Hofsós Swimming Pool: Integrated into the Landscape

Basalt, Energy and sustainability, Low Density, Project, Senseable Technologies, Territory and mobility

Agrarian Landscape, Architecture&environment, Architecture&nature, Earth, Earth Service, Ecological infrastructure, Environment, Extreme environments, Geothermal system, Hofsós, Iceland, Infrastructure, Landscape, Landscape vs. Architecture, Nature, Nature vs. Artificial, Project, Return to nature, Reykjavík, Rural environment, Rural systems, Social culture, Social environment, Swimming Pool, Volcano, Water, Water infrastructure

Photography: Gudmundur Benediktsson, Rafn Sigurbjornsson

Hofsos is a small fishing village in the northern part of Iceland. It consists of small-scale traditional Icelandic houses from the early twenties. The small scale of the surrounding village has been an inspiration in the design process for the swimming pool.