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Hverfisgata fa
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View along Hverfisgata
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Handrail/wall detail
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Stair/street window
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Gallery
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Gallery/timber house
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Name of work in English
H71a
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Name of work in original language
H71a
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2015
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Work Location
Reykjavík, Iceland
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Studio
Studio Granda
EUmies Awards 2015 Shortlisted
H71a was a shop adjacent to the timber house at Hverfisgata 71. In 2001 Studio Granda converted the house into a studio, office and archive for photographer Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson. The shop, that had an unsound structure, was left vacant.
Collaborators
Environmental: Vidsj; Electrical: VJ; Fire consulting: Efla; Construction company:
Program
Commerce
Completion
2014
H71a is a rebuild of the shop volume with an internal concrete structure. The existing surfaces and finishes were used wherever possible. To accommodate a full height garage/loading bay for the publishing side of the business the lower floor was dug down to the level of the basement of the timber house. On the upper floor is a gallery at the same level as the house. The entrance is at a halflanding on the stair between the two levels. The roof is an urban terrace accessed from the attic of the house. The corrugated steel cladding and timber details mimic those of the house and the former shop. Basement 94m2 Groundfloor 84m2 1st floor 53m2
Building volume is as small as possible for functional requirements. Material from the demolition of the existing building was reused or given away for reuse elsewhere. Existing walls were reused wherever possible without additional finishes or material. All electricity and heating in Reykjavík is from hydroelectric and geothermal sources.