Tasiilaq
Maritime Center
Arctic Cities Studio
AHO : Tromsø Academy of Landscape and Territorial Studies Kristjan Breidfjord Svavarsson
Tasiilaq
The Town of Tasiilaq & the Site Location
Seasonal Wheel Tasiilaq
The Site
This location has been used as a natural harbor for smaller boats. This natural-made harbor is in a creek that gives shelter from the waves and wind. The creek slopes up to the mainland and leaves shallow tidal pools during low tide. There is a quite nice wetland vegetation in the eastern part of the location, in between a freshwater stream and the Ocean.
Tasiilaq Fieldnotes
Education
Loosing Knowledge
Drownings
Tourism
Tasiilaq Maritime Center can create some kind of an education platform for indigenous hunting and maritime knowledge, usage.
by
creating
facilities
for
different
The site is located near the Tasiilaq school
which can create a dialogue with the site, for example by educating students about the knowledge of hunters, kayak training, arctic swimming, building workshops for kayaks, dog sledge and other indigenous handicraft works. The goal is to create an infrastructure for the boats with
all
of
the
hunter
needs,
for
example
fully produce a seal (meat and dry skin).
how
to
There are
many sledge dogs located nearby that could help with the different seasonal use. The area can be used all year round both outside and inside; outside by maritime training under ice conditions and inside by using the sheds for
education
or
workshopping.
The
area
has
an
opportunity to be a market, where the hunters could bring in their catch and people can buy fish and meat. A place like this will attract curious tourists, which in turn can have an economical impact for the people that maintain the facilities.
Coastline
Tide + 0.5 m
Tide + 1.5 m
Tide + 2.5 m
Tide + 3.5 m
Winter time
The Platform The inspiration for the platform was the ice, that is, the sharp edges of a newly broken sea ice, and how the ice meets the the land by high and low tide and creates some kind of shelf that is connected to the land.
The Material
Wooden Decks, Concrete & Orange Painted Metal Edge
Concrete Foundation
Tidal Pool for Ice
The smallest tidal pools function as an ice-catcher. At low tide the ice stays there and can be used as a market place for the fresh meat/fish the hunters sell there The smallest tidal pools can also be used for parking the boat
Tidal Pool for Small Boats
Children can fish and maybe leave the catch there if they are just playing during low tide
Temporary Fish Container
Low Tide
High Tide
Sitting Area : The platform will have several seating locations where the platform meets the cliff, which can create some kind of a climate pocket
Maritime Training Pool: All year round training under different seasons
The high tide will flow over the tidal pool wall and flow back through the outlets.