White Arkitekter has won the Nordic Built Cities competition in the category of Vertical Challenge for the office?s proposal, ?The Eyes of Runavik,? located in a village on the Faroe Islands. White Arkitekter has devised five 3-story ring-shaped ?houses? that collectively provide 100 units of housing on a steep hillside with views of fjords and surrounding islands. Each building is surrounded by a meadow ? ?hagi? ? of local vegetation, and each inner courtyard is a cultivated microclimate, or ?bøur,? meant to be a more comfortable outdoor space for residents.

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White Arkitekter has won the Nordic Built Cities competition in the category of Vertical Challenge for the office?s proposal, ?The Eyes of Runavik,? located in a village on the Faroe Islands. White Arkitekter has devised five 3-story ring-shaped ?houses? that collectively provide 100 units of housing on a steep hillside with views of fjords and surrounding islands. Each building is surrounded by a meadow ? ?hagi? ? of local vegetation, and each inner courtyard is a cultivated microclimate, or ?bøur,? meant to be a more comfortable outdoor space for residents.
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?Minimal impact starts with understanding the conditions, accepting them and making the most out of them,? says Morten Vedelsbøl, Creative Director at White Arkitekter in Denmark. ?We asked ourselves - how can we create an environment on such a steep slope and in such hars...