Tasiilaq Maritime Center (East Greenland)

Tasiilaq

Maritime Center

Arctic Cities Studio

AHO : Tromsø Academy of Landscape and Territorial Studies Kristjan Breidfjord Svavarsson

Tasiilaq

The Town of Tasiilaq & the Site Location

Seasonal Wheel Tasiilaq

The Site

This location has been used as a natural harbor for smaller boats.

This natural-made harbor is in a creek that gives shelter from the waves and wind. The creek slopes up to the mainland and leaves shallow tidal pools during low tide.

There is a quite nice wetland vegetation in the eastern part of the location, in between a freshwater stream and the Ocean.

Tasiilaq Fieldnotes

Education

Loosing Knowledge

Drownings

Tourism

Tasiilaq Maritime Center can create some kind of an education platform for indigenous hunting and maritime knowledge, usage.

by

creating

facilities

for

different

The site is located near the Tasiilaq school

which can create a dialogue with the site, for example by educating students about the knowledge of hunters, kayak training, arctic swimming, building workshops for kayaks, dog sledge and other indigenous handicraft works.

The goal is to create an infrastructure for the boats with

all

of

the

hunter

needs,

for

example

fully produce a seal (meat and dry skin).

how

to

There are

many sledge dogs located nearby that could help with the different seasonal use. The area can be used all year round both outside and inside; outside by maritime training under ice conditions and inside by using the sheds for

education

or

workshopping.

The

area

has

an

opportunity to be a market, where the hunters could bring in their catch and people can buy fish and meat.

A place like this will attract curious tourists, which in turn can have an economical impact for the people that maintain the facilities.

Coastline

Tide + 0.5 m

Tide + 1.5 m

Tide + 2.5 m

Tide + 3.5 m

Winter time

The Platform The inspiration for the platform was the ice, that is, the sharp edges of a newly broken sea ice, and how the ice meets the the land by high and low tide and creates some kind of shelf that is connected to the land.

The Material

Wooden Decks, Concrete & Orange Painted Metal Edge

Concrete Foundation

Tidal Pool for Ice

The smallest tidal pools function as an ice-catcher.

At low tide the ice stays there and can be used as a market place for the fresh meat/fish the hunters sell there The smallest tidal pools can also be used for parking the boat

Tidal Pool for Small Boats

Children can fish and maybe leave the catch there if they are just playing during low tide

Temporary Fish Container

Low Tide

High Tide

Sitting Area : The platform will have several seating locations where the platform meets the cliff, which can create some kind of a climate pocket

Maritime Training Pool: All year round training under different seasons

The high tide will flow over the tidal pool wall and flow back through the outlets.