Residential rise to the garden

Several building blocks have been organized. Apartments have already risen to some of them or are under construction on other squares. Up to 8,000 apartments are planned in Ártúnshöfði, where about 20,000 people will live.

Over the past few weeks, the planning portal has been a proposal for a new land development plan for Ártúnshöfði, area 7a, which is located at Breiðhöfði 3-5. For many years, the operations of BM Vallár casting stations have been on this field. This activity will move otherwise in several stages.

The uniqueness of the field is that there is a gorgeous amusement park called Heðilundur. This garden has actually been half -folded pearls in the industrial area. An archaeological will be preserved and open to the public.

Regional patterns on the site will be formed by three different housing forms, which will be 4-7 storey buildings.

In phase 1, up to 180 apartments are expected with optional trade and services on 1. Height at Breiðhöfði. The building capacity of new buildings will be 16,240 square meters (m2).

In accordance with the City of Reykjavik’s plans for social mixing, the site must be that 20% of apartments should be rental apartments, student apartments, rental apartments Social Housing, residential apartments and/or apartments for the elderly.

Condensation

The overall goal for the planning of the area is to condense settlements and utilize the city and infrastructure of the city better with sustainability as a guiding light, says a land -use plan that is prepared by Thg architects and landscapes.

The number of parking spaces in the proposal is based on a transport assessment conducted by Verkís. It states that a total of 464 parking spaces and 1,224 wheelchairs must be expected.

Fornalund should be preserved and the area must not be disturbed within its demarcation and it is not allowed to build within the field. Tree vegetation within the box will be protected.

Further discussion can be found in Morgunblaðið which was published on Thursday 3 April. It can also be accessed free of charge in MoggMorgunblaðið’s new app and mbl.is.