Iceland Volcano Coffee Shop Architecture Competition || תחרויות

Title: Iceland Volcano Coffee Shop
Type: Competition Announcement [Ideas]
Organizers: Bee Breeders & Landeigendur Voga ehf 
Language: English 
Registration Deadline: April 20, 2022 
Submission Deadline: May 25, 2022 
Prizes: 1st prize 5000€ + Publications Certificate of Achievement
2nd prize 2000€ + Publications Certificate of Achievement
3rd prize 1000 € + Publications Certificate of Achievement
Type: Open

Hverfjall in northern Iceland is what’s known as a “tuff ring” volcano or a tephra cone volcano. Located east of the volcanic Lake Mývatn, Hverfjall’s volcanic explosion crater is 1 km wide and approximately 140 meters deep. It is a popular hiking destination where visitors can. easily access many parts of the crater via public hiking trails which can reach up to 200 meters in height.

Believed to have been created during a volcano eruption, Hverfjall is almost perfectly symmetrical, with a slight variation at the site of a landslide which took place several years ago. Its dark, captivating colours make it a popular tourist attraction and photography spot, and the site is protected, meaning visitors can only use the two approved hiking trails to access the crater, with all other areas restricted.
For the Iceland Volcano Coffee Shop competition, Bee Breeders architecture competition organisers have partnered with Landeigendur Voga ehf [Landowners of Vogar farmland] as part of a series of competitions based in Iceland. For this competition, architects and architecture enthusiasts are called to submit designs for a coffee shop that would be located at the base of the Hverfjall volcano. The new coffee shop would need to include facilities for a new visitor centre and a small exhibition room that would give visitors information about the volcano’s history.


Iceland Volcano Coffee Shop competition site. Photo Credit: Bee Breeders



Hverfjall volcano crater is almost perfectly symmetrical.Photo Credit: Bee Breeders

 Winning designs will be put forward for construction, so they should strike a balance of practical ideas and creative design that is sustainable, unique, and in keeping with the landscape.

Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams [4 team members maximum]. Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English; All information submitted by participants must be in English.


Left – Aerial view of Hverfjall crater. Right – Northern Lights, Mývatn, Iceland. Photo Credit: Bee Breeders

For more detailes enter competition Website:

https://architecturecompetitions.com/volcanocoffeeshop/