COUPLING THE FJORDS / ENVISIONING & ACTIVATING

ARCHITECTURAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WEST FJORDS

COU-PLING:

- The act of linking together or forming couples.- A device that links or connects.- A connection or joint between two things.

AKUREYRI 17.481

THE WEST FJORDS: 7127

EGILSSTAÐIR: 2.257

REYKJAVÍK: 187.181

KEFLAVÍK: 13.862

SELFOSS: 7.928

EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL VOLCANO

ICELAND POPULATION : 319.575 1. january 2012

UNION ARE FIGHTING TO MAIN-TAIN ACTIVITY IN THE REGION AND THERE, FOR EXAMPLE FISH FARMS ARE EMERGING IN SMALL-ER FJORDS AND THERE ARE PLANS FOR ESTABLISHING OIL REFINER-IES IN THE FJORDS WHEN THE NORTHERN SEA-ROUTE OPENS.THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTFJORDS HAVE ADDRESSED THAT THEY WANT TO FOCUS ON TOURISM TO GENERATE MORE MONEYFLOW INTO THE SOCIETY.

BUT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS INCREASED NUMBER OF FOR-EIGN TOURISTS THERE IS A CON-CERN OF ACCOMODATION AND AVAILABILITY OF BERTHS, AND PRESSURE ON POPULAR SIGHT SEEING DESTINATIONS.

JORDS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND 17,4 % OUTMIGRATION FROM THE REGION SINCE 1997.

BUT WITH THE VOLCANIC ERUP-TION OF EYJAFJALLAJÖKULL IN 2010 THE NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS HAS INCREASED FROM 488.622 THAT SAME TO 565.611 IN 2011**, WHERE 70 % OF THE TOUR-ISTS COME TO EXPERIENCE THE NATURE AND LANDSCAPE ALONG THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY ROUTE AROUND ICELAND.THE SITUATION TODAY IN THE WESTFJORDS IS THAT OUT-MI-GRATION IS INCREASING EVERY MONTH, LOCAL FISH PROCESS-ING OPERATIONS ARE BEING DE-CLARED BANKRUPT AND TRADI-TIONAL AGRICULTURAL FARMING IS DISAPPEARING. THE WORKERS

SETTLEMENT IN ICELAND HAS AL-WAYS BEEN BASED AROUND HAR-BOUR CONDITIONS ALONG COAST AND GEOTHERMAL AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.REYKJAVÍK, THE CAPITAL, IS IN-HABIT BY 70% OF THE NATIONS POPULATION AND SERVES AS THE NATIONS ECONOMY ADMINISTRA-TIONS. IN 1997 THE PARLIAMENT INTRODUCED A LEGISLATION FOR NEO-LIBERAL PRIVATIZATION OF FISHING QUOTA RESULTING IN THAT SHAREHOLDERS BOUGHT THE RIGHTS FROM AUTHORITIES IN THE WESTFJORDS.

WITH THE FINANCIAL COLLAPSE IN 2008 MANY OF THE SHARE-HOLDERS HAVE DECLARED BANK-RUPTCY, LEAVING THE TOWNS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE WESTF-

INTRODUCTION

POPULATION /

URBAN DEVELOPMENT SINCE 1998 SUÐUREYRI/ 286 (+1,4%)

BOLUNGARVÍK/ 889 (-18,7%)

FLATEYRI/ 274 (-24,9%) ÍSAFJÖRÐUR/ 2874 (-14,7%)

SÚÐAVÍK/ 154 (-29,6%)

ÞINGEYRI/ 339 (-22,2%)

BÍLDUDALUR/ 192 (-39,0%)

TÁLKNAFJÖRÐUR/ 276 (-15,6%)

PATREKSFJÖRÐUR/ 731 (-23,9%)

HÓLMAVÍK/ 518 (-17,5%)

TOTAL EMIGRATION FROM THE REGION 1997 - 2010

(-17,4%)

* http://www.statice.is/?PageID=1173&src=/temp_en/Dialog/var-val.asp?ma=MAN03200%26ti=Population+by+postcodes%2C+sex+and+age+1998-2012+++%26path=../Database/mannfjoldi/Byggdakjarnarhverfi/%26lang=1%26units=Data** http://www.byggdastofnun.is/ibuathr

ABANDONEDFARMS /

THE TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE FARMS ABANDONED BETWEEN 1955 TILL TODAY IS MAINLY RELAT-ED TO A SHIFT IN TECHNOLOGY IN THE MIDDLE OF LAST CENTURY. FARMERS ALONG THE COASTLINE USED TO BOTH CULTIVATE THEIR PASTURES AT SUMMER AND FISH IN WINTER.

ABANDONEDSETTLEMENTS /

SETTLEMENT IN THE VILLAGES OF DJÚPAVÍK AND EYRI ON THE EAST-ERN COASTLINE, WERE BASED ON HERRING FACTORIES SINCE 1935. THOSE FACTORIES WERE EVIDENT-LY CLOSED IN 1954 BECAUSE OF DECLINE IN THE FISH STOCKS. THE

POPULATION IN DJÚPAVÍK WENT FROM 437 TO 2 IN THE 1960´S AND REMAINS NOW AS RECREATIONAL DWELLINGS FOR SUMMER PERIOD.

HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK /

SETTLEMENT UNTIL 1950. STATED AS NATIONAL PARK SINCE 1975. REMAINS A POPULAR DESTINA-TION FOR TREKKING & OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

TOP 10 TOURIST

DESTINATIONS

HORNSTRANDIR

BOLUNGARVÍK

ÓSVÖR

ÍSAFJÖRÐUR

VIGUR REYKJANES

DYNJANDI

LÁTRABJARG

RAUÐASANDUR

FLATEY* ACCORDING TO WESTFJORDS TOURIST INFORMATION CENT-ER

INCREASE IN TOURISM /

APPROX. 40.000 TOURISTS VIS-ITED THE WEST FJORDS IN 2011. OVERNIGHT STAYS IN THE REGION HAVE INCREASED BY 47% SINCE 2008. BETWEEN 2000 AND 2009 TOURISM´S SHARE OF ICELAND´S TOTAL EXPORT REVENUE WAS ON AVERAGE 18,8%. THEREFORE, AND WITH AN EVER GROWING NUMBER OF ARRIVALS AT KEFLAVÍK AIR-PORT, MANY REGARD TOURISM AS A POTENTIAL WAY OF FURTHER-ING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE RE-CENT GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS THAT HAD IMMENSE NEGATIVE IM-PACT ON THE ICELANDIC ECONO-MY AND TRADE.

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM /

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM EMERGES AS REPONSE TO ISSUES RELATED TO MASS TOURISM, ENVIRONMEN-TAL DAMAGES, IMPACTS ON SO-CIETY & CULTURE. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IS MORE INNOVATIVE AT IDENTIFYING WAYS TO SECURE POSITIVE BENEFITS, IN ADDITION TO THE ESTABLISHED APPROACH-ES OF REGULATION AND DEVELOP-

MENT CONTROL.THREE COMMON ELEMENTS IN-VOLVED IN INNOVATION - CREA-TIVITY, A PROBLEM-SOLVING APPROACH AND A NEW WAY OF THINKING.

NETWORK SPREADING /

A PROGRAM OF NETWORK COL-LECTING EXPERIENCES AT DIF-FERENT LOCATION. THE NETWORK PROPOSES AN ALTERNATIVE MAP-PING OF TEMPORAL MIGRATION FLOW OF VISTIORS

GEOTHERMALPOOLS /

COLD GEOTHERMAL AREA (>90°C)CULTIVATED CLOSE TO HUMAN HABITATIONS OR ENTIRELY NATU-RAL SPRINGS ON THE HIGHLAND THAT HIKERS HAVE DISCOVERED ON THEIR TRAILS

BANKRUPT INDUSTRIAL ESTATES IN TOWNS AND VILLAGES

PLANS FOR FISH FARMS IN THE FJORDS

PLANS FOR OIL REFINERY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR

INNOVATION IN FOODPRODUCTION ON GEOTHERMAL AREAS IN

REYKJANES

PRESERVATION OF PLANTS & ANI-MALS IN AREAS CLOSE TO THE

NATIONAL PARK

IMPROVEMENT ON REGIONAL ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO

THE NATIONAL ROUTE

DEVELOPMENT TODAY

COUPLING PROGRAM PROPOSAL

BETWEEN SCALESNETWORK PROGRAM / REGIONAL SCALE

TOURISMNODES / HUBS

TEMPO / DESTINATION NATURAL RESOURCES

ABANDONED MANMADESUBLIME LANDSCAPE

SHRINKING TOWN / MUNICIPAL SCALE

REUSE AND REPROGRAMABANDONED FACTORIESRESIDENTIAL HOUSES

FARMING LAND

SOCIAL / HUMANITIES STUDY

I AM WORKING ON THE TOPIC OF OUT-MIGRATION AND INCREASE-MENT OF TOURISM IN THE WESTERN FJORD-REGION BECAUSE I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE EMIGRANTS LEAVE BEHIND WHEN THEY MOVE TO URBAN CENTERS AND WHAT ATTRACTS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TRAVELERS TO VISIT THE REGION, SO I CAN HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE VILLAGES OF THE REGION AND THE FACTORS THAT MAKE IN-DIVIDUALS MOVE AWAY AND IF THE THE WESTERN FJORDS SOCI-ETY HAS CAPACITY TO RECIEVE AND BENEFIT FROM INCREASED NUMBER OF TOURISTS.

THE WEST FJORDS REGION / 1 : 250 000NETWORK OF PROGRAMS

RESEARCH QUESTION

I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF SHRINKING CITIES, THE GLOBAL PATTERN OF DEPOLUTION IN FORMER INDUSTRIALIZED TOWNS AND CITIES, IN THE WEST-ERN FJORDS-REGION, WHICH IS RELEVANT TO A ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CONVERSION AND INTERVENTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED HOUSING AND BANKRUPT INDUSTRY ESTATES CAUSED BY A NATIONAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, WETHER DISCOURSING PRESERVATION OR RESTRUCTURING OLD FACILITIES. AND BECAUSE OF THE RESPONSE OF AC-CESSIBILITY AND CAPACITY NEEDS OF THE GROWING NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN ICELAND.

HYPOTHESIS

THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OF ACTIVATING MIXED USE OF VACANT SPACE AND NATURAL RESOURCES WHERE LOCAL PEOPLE AND OUTSIDERS MEET, THE PROPOSAL WILL BE DEVELOPED ACCORDING TO A NETWORK OF DIFFERENT SPATIAL EXPERIMENTS FOR ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF ACTION AND DEVELOPE INTERVENTION OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES, THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PLANNED OIL REFIN-ERY & A PASSAGE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ON THE WAY TO A NATIONAL PARK. THIS SUGGESTS A PROGRAM OF COUPLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS IN THE WESTERN FJORDS.

BOLUNGARVíK1:1000

HARBOUR AREA

CENTRUM

RESIDENTIAL AREA

AREA FOR SERVICE INSTISTUTION

COMMERCIAL & TRADE AREA

RESEARCH QUESTION

I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF CONVERSION, OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN BOLUNGARVÍK, WHICH IS RELEVANT TO A ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CON-VERSION AND INTERVENTION OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, BECAUSE OF THE SIGNIF-ICANCE OF BANKRUPT INDUSTRY ESTATES CAUSED BY A NATIONAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE, WETHER DISCOURSING PRESERVATION OR RESTRUCTURING OLD FA-CILITIES. AND BECAUSE OF THE ROLE OF PRIVATE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING

BOLUNGARVÍK MUNICIPALITY / CONVERSION OF A PRAWN FACTORY

HYPOTHESIS

THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PROGRAM OF REORIENTATE THE EXISTING SPACE AND EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITIES WITH THE STRUCTURE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE FORMER FACTORY. ACTION AND DEVELOPE INTERVENTION OF FORMER INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES IN BOLUNGARVÍK, THE CONTRADICTION BETWEEN THE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND PLANNED OIL REFINERY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR & A PASSAGE TO OUTDOOR ACTIVI-TIES ON THE WAY TO HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK. THIS SUGGESTS A PROGRAM OF COUPLING SOCIAL AND ECONOMICAL ASPECTS IN THE WESTERN FJORDS.

MODEL STUDYTRANSFORMING

BAKKAVÍK FREEZING PLANTBOLUNGARVÍK

WEST VIEW

EXISTIING BUILDIING TYPE A

TYPE A TYPE CTYPE B

BOAT TRIP FROM BOLUNGARVÍK

EXISTING PRESERVATION LAND

HIKING TRAIL & RIDING PATHTO NATIONAL PARK

ROAD ENDS

PLANNED EXPANSION OF PRESERVATION

PIER

DALBÆR DWELLING

RESEARCH QUESTION

I AM WORKING ON THE THEME OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AT THE PORTAL OF HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK WHICH IS RELEVANT TO THE ARCHITECTURAL DISCOURSE OF CONSERVATION. SUSTAINABLE TOURISM EMERGES AS REPONSE TO ISSUES RELATED TO MASS TOURISM, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGES, IMPACTS ON SOCIETY & CULTURE. THIS THEME WILL BE EXPLORED THROUGH THE PRO-GRAM OF PRESERVATION OF FLORA AND ACCESSIBILITY TO THE SITE OF DAL-BÆR BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE NATIONAL PARK.

BOAT TRIP FROM BOLUNGARVÍK

EXISTING PRESERVATION LAND

HIKING TRAIL & RIDING PATHTO NATIONAL PARK

ROAD ENDS

PLANNED EXPANSION OF PRESERVATION

PIER

DALBÆR DWELLING

DALBÆR, SNJÁFJALLASTRÖND / GATEWAY TO HORNSTRANDIR NATIONAL PARK

RESEARCH QUESTION

I AM WORKIN ON THE THEME OF SHIFT OF INDUSTRY IN ARNARFJÖRÐUR. WITH ADDRESSING THE PLANS OF EMERGING AQUACULTURE WITH FISH FARMS IN , AL-GAE PLANT, PLANS FOR OIL REFINERY AND THE NUMBER OF ABANDONED FARMS IN THE FJORD I WANT TO EXPLORE THE FESIBILITY OF THE PLANS AND SEE WITH EXPERIMENTATION HOW DIFFERENT TYPES OF CULTURE COULD WORK TO-GETHER AND WHAT KIND OF SOCIAL IMPACT THOSE TRADES MIGHT EFFECT THE DECLINING POPULATION IN BÍLDUDALUR.

BÍLDUDALUR ARNARFJÖRÐUR /

- ABANDONED AGRICULTURE - EMERGING AQUACULTURE- PLANNED OIL REFINERY

TIMELINE OF DIPLOMA

WORK PROCEDURES

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BERGEN /REYKJAVÍK

DALBÆR

SEMINAR IIDESKCRIT

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DESKCRIT /PRGM

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PORTFOLIO

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SEMINAR III

CURRICULUM VITAE

PÉTUR BLÖNDAL MAGNASON

Born in Reykjavík / Iceland / august 19th 1985

EDUCATION

Bergen School of Architecture / 2006-2012

Technical College Reykjavik / 2005-2006

Student from Reykjavík Gymnasium / 2005

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Krads Architecture / Reykjavík / Internship / 2009-2010

CONTACT

Address / Christian Michelsensgate 5, 5012, Bergen

Mobile / +47 97495676 / +354 848 4595

Email / petur.magnason@gmail.com

MASTER COURSES / 2010 - 2012

THROUGH OUT THE DIFFERENT MASTERS LEVEL STUDIOS AND WORKSHOPS AT BERGEN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE I HAVE DEVELOPED TOOLS FOR APPROACHING CONTEMPORARY DEVELOP-MENT, PHENOMENAS AND ISSUES OF ARCHITEC-TURE AND URBANISM AT VARIOUS SCALES. IN MY TRAINING I HAVE FOCUSED ON DEVELOP-ING FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS TO USE VITAL INFOR-MATION FOR THE CONTEXT AND MATERIALITY TO REALIZE PROJECTS. WITH THIS PORTFOLIO I PRESENT MY WORK WHERE I HAVE USED DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF PRODUCING RESEARCH BOOK, INSTALLATIONS, CONSTRUCTION OF UNCON-VENTIONAL MATERIALS, HAND DRAWNED AND COMPUTER GENERATED ILLUSTRATIONS AND MODELS TO PRESENT THE PROJECTS.

EASTERN PROMISE / FORCE MAJUERE

EMERGING ARCTIC LANDSCAPES

NORTHERN LINES GEOMETRY IN SPACE RAMMED EARTH

VISUAL STRUCTURE VII

NORTHERN LINES AUTUMN 2010

TUTOR:

DEANE A. SIMPSON

THE COURSE WAS A RESEARCH-BASED DE-SIGN STUDIO EXPLORING THE IMLPICATIONS FOR URBANISM AND ARCHI-TECTURE OF THE EXPANDINGCRUISE-SHIP INDUSTRY IN THE NORTH AND WEST OF NORWAY. IN THE DESIGN PROJECT IS THE FOCUS ON THE GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC OF RETIREES AT A GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SCALE. THE BASES OF THE PROJECT WAS THE TRENDS AND ISSUES OF RETIRED CRUISE-TOURISTS FROM THE RESEARCH PHASE OF THE STUDIO. RETIREMENT BASE IS A PROJECT EXPLORING HOW INTERNATIONAL MIGRATING AND SEASONAL BASED RETIREMENT CRUISE COULD IMPACT A NORWEGIAN VILLAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE LEISURE LIFESTYLE OF THE FOR-EIGN DWELLERS.

EASTERN PROMISE - FORCE MAJEURE SPRING 2011

TUTORS:

STEVE CHRISTERMARGRÉT HARÐARDÓTTIRKRISTINN E. HRAFNSSONESPEN FOLGERØ

ABOUT:

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDIO WAS TO LOOK AT PAST AND PRESENT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST REGION OF ICE-LAND. EL GRILLO WAS A BRITISH OILTANK-ER THAT WAS SUNK IN SEYÐISFJÖRÐUR DURING WWII. A BEER BEARING THIS NAME IS NOW BREWED IN REYKJAVÍK. WITH THE PROJECT A LOCAL TRADITION AND RECI-PE IS INTRODUCED WITH FJARÐARALDAN BREWERY AND CULTURAL CENTER ON THE PRESENTLY DESERTED HARBOURFRONT, MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE ORIGIN OF THE PRODUCT. ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING IS A WRAPPING OF THE BREWING PROCESS CROSSED BY A CULTURAL ROUTE THAT CAN BE ENJOYED AT MANY LEVELS INCLUDIN WALKT-THROUGH, PRODUCTION TOUR AND DRINKING EXPERINCE. IN GOOD WEATH-ER THE PUBLIC AREASCAN OPEN ONTO A BOARDWALK. IT IS ANTICIPATED THE RICH MIX OF EXPERIENCE WILL APPEAL TO LO-CALS, REGULAR VISITORS AND THE TOUR-ISTS AS THEY ARRIVE BY THE INTERNA-TIONAL FERRY.THE BUILDING IS SIMPLE AND DIRECT WITH FORMS REMINISCENT OF THE INDUSTRIALI-ZATION THAT ONCE OCCUPIED THE WATER-FRONT OF THE TOWN. THE INTENSITY OF THE BUILDINGS IMAGE IS HEIGHTENED BY THE USE OF WEATHERED OF THE TIMBER SCAVENGED FROM DISMANTLED PIERS.

EMERGING ARCTIC LANDSCAPES AUTUMN 2011

TUTORS:

GISLE LØKKENMAGDALENA HAGGÄRDETONE BERGE

ABOUT:

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDIO WAS TO CREATE A PLATFORM FOR CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS ON THE CHANGES CUR-RENTLY TAKING PLACE IN THE ARCTIC REGION. WITH REORIENTING BIDJOVÁGGI THE FOCUS WAS ON THE CONFLICT OF CON-TRADICTING INTERESTS IN THE SÁMI TER-RITORIES IN FINNMARK. THE LANDSCAPE HAS UNDERGONE DRAMATIC CHANGES THE LAST 30 YEARS IN FORM OFF USE OF ENER-GY RESOURCES & DEVELOPMENT OF INFRA-STRUCTURE WHICH HAS INFLUENCED THE TRADITIONAL LIFESTYLE OF THE REINDEER HERDERS OPERATING AND MIGRATING IN FINNMARK. BASED ON FUTURE PLANS OF GOLD MINING OPERATION IN KAUTOKEINO MUNICIPALITY THE PROJECTS AIM WAS TO APPROACH THE ACTORS INVOLVED IN THE COMING TRANS-FORMATION OF THE AREA, BOTH HUMAN AND NON-HUMAN, AND INTRODUCE AN AL-TERNATIVE APPROACH TO DISCUSS AND PLAN CHANGES IN BIDJOVÁGGI