Reclaiming the Abandoned

Lately, there has been a slow realization among Icelanders that trees can grow in the country's once treeless land. The project is a transformation of a deserted woodland farm into a forestry workshop, expanding the usage of a proliferating resource.

Moreover, it embodies the reuse of old structures with the ambition to establish a healthier relationship between the built environment and nature.

Forestry in Iceland has been proliferating since afforestation started in the country between 1950-1980, reaching a high of about 6 million seedlings per year from 2007-to 2009. Today the forests need thinning, and timber sales of Icelandic wood have become a reality not many could have imagined a few decades ago. However, a large percentage of the resources are ‘chips’ and ‘fuelwood.’ Therefore, a potential is to exemplify how these can be used in a more sustainable matter such as wood production.