Laufey Bjรถrg Sigurรฐardรณttir
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. The photo is taken in an old farm on Vestfjรถrรฐur
Contemporary art center BA in arcitecture 2010 Highest grade given in 2010 for final project in arcitecture Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir Advisior: Steinþór Kári Kárason Teachers: Ásdís Helga Ágústsdóttir Kristján Örn Kjartansson Pétur Hrafn Ármannsson Sigrún Birgisdóttir Extemal examiner: Steve Christer
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It is ideal to visit the ducks on the Tjörnin-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 café. 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. 1- exhibition room 2- shop Children should belong in 3- reception museums and the building - library promotes modern art edu5- wc cation. 6- coat room
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The guests are led through the building by two nonconnected stairways that offer different experience as well as circulation.
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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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Two Almenningur non-connected stairways
White panted plastering Site-casted concrete Mineral wool Gutter Vapor barrier Batten-ventilation Batten-ventilation Larch coating
exhibition room, window on ground floor. Stage for performances, lectures or various events, where guests can enjoy the art both inside and from the street.
Mullion Insulation glass
Roof, walls and window details Drawn in scale 1:20
múrhúð Steypa einangrun dúkur Lekta/loftbil Timburklæðning
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Social space Research work 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 registered all the “care areas” playgrounds that previously were care areas, where parents could leave their children if they had to shop, or work half a day. At this time not all children where in kindergarten, we photographed them and rated their state,z studied their history, interviewed the city authorities and gave them ideas for improvements.
ReykjavĂk 2009
care areas kindergartens open playgrounds another green area
We registered all old care ariea in Reykjavik like this Vesturgata
Care areas (róló)
Dunhagi Location: Vesturgata 46 Activities Today: Playgrounds
Adjoining settlement: School ( ) Kindergarten ( ) Residential (x) Street (x) Electric sentral stasion ( )
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Access: Car (x) walking (x) across the street (x) Other: What facilities are available: Building ( ) WC ( ) Other: Demarcation: Fences (x) Wall ( ) Landscape ( ) Streets ( ) Other: Open to the street Soil: Grass (x) paved (x) Gravel (x) Other:
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Vegetation: Tree (x) Shrubs ( ) Flowers ( ) Other:
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.
Where are our children playing?
Number of visits 1999
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Houses in an urban setting 5 semester
care areas malls physical training
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care areas malls physical training
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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.
Borgarrannsókn: Reykjavíkurgreining
róun gæslu í Reykjavík
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.
Kringlan Smáralind Ikea World class laugum Hreyfing
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Kringlan Smáralind Ikea World class laugum Hreyfing
27.189 39.520 28.800 9.000
Alls 134.252
Alls 134.252 Verslun og likamsrækt Gæsluvellir án þjónustu
Gæsla 2009
Gæsla 1999
Verslun og líkamsræktarstö var Gæsluvellir
EInkarekstur og Gæsluvellir 2009
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(gæsluvellir Reykjavíkur eru án jónustu í dag)
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.
30.000 27.189 39.520 28.800 9.000
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Single parents society Houses in an urban setting 5th semester Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir 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.
apartments/ apartments / close closed
apartments / apartments/ babysitting baby sitting
apartments/ apartments / sosialising sosialising
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
Openings betweens apartments are vertical and horizontal.
Openings betweens apartments, vertical privat/semi privat
WC privat
Bedroom privat/semi privat Openings betweens apartments, horizontal privat/semi frivat
outdoor area semi privat
outdoor area public
overview and where section is taken
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Stairs- Öxará in Þingvellir 3rd semester Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttr 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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The winning proposal for booth in ReykjavĂk Technical college and the 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.
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.
The winning proposal in Technical College
students painting the booth
On the floor there are pictures of tools that are uesd in The ReykjavĂk Technical College.
The final resault
A flyer for each department was created and distributed on the exhibition. T-shirts for Technical college
bags for Technical college
4 bath houses in Melshöfða Context and weather 4th semester Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir 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.
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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tub sauna deck -swimming focean swimming-floating floor
key - food
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Weather research Wind machine, northern wind examined Weather map made from ​​ data gathered from a local inhabitant
Complete stillness on the terrace N
I spoke to Bogi, a local man that has lived in Ă lftanes for ten years, about the weather conditions and the local way. Below we see a location map created from the information gathered. The northern wind often brings sunny days but is very cold. The eastern wind is, however, more frequent but brings more rain and is less cold.
It is calm on the platform during the northern wind N
It is calm on the docks at the entrance; the house still lets the wind through. Summer sun Winter sun Dominant wind direction
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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.
the doors create a shelter steam bath flood
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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.
big windows Shower and WC
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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.. big windows WC flood
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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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Stöng Competition 2nd award in an open architecture competition 2012 Autors: Laufey Björg Sigurðardóttir Eva Sigvaldadóttir I along with Eva took part in an open competition and we got the second prize. 13 architectural firms participated. Ruins in Stöng, Iceland, are blowing away in the wind and need restoring and shelter from the weather. The competition involves suggesting a way to approach the area and a vision of how the ruins and environment are experienced. The proposal suggests a two fold approach: First, protecting the ruins, shelters will be built over individual units, taking their form from the hills and mountains in the area and pressing down into the earth like the ruins. Secondly, experiencing the place, a path is suggested, connecting individual buildings and connecting the buildings and nature. Walking along the path, various, exciting viewpoint are provided towards the ruins and the nature, sometimes inside the buildings, sometimes from above, the side or below... highlighting points of interest. Spaces to stop and enjoy are provided as well.
Farm house ruins - view south
Site plan
Farm house ruins - section
Farm house ruins - plan
Points of interest highlighted
Church ruins- plan
Restrooms - plan
Church ruins - view south
Restrooms - view east