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Akranes Sustainable City

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LOCATION: Akranes, Iceland  
PROGRAM: Residential, offices, services, leisure & outdoor activities 
CLIENT: Akranes Municipality    SIZE: 95000 m2

 

sastudio | Tiago Sá, Petros Terra, Francisco Calado, Clara Lobo, Stefany Trojan, Rodolfo Coelho, Margrét Halla Valdimarsdóttir.

Local partners | Hjark

 

Emerging from a former Industrial region, the vision for the new 95.000 m2 neighborhood will framework the connection between the sea and the city center of Akranes. The unique location of the site enables to create a new sustainable neighborhood that reconnects the city life to nature and the while becoming a valuable anchor point for Akranes.

The ambition of the project is to create a district that will act as a laboratory for future urban development, that exemplifies how sustainable housing development can be combined with circular resource thinking, and social diversity.

sastudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá

sastudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá

sastudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá

astudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá

sastudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá

sastudio architecture competition winner sustainability iceland future city sustainable tiago sá