Apartments allowed at the East?
The Reykjavik Planning Officer has re -appointed an application for a change in Kvosin’s land development plan for the plot no. 8-14 at Austurstræti.
The main change is that apartments will be allowed on the upper floors of the houses.
Their back of their backs to the East and shelter on them is the most popular outdoor restaurant area of the capital on sunny days during the summer.
There are the American Bar restaurants, English Barinn, Gilligogg Kokteilbar and Duck & Rose.
The owner of the houses is Reitir Real Estate Company. On behalf of the company, the Thg Architects sent the inquiry to the City of Reykjavik. She was referred to the project manager.
The picture shows architects’ ideas for a changed look. Among other things, it can be seen that balconies have been installed.
Computer image/thg architects
Allow apartments that were previously offices
Changed use according to a land plan must be allowed to allow apartments on the upper floors where there were previously offices. Then it will be permissible to have offices/catering space on the upper floors as appropriate.
Likewise, it will be allowed to change the appearance of the houses and put a balcony on them so that the premises meet the conditions for apartments.
Other and smaller changes will be made to the existing twigs and added to the branches of houses no. 12 and 12a.
Finally, it will be allowed to put lightweight visibility over restaurants outdoor areas on the Austurvöllur, as restaurants are still expected on 1. Heights and basement of the buildings.
There will continue to be a restaurant on the roof height of Austurstræti 12, Kjarval’s studio.
Use of the houses no. 8-10, 12, 12A and 14 will be amended to allow up to 36 apartments of a variety of sizes on heights 2-5 subject to acoustics, provided that some disturbance of catering operations that are allowed at night can be calculated.
House number 10A is not part of these changes, as others owned. ÁTVR operates a wine shop on the 1st floor of the house.
Hypothesis images to change the look included with the report, but it is stated that there are only ideas, not the final look.
During good weather in the summer, people flock to the city center to enjoy the sun and restaurants outdoors. Often it can prove difficult for people on a table.
mbl.is/kristinn Magnússon
Important public space
The Thg Architects report states that the area covered by the land planning proposal to affect two important public spaces in the city center, Austurvöllur and Austurstræti, each playing a certain role.
« All changes and improvements must be made with respect for the origin and style of the buildings and street imagery, » the report says.
This is a protected street image where the houses are either protected or obligation to comment. They are built in the years 1921 to 2000. Consultation should be held with the Icelandic Ministries on all changes that may be made.
In the summer of 2023, Reitir first sent a request to the City of Reykjavik as to whether the upper floors of houses could be changed on plot 12-14 at Austurstræti in apartments according to the drawings of THG Architects.
They were intended for long -term rental, as short -term rentals are prohibited in the area. The number of apartments was also expected to be 26.
Parliament rented hills in the houses under the offices of parliamentarians. They have moved to the new office building of the Althingi, a workshop at Vonarstræti.
The Reykjavik Planning Officer took a positive view of the inquiry 2023 but with conditions. He specifically pointed out the importance of acoustics.
Now, two years later, the assignment is again on the table of planning representatives. This change has become, among other things, that it is no longer specifically that the apartments are intended for long -term rental.
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