EUmies Awards 2015

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.

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 half-landing 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.

Sustainability analysis
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.



Credits

Client Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson
Architects Studio Granda
Structural & environmental Engineers Viðsjá
Electrical Engineers VJÍ
Fire consultants Efla
Contractor ÞB verktakar

Site 394m2

Basement 94m2
Groundfloor 84m2
1st floor 53m2
Total 231m2

Photography Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson

Awards Shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2015
Shortlisted for the Icelandic Design Award 2014