À Fossum: A new settlement on top of the waterfall
Translated title
À Fossum: En ny bydel over vandfaldet
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Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2017
Submitted on
2017-05-17
Pages
111
Abstract
This booklet contains a thesis for a design proposal for a new housing settlement Á Fossum in Klaksvík, Faroe Islands. The project is called Á Fossum, which means “on top of the waterfall”. The name has its origin in the project site location, which is on top of the waterfall. The thesis takes its departure in the notion of that housing conditions are one of the prime assumptions for growth in the Faroe Island in the past years. The municipality of Klaksvík has experienced a signified demand for housing opportunities. Therefore they have decided to develop and plan a new settlement - Á Fossum. The object of the project is to implement an integration of engineering techniques on how to maintain/handel rought climatic conditions and process the landscape in relation to urban design studies in a new residential settlement in Klaksvík. A new settlement, which will bond to the inner city and reinterpret the norms of living together in the fierce nature in the Faroe Islands in 21st century.
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