NATIONAL PARK CENTER (HELLISSANDUR, ICELAND)
We participated in the competition for a new national park center at Hellissandur on the Snæfellsnes peninsula on the west coast of Iceland in june 2006.
The building is designed to appear as a delicate foreign object landed in the rough lava landscape. Its shape creates a sheltered sloping courtyard opening up to the south and the Snæfellsjøkull glacier, away from the prevailing winds from the nearby coast. From this sheltered space you enter the building.
A compact shape with low volume and minimized facade surface was main strategies towards fulfilling sustainability required in the competition brief. In essence - architecture created by small, but effective adjustments to the site. Among the jury comments were "Clear concept and well working plan layout".
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