Nature has always been very important to me. This stems from growing up on a small Icelandic farm which has a close connection to the mountains, the ocean and the stars. It is a place where you can experience total darkness and complete silence. I have lived in a city since I was twenty years old and when I moved to Oslo I had the new experience of living in a city without a car. It has been wonderful to be a able to move away from the car and traffic and experience the city by foot or bicycling. Architecture and society are so intertwined that they can not exist without each other. Therefore we need to connect architecture to the environment, weather, people and history. We have to use all our senses in creating and designing. I have always been very enthusiastic about texture and had the need to touch things to experience them. The skin is our biggest organ and therefore we must not concentrate only on the visual but also let the other senses be involved in our design and creation. In my opinion, to be a good architect one must see the world from many different aspects and try many different life styles. My background has given me a broad perspective which promotes one of the fundamentals of architecture, i.e. to see things from the perspective of others and then bring your own input.
The photo is taken in an old farm on Vestfjรถrรฐur.
contents Social spaces / Where are our children playing?
Stairs
The Innovation Fund for Students 2009 - Research
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Þingvellir / Öxará
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3-18 19-24/25-26
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Contemporary Art Museum
Single parents society
Final project
Houses in an urban setting
Urban analysis
Booth for Reykjavík Technical College
Frakkastígur - Research
The winning proposal
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Authors and their works Villa
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Building a city - Hotel Incorporating an old building in to a new.
4 bath houses in Melshöfða Context and weather
Contemporary art center BA in arcitecture 2010 Highest grade giveni in 2010 for final project in arcitecture Advisior: Steinþór Kári Kárason Teachers: Ásdís Helga Ágústsdóttir Kristján Örn Kjartansson Pétur Hrafn Ármannsson Sigrún Birgisdóttir Extemal examiner: Steve Christer
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The guests are led through the building by two nonconnected stairways that offer different experience as well as circulation.
It is ideal to visit the ducks on the TjĂśrnin-pond and stop by to enjoy art and cultural events, go to the library for lectures, or visit the roof for some refreshments at The window on the ground the cafĂŠ. The cut-out rooffloor connects the people scape gives guests the opwalking by to the art inside portunity to enjoy the city from a different angle, whilst The main aim of the build- enjoying art. ing is to meet the demands needed to serve the com- The structure is a puncplex obligations of a modern tured mass, which adapts art museum. to the context of the city by taking the surroundings The building is flexible and into account. A larch cladcapable of increasing the ding encloses the structure connection between the and imposes warmth into community and The Living the surroundings and the Art Museum. The building shape of the roof refers to has diverse activities on various roofs of other buildthe ground floor, which has ings in the city. a library, reception and a shop along with a large hall that can be used for performances, lectures or various events. Children should belong in museums and the building promotes modern art education.
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The double stairs of the house reflects the contemporary art, Art is often elusive and that is what I wanted to achieve together with getting a good flow in the building, you can experience the building like the art, in so many ways and often unexplainable way.
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The model I created in scale 1:100
White panted plastering Site-casted concrete Mineral wool Gutter Vapor barrier Batten-ventilation Batten-ventilation Larch coating
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Roof, walls and window details Drawn in scale 1:20
múrhúð Steypa einangrun dúkur Lekta/loftbil Timburklæðning
Final model and sketch models, created in scale 1:100
Social space the Innovation Fund for Students 2009 Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir Björg Elva Jónsdóttir Advisior Sigrún Birgisdóttir I applied for a grant from The Innovation Fund for Students with Björg Elva Jónsdóttir. Our project was chosen from a list of 316 projects We studied the playgrounds, their history and state, interviewed the city authorities and gave them ideas for improvements.
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Kambsvegur Care areas (róló)
Klepssvegur Location: Barðavogur
Activities Today: Two woman are renting the place and are taking care of 10 children Adjoining settlement: School ( ) Kindergarten ( ) Residential (x) Street ( )
Ljósheimar Barðavogur
Electric sentral stasion ( ) Access: Car ( ) Walking (x) across the street ( ) Other: 3 sidewalks are adjacent to the playground What facilities are available: Building (x) WC ( ) Other: Demarcation: Fences (x) Wall ( ) Landscape ( ) Streets ( )
Laugardalur number of inhabitants: 9189
Soil: Grass (x) paved ( ) Gravel (x) Other: Vegetation: Tree (x) Shrubs ( ) Flowers ( ) Other: Description: One light post, they are paying the electricity for it.
children 0-12 ára: 2145 teenagers 13-16 ára: 675 Perception / experience: Odor: Grass audio: Exposure: Traffic from Sæbraut Other: playground: Swings (x) Slide (x) Castle (x) Seesalt (x) Climbing rack (x) Sandbox (x) hut (x) Other: Asked for a castle for infants, but got castle for elementary school kids clean: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 = very poor 10 = Excellent Condition: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Care areas (róló) Location: Vesturgata 46 Activities Today: Playgrounds Adjoining settlement: School ( ) Kindergarten ( ) Residential (x) Street (x)
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number of inhabitants: 16100
Description: No lights in area, only lights from pavement
children 0-12 ára: 2651 teenagers 13-16 ára: 759
Perception / experience: Odour: Pollution Audio: Traffic Exposure: Traffic Other: playground: Swings (x) Slide ( ) Castle ( ) Seesalt ( ) Climbing Rack ( ) Sandbox (x) hut ( ) Other: clean:
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Comments: One bench. Openings in the fence into the street. Very poor state of area.
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Where are our children playing? Houses in an urban setting 5 semester Teachers: Guðjón Þór Erlendsson Sigrún Birgisdóttir Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir Steffan Iwersen Following the Social Space Project I did a study on how child care was carried out today. I researched the old playgrounds in Reykjavík and started to think about where children were today. The playgrounds were in that way parents could bring their children and pay a small amount for babysitting while they ran their errands. Today, the city has closed all the playgrounds. In my research I found out that all the babysitting has moved in to shopping and services. Is that what we want? Each and every one must decide for them self, but my answer is playgrounds rather than shopping malls.
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Number of visits 1999
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Borgarrannsókn: Reykjavíkurgreining
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Kringlan Smáralind Ikea World class laugum Hreyfing
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Single parents society Houses in an urban setting 5th semester Teachers; Sigrún Birgisdóttir Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir Andri Snær Magnason Kristján Örn Kjartansson Magnús Albert Jensson Ólafur Óskar Axelsson Pétur Hrafn Ármannsson Flexible circulation between homes, vertical and horizontal openings offers possibilities for sosialising and shared caring for children. Section diagram to the right, shows openings between apartments vertical and horizontal.
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Family patterns change. Number of single parents is increasing every year. I want to meet the needs of individuals with children. The apartments are located in Laugarneshverfi with everything close by, entertainment, schools and kindergartens. This is a mixed built neighborhood both residential and commercial but it lacks a cafe in the neighborhood. The apartments address the variation of the family, one day or one week there is one adult at home, the next two children are added. Also, the isolation of a single parent is an important tool when exploring the needs of single parents. The option of child care can be scarce and the only possibility is to stay at home (when the kids sleep). You can take turns
bringing and retrieving the kids to school or preschool. Kids get companionship of each other and the parents can open the apartments between them. Whether it is child care, short chat or dinner. The apartments have connectivity, up and down. When I began to think about the threshold of apartments I found it ideal to link the apartment horizontally and vertically and therefore have more options of mixing inside the premises. The small hill in front of the house combines the population of the neighborhood in play. A cafe is located opposite the hill where you can sit in after a good stay outside.
Laugarneshverfi analysis
plot Senior Citizens residential area shops/residential companies and services sports Preschools elementary school university public playground old playground that is now public churches archaeological
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Openings betweens apartments are vertical and horizontal.
The beds can be pulled up. The windows are deep enough for sitting and playing.
Openings betweens apartments, vertical privat/semi privat
WC privat
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Openings betweens apartments, horizontal privat/semi frivat
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Stairs- Öxará in Þingvellir 3rd semester Teachers: Hildigunnur Sverrisdóttir Sigurður Gunnarsdóttir Sigrún Birgisdóttir Guðjón Kjartansson The focal point of the project is the interaction between structure and the environment, the flowing of the space and the analysis of the ideological context. Emphasis is made on reading the landscape and other influential factors in designing in natural environment. In Icelandic folklore, elves attract humans in to the berg. I created the project from these stories. I wanted to play with the mystique and the lost, when people become one with the nature. You can climb the gully and make yourself disappear in to the berg where you unite with the waterfall. For those who stand outside it is difficult to distinguish between reality and what is beyond it. when you see a glimpse of a man behind the waterfall.
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Authors and their works Villa 1st semester Teacher: PĂŠtur Hrafn Ă rmannsson First part of the project was teamwork, where we investigated the New York five. The members are Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Charles Gwathmey, John Hejud og Richard Meier. The second part of the course was to design a house based on the techniques and philosophy of the New York five. Meier splits the private and public space in an interesting way and I take it one step further and put the private space in another building. The bedrooms are closed off but kitchen and living room are open into the garden. A curved ladder up to the roof garden triggers a certain warmth in the building, up on the roof there is a hot tub. A open car shed with the barrier between inside and outside is unclear. From there you can walk in to the hall and out to the garden or directly through the bedroom wing. The building is designed with four-person family in mind and should appeal to those who want to enjoy peace and to be associated with the nature.
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Frakkastígur - Urban analysis 2 semester / Spring 2008 Teachers: Massimo Santanicchia Sigrún Birgisdóttir Year 1 students in Architecture Iceland Academy of the Arts: Ása Bryndís Gunnarsdóttir, Baldur Helgi Snorrason, Björg Elva Jónsdóttir, Bylgja Lind Pétursdóttir, Dagný Tómasdóttir, Erna Þráinsdóttir, Eyþór Jóvinsson, Guðmundur Skúli Halldórsson, Guðrún Jóna Arinbjarnardóttir, Katla Maríudóttir, Kristín Una Sigurðardóttir, Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir, Pétur Stefánsson, Röðull Reyr Kárason, Snorri Þór Tryggvason
I worked in six weeks whith my class on an urban analysis project. The subject was Frakkastígur and everything relating to the street, its surroundings and inhabitants. We began with learning about the built environment of Frakkastígur and by drawing all the houses in Vector works and Sketch Up. Following this we focused on other things and researched anything that interested us about the street. We divided ourselves into smaller groups that took on different topics, such as history and changes in the street scape, the real estate market, nature and weather and social factors of the area. Some of us went into historical research on the houses, changes that have been made to them and learned about the inhabitants. Hours were spent in museums and institutions, looking through piles of folders and archives in search for anything of interest. Many walks took place along Frakkastígur, taking pictures, observing the area and traffic and talking to the inhabitants. The conclusion of this research was presented in a book named Frakkastígur Urban analysis 10.001 m3 43
FrakkastĂgur Urban analysis 10.001 m3
Negative mass This picture shows the void, or the invertion of the mass. It focuses on the area that is not consumed by buildings. This area holds everything from streets, pavements and parking spaces to gardens, vegetation and unused area. This is both public and private space.
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Parking space Residents at Frakkastígur, and many others are very fond of the old houses that outline the street and have a hard time imagining the street differently. But eventually the area has to be reorganized in terms of making more use of the space. Reykjavík has faced a dramatic decrease in the number of persons per apartment in the last decades and even in the last few years. If this development is not coincided with the increase in number of apartments per area of land, it has to lead to a dispersed city. And that has its consequences. The impact of this development may for instance be seen in a vast area of land that is preoccupied by cars, since Reykjavík’s cars-per-inhabitant rate is extremely high compared to other European countries. What follows is a little used public transport, and therefor more cars on the streets, and again, more area of land that is used to store all the cars. Increasing the density of the city will most likely be accompanied by a temporary chaos parking-wise, but eventually the more dense the city becomes, the more effort is put into making the public transport better, hence less cars are needed. In this diagram the amplitude of the area used as a parking space can be seen. What is most striking is the huge parking lot around Hallgrímskirkja church. One way to comprehend this would be to read it as a token of our Zeitgeist. What would Guðjón Samúelsson think of this rearrangement of his plan to make Skólavörðuholt the Polis of Icelandic culture?
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Experiencing mass / density In the urban planning scheme from 1986, Reykjavík City Planning Department made plans on increasing the density of the city center, especially through the Skúlagata-block, to allow various activities and business to flourish as well as to strengthen the service- and cultural core of the city. This new building area, Skuggahverfi was supposed to form clusters that could easily be handled and be devided into smaller regions. The apartments were to be bright and have spectacular view over the sea, while creating shelter from the heavy winds from sea.
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Building a city - Hotel Incorporating a old building in to a new. 3rd semester Teachers: Ásmundur Hrafn Sturluson Steinþór Kári Kárason Stephen M Christer Cooperation projects with Dagný Tómasdóttir A hotel with 20 rooms, bathroom in every bedroom, conference room, fitness room, spa and a restaurant. The city is the focal point, the building fits well with the surrounding area where it merges into the city landscape. The main floor has great openings which connects the hotel and the restaurant to the city.
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The winning proposal for booth in ReykjavĂk Technical college 3rd place in Construct North 2006 The booth was chosen 3rd most interesting out of 120 exhibition booths. Construct North is dedicated to the construction industry, municipal planning and public works. Proposals were submitted and mine was chosen. All the students that submitted proposals then worked as a team on my idea and to bring the concept to live. The project was made by the students in the school with assistance from the instructors. The idea for the booth came from a project on lights and shadows, as shown below. I created an advertising concept that was printed on T-shirts and bags that were distributed on Construct North exhibition. A flyer for each department was created and distributed on the exhibition.
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The idea for the booth came from a project I did whith lights and shadows
Lighting behind perspex Mdf sprayed lacqured white. Text and color of each course Pictures from the school, a colour that relates them to each course.
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4 bath houses in Melshöfða Context and weather 4th semester Teachers: Olga Guðrún Sigfúsdóttir Jóhann Sigurðsson Sigrún Birgisdóttir Sigurður Harðarson Þráinn Hauksson Örn Þór Halldórsson Melshöfði has four buildings that can be rented during the day. Upon arrival the guests are given keys to the facilities. They can either bring their own lunch or order food from the local businessman. The facilities are not designed as guest houses, but the more adventurous people can stay overnight since the uppermost part of the houses never goes underwater. The facilities are modern houses; each has its own use and experience. The area is known for its wild birds and thus staying there is a unique opportunity for bird watching. The houses can only be entered during low tide unless using a small boat or a kayak. Thus the tides must be monitored closely. During high tide, it isn’t possible to leave the house easily.
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the houses comes from an old fisherman’s hut and the fish terraces that once stood at the site. The walls in the old hut where sparse and the wind easily blew through them. Inside the houses are dividers that can be moved at will, creating shelter when it’s windy. All the houses have shutters that can be opened. The shutters are big enough for being used as emergency exits. The houses are all made of silvered weathered pine wood which forms its own protection. The houses are well suited for the environment, they are small and have an adventurous glow where they rise from sea. When it is dark outside the houses glow uniquely and looks like small lanterns in the ocean. The direction of the houses is designed to shelter from the northern winds. One of the houses is specially designed to shelter from all the wind directions.
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Steam bath and drying house The building consists of two units joint by a sun terrace. The main building is a drying house that has platforms, giving a chance to move to a higher level when the tide flows in. There is a shower and a toilet on the top platform. The connecting bridge to the steam bath can also be used as an outside area to sit and enjoy the sun during a high tide. The doors to the drying house can create a shelter from the eastern, western and northwestern winds. The buildings are close enough for the wind to flow over them.
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Ocean swimming-floating floor Sparse wooden house with a floating inner floor. During a high tide, the ocean flows into the house allowing the inner floor and an adjacent dock to float up. A fence surrounds the floating floor providing a shelter from the wind. The top platform is a more dense space containing a shower and a toilet. The top platform has big windows to let the sun in, as well as other smaller windows that can be used as emergency exits.
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Hot tub - seaweed bath Three floor wooden house, sparse in the bottom but more dense in the top. Flight of stair brings you to the main floor that has a shower and a drying facility. The walls at the main floor are loose dividers that can be used to alter the space at will. The entrance to the hot tub is through a hole in the floor. There a person is supposed to gain complete relaxation while looking through the bars and feel completely alone, or the shutters can be opened and the sun and nature let in. When the tide flows in one can move up to the top floor. At the top floor most of the south side of the house can be opened for the guests to sit quietly and watch the tide. The wall dividers can also be used to shelter from the wind..
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big windows WC
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Shower
hot tub tide
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hot tub plan
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tide View south
View east
ground floor
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2nd floor
View north
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Floating house - shelter from all wind directions It is a one floor building with large walls/doors that can be opened at will. The walls are made of two rafts, both top and lower raft can be either open or closed giving various possibilities. When the tide moves in, the whole house floats up with the tide. The pillars that the house floats on contain outdoor showers; inside you have toilets and moving dividers to be used at will.
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outdoor showers
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wc doors are shelter from wind the whole house floats up tide
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section
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flood tide
flood ground floor open tide View west open
View east closed
flood
tide ground floor closed
View north Open
View south closed
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