ZETA has won 3. prize in the open international competition New City Center Klaksvik. Out of the 156 proposals submitted ZETA won 3. prize with a proposal that takes its starting point in the unique landscape of Klaksvik and the old Faroese tradition of gradually developed clusters of houses traditionally called “býlingar”.
The competition proposal unites the future buildings of Klaksvik New City Center in four clusters inspired from the traditional “býlingar”. The four clusters run from the bottom of the fjord towards the south through a unifying landscape laid out as a common green area. The vegetation and paths within the common landscape are defined as the Detour, the Shortcut and the Sports Road and are an important part of the new town centre, both because of their interplay with the buildings and because of their role as transitions to the vast unkempt natural environment of the surrounding landscape and mountains
The jury said: “The combination of old Faroese building traditions and a forceful and exciting contemporary idiom is very interesting and deserves great respect.”
