Thermal Bath
Interpretive Center
Humans / Elves
Soccer Stadium
Spiritual Center
Residential
Urban Design
Industrial Design
Born in Iceland where the extreme of the landscape, climate and people has molded my inspiration for design through the years.
Adding to that inspiration, I have been fortunate to live in various countries and experience new and different things; cultures, languages, styles, people, behavior and thoughts.
Mixing all these elements together has benefited me greatly in terms of design intent, methods and process.
A Scandinavian minimalist approach, combined with other styles has given me
a certain direction towards design.
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HUMANS / ELVES MUSEUM
Theoretical Project.
Volcanic Site in Iceland.
In the human half of the museum, the glass walls reveal the surrounding lava rock.
Plexiglas model of the museum in the human world.
The connection between the world of Humans and the world of Elves.
The site is a Styrofoam package; both sides of which inspired the creation of the two worlds. The connection between them is seen through the two openings.
Concept
Time and Space Exploration
SOCCER STADIUM
Riverfront Savannah, Georgia.
Seating for 8,000 people.
The "wave" shaped building, inspired by the river, consists of locker rooms, private boxes, offices, conference rooms and a restaurant on top.
Channel glass, framed in dark steel beams, is used both structurally and aesthetically.
The semi-transparant quality allows diffused movement to be expressed both outside and inside.
The stadium cover provides shelter from the sun and rain and is left open to allow breeze to pass through the seating area as well as the field, for the players.
Below the seating is the main circulation and amenities space.
The Savannah River floats by the stadium on the top left corner.
A new marina extension to the river has been added to allow boat access to the stadium.
Above the seating the private boxes are well connected with the outdoor spectators.
The restaurant on the top allows fans to watch games while relaxing either inside or outside on balconies
View from one of the restaurant balconies.
Offices, conference and meeting rooms on the left side. Entrance for the private boxes on the right side.
The arch shape is determined by the structural elements that run through the building, extending out to hold up the roof of the stadium.
Inside of one of the private boxes
North and West Elevations
INTERPRETIVE CENTER
Southern Music and Literature. Rosedale, Mississippi.
The blues legend,
Robert Johnson, sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads in Rosedale in exchange for magnificent guitar skills.
Recreating the crossroads, bringing people from all directions to one meeting point in the center.
The crossroads descend into the ground as a reminder of the "scars" of southern history.
Floor Plans
Elevations
Looking over the outdoor auditorium, with natural seating around it. From the auditorium guests can enter the restaurant.
Above the restaurant, is a picnic area with fixed tables, which act as light wells. In the evening tables glow with artificial light.
The entrance to the interpretive center.
Bas-reliefs of musicians and writers that helped make southern music and literature what it is to the world today.
The reliefs follow the guests through the crossroads towards the center.
The lobby on the second floor faces due south. Louvers are used in order to reduce glare and heat gain, while allowing for defused lighting.
Southern Music wing of the center with stairway leading to the library.
Temporary exhibition gallery with lecture hall.
Exploded Axonometric
Cross Section
Color Pencil Drawing
Campus Extension
Georgia Southern University
A liniar walking spine is a strong character for the old campus. The new proposal continues that theme as pedestrians walk through the student housing, through the mixed use buildings and toward the outdoor athletic area where students, athletes and civilians can interact with each other.
The major building character on campus consists of brick and columns. Respecting that, the mixed use building, was thought of in a more modern style.
Looking from the balcony of a restaurant in the mixed use building, to the pedestrian garden/pathway through the student housing.
From the outdoor auditorium a straight pathway runs through the athletic area.
Looking over the mixed use area towards the students dormitories.
Green area between the students housing.
Family housing for students encloses the residential campus.
The two story family housing provides private parking and a playground for children.
Outdoor auditorium for social gathering.
Restaurant on top of the mixed use building with open patio.
Physical Model
Mixed use section and student housing campus.
Family Residence
Kópavogur, Iceland..
Considering the client needs, a family of four, the concept is a divison of the house into public and private sections. Using pocket doors provides an easy way to have them separated or to create an open flow between.
Pure, Linear Forms
Two strong elements, ice and stone, come together.
Indoor and outdoor fireplace to enjoy the cool climate in Iceland.
Floor Plan
Public section on the left side (kitchen, dining room, living room).
The middle consists of bedrooms, family room and a bathroom. A skylight allows natural daylight into the family room.
Garage and laundry on the right side.
3D Floor Plans
East and South Elevations
The Whisk
Ergonomic and organic shape with soft lines.
Designed for a comfortable grip in five different ways.
Organic shape with soft lines. Can be hold comfortably in five different ways.
Sharky Bottle Opener
Furniture Design
SPIRITUAL CENTER
Adjacent to the World Trade Center Site, New York.
To remember the events on 9/11. Learning from what the Twin Towers lefts us, and keeping the spirit alive.
Rebuilding pieces to form a strong and united structure.
Residential part.
Residential secton.
The Residential Units
Range from one bedroom to four.
Second floor open to below.
Residential Unit
Upper level.
Avoiding the competition with other surrounding skyscrapers, a five stories building was proposed.
A sculptural building that gives its respect to the horrible events of 9/11.
The façade facing the Twin Tower site, was designed as an abstract map of the world.
We are controlled by time in so many ways. Why is time so important and how do we measure time? Imagine a place where time could be controlled, a place where you decide what time means for you. The solar system gives us the variables to measure time and in a dark shiny sky a constellation called Cepheus can be found. A Greek mythology which speaks about two kings and is best seen in September. Dealing with as delicate a site as the one the Twin Towers once stood on, it seems only appropriated that the new building reminds us of what once was, and what we have today, with each other, everywhere.
Cepheus’s constellation consists mainly of seven points, points that I see as each of the world’s continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, North-America, Australia and South America.
Taking a ratio between these continents gives the building its façade, the world map in an abstract sense, facing the WTC site. The ratio for the façade is taking from the population, and the number of countries. in each continent. A column is drawn for each continent according to the ratio and a line drawn between them, which are related to Cepheus’s constellation. These lines give the skewed triangular shape that is consistent throughout the architecture.
The site is adjacent to the Twin Towers site in lower Manhattan, NY.
Spirtual Center Section
lecture rooms,
spiritual room,
art galleries,
class rooms,
restaurant,
offices,
library.
From left to right,.
Residential,
retail,
spiritual center.
THE SITE
Tjörnin is divided into two sections: the larger part, which has City Hall at the north end, and the smaller section which is called ‘Hljómaskálagarður.’ A road and a small bridge divide the lake and establish the beginning of the park. All though a well-kept park, due to unpredictable weather and lack of attraction, it is not used nearly as often as it should or could be.
At the south side of the park is a university area and wild bird resort, but because of Iceland´s heaviest traffic route running right through them, no connection exists between. This project proposes to lower that route into an underpass that gives the opportunity to enlarge the green area and therefore the park, also creating a great pedestrian connection between the park, the university, and the wild bird resort.
The thermal bath resort is located in the center of the lake and will therefore not take away any useable space from the park. Adding to the attraction, a mixed-use building is proposed that could hold a tourist information center, café, learning center for geothermal and renewable energy, etc. In front of the mixed use building there is a playground for kids, picnic area and a descended outdoor auditorium. A direct spine will run through from the parking lot to the entry of baths, a five minute walking distance.
FIRE & ICE
Icelandic people have always been surrounded by fire and ice, the volcanoes and geothermal heat, the glacier and heavy winters. These two elements, fire and ice, provide the resources to generate clean geothermal energy. Hot spring water is one of Iceland's primary natural resources: all around the country natural hot baths can be found and used.
Drifted icebergs from Greenland used to be a frequent sight, but because of global warming this has become rare. This process relates back to the nomadic traditions of the Vikings, the ancestors of the Icelandic people, to travel and seek knowledge and adventure.
The intent of this project is to explore both the poetic movement and calmness of a drifted iceberg and the explosive nature of volcanic activity. They have been brought together and their nuances explored, resulting in a space where two elements of such contrast create one unity.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The site is located in a public park, 'Hljómaskálagarður’ in the center of Reykjavik´s downtown area. On this site, the oldest part of Reykjavik, the lake ‘Tjörnin’ remains notable landmark.
To enrich the experience of the approach to the thermal baths, a linear spine draws the guest from the parking lot towards a ramp that descends into the ground making the building disappear as a person walks further down the ramp. Not until turning at the corner by the ticket office will the building be revealed again, creating a new angle of experience.
The design intent is to create a building that is as transparent as possible.
The ramp allows easy access for disables. While moving down the ramp the building will disappear and will not be revealed until facing in a framed view, creating a new visual experience.
Gift shop where tickets are sold.
Above the gift shop a skylight allows natural light to enter the shop and ticket sale.
Around the window a space is created for pedestrians as gathering point.
The ramp and the entrance tunnel frames the view of the building, creating a new visual experience.
J
-1 Floor, 918 m2 - 9878 sq.ft.
A Elevator/Stairs Area
B Outtdoor Area
C Fire Place Relaxing Area
D Smoke Sauna
E Infrared Sauna
F Steam Sauna
G Steam Sauna
H Stair Towards the Waterfall Wall
I Mechanic Room
J Ticket / Gift Shop
-2 Floor, 666 m2 - 7173 sq.ft.
A Entrance/Elevator/Stairs Area
B Women´s Locker Room
C Men´s Locker Room
D Walking Pool Area
E Stair Case and an Elevator
F Wet/dry Relaxing Area
G Mechanic Room
2 Floor - Restaurant, 455 m2 - 4900 sq.ft.
B Reception
C Restrooms
D Kitchen lower / Lounge above
E Bar / Seating
F Seating
G Patio
H Fire Egress
1 Floor - Outdoor Pool Area, 1210 m2 - 13015 sq.ft.
A Swimming Pool
B Outdoor area, -1st floor
C Shallow Daylight Pool
D Hot Pots
E Restaurant for bathing guests
F Opening for the Waterfall Wall
G All around walkway / Dry Area
H Elevator, ADA friendly
Section
North Elevation
The concrete and glass panels direct the wind over the building.
An iceberg that rises up from the middle of the lake in ‘Hljomskalagardur’, Reykjavik, Iceland, serves as a thermal bath resort. 4 floors, 2 underneath the lakes water level, 2 above.
A restaurant on the top floor gives a 360 degree view of Reykjavik’s finest environment.
On a cold winter night in Iceland the Aurora Borealis will join the rising steam from the hot pool in a harmonized dance, creating a visual movement that reflects in the lake.
Guests are able to have a 360 degree view from the restaurant, looking over the oldest part of Reykjavik, to north, the City Hall and to south a beautiful Alvar Aalto building emerges with the ocean.
Before entering the locker rooms, to left and right, a translucent concrete wall welcomes guests.
The wall allows diffused light in and out and creates a movement with a delicate play between light and silhouettes of the guest inside of the bath.
-2
Entering from the locker rooms into a 10 cm deep water, looking directly to the 2nd arm of the waterfall starting above.
Behind the waterfall wall, guests can relax in a wet/dry relaxing room.
Relaxing area, either in water or a dry area.
Calm atmosphere with soft music and documentaries / images projected on the wall.
Translucent staircase, a pool above allows natural light to pass through.
Heating rods define the staircase.
The elevator goes to the floor above and to the outdoor pool area.
The beginning of the voyage between the two elements, an ice bridge merges with the lava tunnel up to the outdoor level.
-1
The transition between
Fire and Ice.
Walking through the waterfall leads you to the open pool area at the ponds water level.
-1 to +1
After passing through the waterfall wall, the infinity play between the pool, that surrounds the outdoor area, and the lake becomes evident.
+1
The outdoor pool area, hot pots, restaurant for bathing guests and the main restaurant above.
In the background: the two skylight icebergs above the entrance tunnel are lit up during the evening.
Water runs down the walls at the outdoor area at level -1, where guests are protected from wind and visuals from the surrounding.
The stream continues down to the women’s locker room, allowing natural light to flow with it.
The restaurant is divided into two levels; the north level is lower so the guest in the south end can enjoy the view towards north where the city hall and down town area is.
The kitchen is in the middle of the south area with a lounge on top of it.
+2
Embracing the sun in Iceland is important, due of low angle of the sun during winters; playful shadows are created with the concrete panels and steel structure.
Concrete and steel are the structural elements in this building, enriched with glass.
The smaller icebergs serve as skylights for the entrance tunnel for the baths.
As well they build up the experience of the approach, from big, bigger to biggest.
Sauna
In front of the mixed use building, a playground for kids, picnic area and a descended outdoor auditorium is provided.
Dense area with trees and big rocks that provides a good wind protection.
The actual site, ‘Hljomskalagardur’, where visual direction is towards the main down town of Reykjavik.
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