Harpa – Islandzki eksperyment
Harpa, The Icelandic Experiment

Summary/Abstract: The search for the experiments in architecture is fascinating. The analysis of the design process,from early sketches towards a particular outcome gives intriguing and enlightening answers. Thenever realized concepts, models, visions imprinted in history of architecture, provoke musings andenrich the theory of architecture, often by determining new mindsets and opening new horizonsfor future generations. The article references the figures of widely acknowledged architects suchas R.B. Fuller, F. Otto and E. Thorsteinn, in the context of their research and its continuation onthe example of Harpa – International Conference Center in Reykjavik (Iceland). Harpa, designed bya team of architects led by Henning Larsen in collaboration with Olafur Eliasson, is the embodiedoutcome of the experiments – spatial, artistic and structural, but still defined by architecture.

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