Open side-bar Menu
 ArchShowcase
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.

Njálsgata in Reykjavík, Iceland by KRADS

 
September 2nd, 2019 by Sumit Singhal

Article source: KRADS

This project entails the extension and complete refurbishment and reorganisation of an early 20th century house in downtown Reykjavik, to create a contemporary, single-family home.

As is typical for many Icelandic buildings from this era, the historical edifice is a timber structure clad in corrugated iron, built on top of a cellar made from roughly hewn granite.

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

  • Architects: KRADS
  • Project: Njálsgata
  • Location: Reykjavík, Iceland
  • Photography: Marino Thorlacius
  • Engineering: NNE, Forsjón
  • Lead Architects: Kristján Eggertsson & Kristján Örn Kjartansson
  • Design Team: Kristján Eggertsson, Kristján Örn Kjartansson, André Hundahl Esbersen
  • Gross Built Area: 248 m2
  • Completion Year: 2015

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Apart from renovating and reorganizing the original structure, a small in situ cast concrete addition activates all three levels of the house. It creates a spatious living room on the ground floor with access to a stepped garden designed to allow for maximum daylight in the excavated and enlarged basement. On the top floor, the extension roof doubles as a generous balcony for the master bedroom.

In colourful dialogue with the client, careful attention was given to the relationship between old and new throughout the process.

By giving fresh life to the aged structure it is respectfully yet playfully brought into the 21st century.

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © Marino Thorlacius

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Image Courtesy © KRADS

Instagram

Contact KRADS

Tags: ,

Categories: Apartments, House, Renovation, Residential




© 2024 Internet Business Systems, Inc.
670 Aberdeen Way, Milpitas, CA 95035
+1 (408) 882-6554 — Contact Us, or visit our other sites:
TechJobsCafe - Technical Jobs and Resumes EDACafe - Electronic Design Automation GISCafe - Geographical Information Services  MCADCafe - Mechanical Design and Engineering ShareCG - Share Computer Graphic (CG) Animation, 3D Art and 3D Models
  Privacy PolicyAdvertise