COUPLING BOLUNGARVÍKRETHINKING THE ICEHOUSE

This catalouge is a model study of the renovation of the Icehouse, a disused shrimp factory in Bolungarvík, Ice-land. The Icehouse was built and extended through pe-riod 1929-1980 and represents the life & work in Bol-ungarvík, the rise & decline of the fishing industry that contains layers past processes. These photos explore the new & old materiality Light and space. Use of the new program for the innovation center and how the building can represent life & work again in Bolungarvík in this desolated building.

Drymla pond

CENTRUM STEPS

BJARNASQUARE

OUTDOOR MARKET

ENTRANCE FROM INDUSTRY

PARK

BREAKWATERVIEWPOINT

KAYAK SHORE

SEA TAXI TO THE FJORD

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1. Main Entrance 2. Icehouse main hall3. Lecture room4. Workshop5. Lecture room6. Social pocket 7. Reading space8. Event stage

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Icehouse Innovation Center

Plan 1:100Ground Floor

Sea food production

Education

Common use

1. Main Entrance 2. Icehouse main hall3. Lecture room4. Workshop5. Lecture room6. Social pocket 7. Reading space8. Event stage

9. Workshop10. Entrance11. Toilets12. Class room13. Sea food production reception14. Sea food production 15. Pipe Chamber Storage16. Loading / Storage

Icehouse Innovation Center

Plan 1:100Ground Floor

Sea food production

Education

Common use

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1. Information desk 2. Show-room / Cantine3. Offices4. Class room5. Class room6. Class room7. Class room8. Reading area

9. Social pocket10. Social pocket11. Meeting room12. Class room13. Storage14. Laboratory entrance15. Laboratory16. Laboratory

17. Laboratory18. Laboratory19. Laboratory20. Production laboratory

Icehouse Innovation Center

Plan 1:1001. Floor

Sea food production

Education

Common use

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1. Sea food kitchen2. Bar3. Restaurant4. Toilet

Icehouse Innovation Center

Plan 1:1002. Floor

Sea food production

Education

Common use

The Icehouse becomes a part of the new square

Past processes of the factory will be reoriented with new programs

The desolated part of the production space built in 1980 is revitalized with a new skin to the existing structure

The oldest part of the Icehouse, built in 1929 is preserved

The central part is opened up to access the educational, public & sea food production in the Icehouse

Passage through the Icehouse from the Bjarna square to the Breakwater viewpoint

Passage through the Icehouse towards the breakwater

The Icehouse at night time emits light & life

A social pocket on the West side of the Icehouse innovation center at the ground floor

A social pocket on the East side of the Icehouse innovation center with a view to the fjord

A social pocket on the North side with a view to the Bolafjall mountain

The new skins opacity reveals the life & work of the building

The movement of the past production line the is rethought with various elevations of the innovation center

The main hall of the innovation center

Cantine with information desk in the old packing space

Main hall

Going from the class rooms to the reading area

Workshop in the old sorting space

The main hall consists of open hall with class rooms and scene for events

Connection from the cantine to the sea food production part of the Icehouse

Sea food production spaces

Loading & storage space in the sea food production

Sea food production laboratory

Restaurant

The restaurant

The new viewpoint at the breakwater is connected to through the Icehouse passage

The Breakwater viewpoint - a view to Hornstrandir & Ísafjord