IVM

Iceland Volcano Museum

Project Team: Craig Nener

COMPETITION - Honourable Mention

This proposal is part Eldfell homage and architectural experiment by way of carving within a post-landscape topography where a museum of pitched roofs is blanketed by black ash dunes as though it’s been buried beneath a plume of a volcano eruption such as the near-by Hverfjall. The form creates a tension as the museums silhouette mimics the mountainous landscape with the affecting domestic emotions of the humble pitched roof - evoking the buried homes of Eldfell. It’s presence on the horizon provides a landmark of curiosity with an introverted experience within that embeds the explorer beneath the earth, allowing them to regain their own sense of scale.