT — A-PLATZ + MEMO + INLANDSIS
(FR), Architects; Emőke Forró (RO), Interior architect;
info@a-platz.com, www.a-platz.com,
Etienne Haller (UK), Elinor Scarth (UK), Landscape architects
www.memo-architecture.com, www.inlandsis.space
TEAM POINT OF VIEW — The site of the future “Technical Quarter”
lacks a clear urban definition, we detect a backyard effect despite its central position within the city. Different buildings were erected on the site and despite the obsolete image of some of them, they have tectonic qualities and they are starting to define a valuable three square-courtyard morphology. We propose to redefine and complete the urban fabric by upgrading all the valuable existing buildings and by adding new ones, to create diversity and structure. By setting up smaller entities in terms of public space and architectural types, we create living areas of activity that are clearly identified at the scale of the cityscape. In this way a sense of density, combined with a sense of community, can become a possibility.
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