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Page 74 Clivus Multrum
The dry lavatory, Clivus Multrum,
was invented by Rickard Lindström.
It has become increasingly popular,
as it saves water and no drainage is
necessary. Waste is broken down by
natural bacteria and fungi in a closed
tank.
Page 76 Peter Cook
A provocative, innovative and influ-
ential architect, Prof. Peter Cook
directs th architectural Academy in
Frankfurt. He held a lecture in the
Nordic House in Reykjavík on March
13, on the occasion of the 50th anni-
versary of the Association of Ice-
landic Architects.
Page 78 Malls
Haukur A. Viktorsson writes about
the planning of Reykjavík's new City
centre, which was part of the City
Plan for 1962-83. The idea of cov-
ered malls was part of the plan, which
also allowed for a garden square, and
a mixture of commercial and resi-
dential devlopment, with services,
places of entertainment, etc. inte-
grated into the whole. Information
about malls in other countries was
used in the planning. The author
points out that the new city centre has
developed quite difffemtly what from
what was orginally planned.
Page 82 Kringlan Shopping
Mall
Kringlan has a ground area of about
29.500 sq.metres. It houses over
seventy different shops and services
on its two main floors, including a
bank, a post office, medical centre,
etc. Open wells between the floors,
escalators and plants link the two
floors strongly. Intheplanningofhe
centre, individual businesses had a
realatively free hand to disign each
unit, but without impinging on the
general look of the mall. 70 to 80
thousand people shop in Kringlan
each week. The idea of roofing over
open areas could be applied in more
ways in Reykjavík.
Page 84 Opinion Poll
An opinion poll in the Kringlan shop-
ping mall in the new city centre:
81 %arrived by car, 86% were happy
with the size of shops, 83%felt the
natural daylight was enough,
41%criticized the exterior and sur-
roundings, for reasons such as dis-
tance from bus stops, pollution of car
exhausts, etc. Asked to name the
main advantages of Kringlan, most
people mentioned being able to shop
indoors, and the convenience of being
able to buy everything in one place.
Page 87 Plctures and Struc-
tures.
Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson writes about
the art of Sigurður Örlygsson, who
dreamed of becoming an architect
when he was a boy, and whose works
are clearly influenced by architec-
tural concepts. It was only recently,
however, that he undertook his first
commission of a work of art for a
public building - new old people's
home in Sauðárkrókur, northem Ice-
land. The finished work “To touch a
Rainbow" with flying figures, makes
reference to patients'hopes of recov-
ery, as well as to the miracles worked
by medical science. The artist says
he would like the chance to make a
work of art for a power station, which
would give him plenty of space.
Page 88 The Association of
lcelandic Architects-Fiftieth
Anniversary.
The Association of Icelandic- Archi-
tects is devoting its anniversary year
to the campaign
for architectural studies in Iceland.
No truly Icelandic architecture can
exist until the subject can be taught in
Iceland. The anniversary year is being
marked with a programme of varied
events, exhibitions, conferences,
awards, etc.
Page 90 A Book on Sir Chris-
topher Wren
Hreggviður Stefánsson has written
an informative book on the great
English architect.
Page 90 Arkitektur i Norge
The yearbook “Architecture in Nor-
way“ gives information on develop-
ments in Norwegian architecture and
planning. Norway and Iceland have
much in common, and can leam from
each other.
Page 93 Communications in
the Winter Environment
Ever since the advent of the motor
car, efforts have been made to clear
snow off the roads and keep the traf-
fic going, although it was only after
WWII that real progress was made,
when Icelanders acquired heavy
machinery for the purpose. Today
the degree of effort made to keep
roads open varies greatly - some
mountain routes are closed for months
of the year without causing any real
inconvenienc, as other means of trans-
post (air and sea) are sufficient. On
the other hand, there are many places
which are unduly isolated as
snowclearing is prohibitively un-
economic. In towns, there is little
differende in traffic between sum-
mer and winter. It seems likely that
the need to keep roads open during
the winter will grow, with increasing
centralisation of services. The exca-
vation of tunnels at an altitude of not
more than 200 m over sea level should
facilitate easier travel in mountain
regions.
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