Department of Architecture

THE ARK

„There's no working architect here in the West Indies. “ - Planning Officer for the West Indies"

Steinunn Thalia J. Claessen · 2026
Department of Architecture

Hills

Hólar is a shelter located between Eldfell and Helgafell on the edge of Vestmannaeyjabær. The building is low-rise and is shaped by the lines of the landscape, where two people form...

Sylvía Lorange · 2026
Department of Architecture

Quantity

The Magni project investigates how to highlight special local characteristics at Strandveg in Vestmannaeyjar and use them as a basis for a new intervention in...

Sigurrós Birta Guðmundsdóttir · 2026
Department of Architecture

Central house

The building rises from the lava where the town disappeared in 1973, but under the surface there are still houses, streets and memories that have drawn...

Oliver Andri Ásgeirsson · 2026
Department of Architecture

SKANSI - Shelter under Skansin Ý SKANSI - Refuge embedded in the landscape

The work consists of the design of a shelter for the young staff of a bathing lagoon and hotel at Skansinn in Vestmannaeyjar. The building does not rise from the landscape either...

Maríanna Rún Kristjánsdóttir · 2026
Department of Architecture

We, lava ÅRFN By, lava

The lava is mysterious It is powerful, beautiful, exciting and possesses a force that draws one in. At the same time, existence is...

Laufey Sólmundardóttir · 2026
Department of Architecture

BIGHEAD

Iceland's spectacular nature has been harsh and ruthless to the people of the country for centuries. Between nature and humanity, a kind of game of tables played out. The forces of nature...

Júlía Guðmundsdóttir Gähwiller · 2026
Department of Architecture

SUN MESSAGE

In the landscape of the West Indies, this verb appears in a concrete way, where nature itself testifies to destruction but also to restoration. In...

Irena Sveinsdóttir · 2026
Department of Architecture

SEE

The SÆ project is based on the experience of the nature of the Vestmanna Islands and the sea that surrounds the island, where the visitor perceives his smallness towards the forces of nature. Out...

Hildur Ása Halldórsdóttir · 2026
Department of Architecture

Channel

Seamanship has long shaped society and business life in the West Indies It is accompanied by materials that have completed their mission and will remain as...

Helena Ósk Kristjánsdóttir · 2026