Vesturbugt

Open tender proposal in collaboration with a construction contractor and three architectural firms. The apartment buildings are three to four stories high with shops and services on the ground floor and a shared parking garage in the basement.

From the report:
Vesturbugt is a new neighborhood between the harbor and the city by the Reykjavík Harbor. The goal is to build a diverse community in Vesturbugt. Service spaces are on the ground floors and apartments on the upper floors. The provisions of the local plan set certain lines in terms of the design of the neighborhood. An interesting innovation that calls for unconventional designs and solutions is that the houses in the neighborhood delineate a diverse flora of urban spaces, streets, canals, paths and squares are open to the public. The mixing of service spaces and residential housing in the same building is also not a traditional arrangement in Reykjavík’s neighborhoods outside the city center. It calls for original solutions in terms of residents’ places of residence, traffic space, acoustics and accessibility. Diverse activities create the conditions for a vibrant urban community.