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suggests various means by which the
municipality could reduce use of cars,
e.g. by planning for densely-devel-
oped districts around service areas,
providing for fast bus services be-
tween main centres and the city cen-
tre, park-and-ride, car pools, carshar-
ing, flexi-time working to reduce the
load at rush hours, not providing large
amounts of parking in the city centre,
and improving conditions for walkers
and cyclists. The state could also take
action, e.g. by devoting funds to build-
ing up bus services, reducing pollu-
tion from cars, free bus travel for stu-
dents, and research into alternative
energy sources.
PAGE 39 BREMEN: TWO EXPERI-
MENTS ON TRAFFIC AND THE EN-
VIRONMENT
Bjarni Reynarsson writes about efforts
to reduce the problems attached to
use of private cars in the city of
Bremen. The „Auto sharing" scheme
is part of a European car-sharing or-
ganisation, based on the principle of
having use of a car without owning it,
Research has also been done into
„ride-share“ schemes. Experiments
are also being carried out in Bremen,
Berlin, Amsterdam and other cities to
develop urban districts without provi-
sion for private cars. This saves vast
sums which would otherwise be spent
onconstructing car-parking spaces.
Excellent public transport supersedes
the private car.
PAGE 42 A RAILWAY FOR THE
REYKJAVÍK AREA
The graduation project of architect
Magni Gunnar Stefánsson. He visua-
lises a railway running from the pre-
sent bus terminal in Reykjavík to the
city centre, and thence to the centres
of nearby towns Kópavogur,
Garðabær and Hafnarfjörður. Iceland
has no railways, although a short rail-
way line was laid in the early 20th cen-
tury, when a locomotive was used to
transport rock for building Reykjavík
harbour. Atrain of this kind would pro-
S H S U
vide an alternative to dependence on
the private car.
PAGE 46 CONSTRUCTION NEWS
An item on the growing demand for
siding , a large amount of which is
manufactured in Poland.
PAGE46 COMPETITION AND CON-
FERENCE 1996
An announcement of a conference on
planning in June 1996, 75 years after
the first planning legislation was
passed in lceland. There will also be
an open competition on „lceland in
2018“ which will be the centenary of
lceland’s independence from Den-
mark.
PAGE47 THEPURPOSE OF IMAGE
AND TEXT
Art historian Halldóra Árnadóttir con-
siders the value of periodicals such
as Domus, Casabella Continuatá and
Stile Industria for architects.
PAGE 50 GUSTAV LORENTZEN IN
MEMORIAM
Sveinn Jónsson writes a tribute to the
late Professor Gustav Lorentzen and
his contribution to refrigeration tech-
nology.
PAGE 52 THE CITY LIBRARY IN
MUNSTER
A description of theCity Library in
Munster, designed by the Bolles-
Wilson firm of architects.
PAGE 56 HANNES KR. DAVÍÐSSON
Architect Skúli H. Norðdahl writes an
assessment of the work of Hannes Kr.
Davíðsson, one of the pioneers of lce-
landic architecture, who died in April
this year.
PAGE 60 EU ENVIRONMENTAL
POLICY ANDITS EFFECT ON PLAN-
NING
Planner Hólmfríður Bjarnadóttir dis-
cusses the environmental policy of the
European Union, with which lceland
must comply under the terms of the
M M A R Y
EEA agreement. She points out exam-
ples of the way the policy of achiev-
ing sustainable development is being
pursued at the local-government level
in EU countries, and suggests that a
similar approach should be adopted
in lceland.
PAGE65 ÍSARK SUMMER SCHOOL
1995
The second Summer School of ÍS-
ARK, the lcelandic School of Architec-
ture, was held in June this year. The
course, which was held in English,
was attended by 18 students of nine
dífferent nationalities. A book on all the
students’ projects will be published
shortly. The next step planned by ÍS-
ARK is to start teaching architecture
in lceland, in collaboration with univer-
sities abroad.
PAGE 69 A DOUBLE-WALLED EN-
ERGY-SAVING WOODEN HOUSE
Architect Gestur Ólafsson writes about
the ENERTIA house, designed by US
engineer Michael Sykes, which is dou-
ble-walled and utilises solar energy.
The author suggests that lcelanders
should be more aware of the possible
economies which the right house can
offer, rather than sticking rigidly to the
conventional large concrete house
and assuming that it is not worth eco-
nomizing on cheap geothermal heat-
ing.
PAGE 75 THE ASSOCIATION OF
PLANNERS
Sigurður Guðmundsson, chairman of
the Association of Planners, writes
about the association, which was
founded 10 years ago. The member-
ship is at present 20 people.
PAGE 78 VIKING GARDEN NEAR
OSLO
The Viking Garden, in the Tusenfryd
park near Oslo, is designed by lce-
landic architect Guðmundur Jónsson.
Buildings in the garden are built in Vi-
king style, with reference to the rather
sparse available sources. ■
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