The competition for development of a WWII airport in the center of Reykjavik called for a strategy for the city’s future as a leading European capital. Instead of rejecting the airport’s legacy and starting from scratch, the idea of embracing the old constrains of the triangular “land-art” of the concrete runway
was proposed. Like Roman ruins that lay at the foundation of many European cities, Vatnsmyri airport will become the seed for
urbanism in Reykjavik.