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Iceland has come to epitomise the vicissitudes of the banking system, as it was catapulted from boom to bust in October 2008. During the burgeoning years of the 2000s, ambitious construction projects were implemented. As Arna Mathiesen explains, this has resulted in ‘a scarcity of means to finish the plans and maintain buildings, public spaces and infrastructure, and indeed to inhabit the spaces produced’.
Iceland has come to epitomise the vicissitudes of the banking system, as it was catapulted from boom to bust in October 2008. During the burgeoning years of the 2000s, ambitious construction projects were implemented. As Arna Mathiesen explains, this has resulted in ‘a scarcity of means to finish the plans and maintain buildings, public spaces and infrastructure, and indeed to inhabit the spaces produced’.
Icelandic Initiatives
Mathiesen, Arna (author)
Architectural Design ; 82 ; 94-99
2012-07-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
geothermal and hydropower , Reykjavik Capital Area, (RCA) , food growing , meltdown , inequality , alternative power structures , public transport , recycling , Scarcity and Creativity in the Built Environment (SCIBE) , earthquakes , maintenance of public spaces , April Architects, Map of the Reykjavik Capital Area, Changed Land Use 2002‐8, Oslo, 2012 , Oslo School of Architecture.
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