Architecture Students at the IAA
Streets of Reykjavík 2013: Hringbraut
Every year the first year students of architecture at the Iceland Academy of the Arts are assigned a project to study the relationship between man and environment in Reykjavik. This year the street of Hringbraut was the object of research. Students and teachers believe that urban research creates a better architecture and a better city. The research consisted of studying the street's history and planning, the elements that constitute it, the role and image of the street and the perception that the street foster among its residents and users. Hringbraut was designed and built to be an ordering street a boulevard that was wrapping the oldest dense part of the city. Today it acts mainly as one of the east west connector in the sprawling urban area of the capital region. Yet it is an important street, for its historical value, for the presence of buildings of high significance and the current Master Plan for Reykjavik 2010-2030 is elevating the street again to the role of boulevard. With our work have tried to share effectively our process of investigation in the hope that this will lead to new insights, which ultimately will improve the urban space of Reykjavik.
Students:
Andrea Halldórsdóttir
Bergdís Bjarnadóttir
Brynjar Darri Baldursson
Charlotte Pierson
Hákon Ingi Sveinbjörnsson
Heiðar Samúelsson
Henný Úlfarsdóttir
Hjalti Guðlaugsson
Jóhann Kristinn Indriðason
Jón Pétur Þorsteinsson
Kristinn Pálsson
Manuel Falkenhahn
María Rist Jónsdóttir
Walter Hjaltested
Teachers:
Eva Huld Friðrikisdóttir (course director)
Hans Olav (guest teacher)
Kristín Þorleifs (guest teacher)
Massimo Santanicchia (course director)
Pétur Ármannsson (guest teacher)
Sigrún Birgisdóttir (course director)