Name of the project: Karl-Bank
Name of the project in local language: Kallabakki
Location: Djúpivogur, Iceland
Time period: Since 2017
Key words: Culture, Health, Sustainability, Science, Tourism
Level of participation: Consultation
The project is located on Kallabakki. This place was originally a sloping grassland on cliffs with a point of view on the town. However in the 1970s, it turned into car facilities. Thereafter, the space was left abandoned and used as a parking lot. The aim of the project was to turn the area into a public space where locals or visitors can rest, talk and enjoy the environment.
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Name of the project: The Hot Tub Trio
Name of the project in local language: Heitu pottarnir á Drangsnesi
Location: Drangsnes, Iceland
Time period: Since 1997
Key words: Tourism, Culture, Health, Sustainability
Level of participation: Delegation
The “Hot Tub Trio” project is a public open-air space with three hot tubs and a bench. There is a public parking area by the hot tubs and a small service house with changing rooms with shower and toilet facilities. Initially, the project was only intended as a pet project and wasn’t really meant to tackle any challenges. But as time passed, it has become a tool in order to promote tourism in Drangsnes and encouraging socialisation in the settlement.
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Name of the project: Neighbouthood plan for Flensborgarhöfn and Oseyrarsvaedi
Name of the project in local language: Rammaskipulag Flensborgarhafnar og Óseyrarsvæðis
Location: Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Time period: Since 2003
Key words: Culture, Sustainability, Industry
Level of participation: Consultation
The project takes place in a harbour area of 20,2 ha that has been losing its function as an industrial site for the fishing and shipping industry. It consists of a new framework and development plan for this area. This ongoing process, which started in 2003, has three major aims: adapting the activities in the harbour since the fishing industry is declining, tackling the lack of character, connection and historical reference and adapting the space to regional planning goals.
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Name of the project: Long Sand Beach
Name of the project in local language: Langisandur
Location: Akranes municipality, Iceland
Time period: Since 1990
Key words: Health, Tourism, Sport
Level of participation: Placation
The Long Sand Beach project takes place in the main beach of the municipality of Akranes. Started in the early 1990s, this ongoing project has been developed to promote outdoor activities, for reasons of physical and mental health and also to attract more people to the beach and to Akranes. Numerous facilities have been built here: a walking and cycling path, exercise equipment, children’s playgrounds and even a geothermal pool.
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Name of the project: Rainbow Street
Name of the project in local language: Regnbogagatan
Location: Seyðisfjörður
Time period: Since 2017
Key words: Culture, Education, Tourism, Gay pride festival
Level of participation: Citizen control
The rainbow street project was originally a temporary installation on a street called Norðurgata in the centre of Seydisfjordur that was supposed to last one summer. It consists of a series of painted lines that represent the rainbow flag. Thus, the targeted impact was both to make the street more beautiful, lively and festive because of the bad state it was and to celebrate the gay pride.
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