Nordic Office of Architecture with Cowi won ISAVIA’s international design competition for the expansion of Keflavik Airport – Iceland against highly esteemed competitors Mott MacDonald, NACO, Ramboll, EC Harris and INECO.The proposed masterplan for Keflavik airport seeks to form a robust and flexible framework that will ensure a long lasting and meaningful future development of the airport until 2040.
Based on Existing Facilities
Based on Nordics analyzes and the competition material, The proposal suggest a development that optimizes the use of the existing facilities, runways, building mass etc. while minimizing the operational disturbances during construction. In this way, it is ensured that the project is in accordance with the goals of Isavia.
Between Continents
The airport’s role as a hub between two continents is unique and sets standards and requirements to the future development. Increasing traffic, peak demands and future changes needs to be adhered to by a scheme that is open for alternative developments and flexible for unforeseen needs, says Gudmund Stokke in Nordic Architecture to Nordic News.
Won Turkish Competiotion
Nordic — Office of Architecture, Grimshaw and Haptic Architects have previously been appointed by the Turkish consortium of Cengiz, MAPA, Limak, Kolin and Kalyon to design the terminal complex for the Istanbul New Airport.
Based on the Black Sea coast, some 35km outside Istanbul, the ambitious six-runway development, master planned by Arup, will be delivered in four phases. The first phase will open in 2018 and aims to serve 90 million passengers per year. This will increase to over 150 million passengers once fully complete. Terminal 1 of the Istanbul New Airport will be the world’s largest airport terminal under one roof, with a gross floor area close to one million square metres, according to Nordic Architectures webpage.
