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Reclaiming the Abandoned

Name
Davíð Georg Gunnarsson
Education degree
Master
Subject area
Architecture
Study programme
Spatial Design - Architecture, Design and Interiors
Year
2022

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.

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Daylight studies of physical models
Daylight studies of physical models
Daylight studies of physical models
Daylight studies of physical models
Daylight studies of physical models
Site aerial
Section A-A 1:250
North façade
The unexpected
Plan 1:50
Silhouette enhancement
Circular approach
Stálpastaðir
Animated façade
Image of the original farm at Stálpastaðir from 1963
The Royal Danish Academy supports the Sustainable Development Goals
Since 2017 the Royal Danish Academy has worked with the Sustainable Development Goals. This is reflected in our research, our teaching and in our students’ projects. This project relates to the following UN goal(-s):
Responsible consumption and production (12)
Life on land (15)

CV

Work experience

Telefon
+45 71508122
Professional Work Experience
2021
2021

HAY

Architecture assistant
2020
2020

Studio David Thulstrup

Internship