AVS. Arkitektúr verktækni skipulag - 01.03.2004, Blaðsíða 52

logue with nature. The freestanding buildings will
provide exclusive apartments with fantastic views of
the surroundíng landscapes. In the western part, an
urban development will densify the existing
residential area. An urban system will be established
that includes housing and office facilities. The uni-
versity will profit from such services as copy shops
and bookstores. The spaces between the existing
residential areas will be filled in with stripes of lots
with family houses. The runways will cut into the
new urban system. Their endpoints will form
commercial centres. The principle of locating social
and public facilities towards open spaces will be
continued along the transformed runways.
The concept for the landscape architecture is based
upon three historic layers: First, the mystic story of
the elves and trolls who once settled in the area;
second, the ecological system of the water
flow which supplíes the Vatnsmýri marsh and the
lake Tjörnin; and third, the history of the airport. The
landscape park will change its character from north
to south. In the city centre the water channel
Lækurinn will be opened. The paved bank of the
lake will fade into the existing park Tjarnargarður
that will be turned into a new science park. The
adjacent Vatnsmýri marsh will fade into a meadow
and finally become a stony coast. As the north-
south runway is eventually reclaimed by nature, it
will show the different qualities of the park: In the
north it will gradually sink into the marsh, in the
south its concrete surface can be used for skating
and biking. The intersection point of the three run-
ways will form a special place; an in-ground
labyrinth leading into the world of elves and trolls,
which will also offer spaces for storytelling. ■

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Skipulagssvæðið. / The planning area.