AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IN NORTHERN ICELAND
AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION IN NORTHERN ICELAND
About: Yrki architects design of the outer shell of an electrical substation for the electricity network supplier Landsnet. The substation is located in the desert of Hólasandur, between lake Mývatn and the valley of Laxárdalur in northern Iceland. The facade is made of precast fair-faced concrete units with a decisive vertical pattern.
Category: Industrial building
Period: 2020-22
Status: Fully built
Location: Hólasandur desert in the district of Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla, northern Iceland
Size: 200m²
Client: Landsnet
3D: Yrki architects
In collaboration with: Hnit consulting engineers
Plan and sections
Elevations
Looking south over the Hólasandur desert to lake Mývatn. The electrical substation in the foreground.
An aerial view.
The south elevation.
