Jón Kristinsson (born May 7, 1936,

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

) is an Icelandic architect.

Biography

Kristinsson matriculated from

Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík (MR; official name in English: Reykjavik College) is collegein Iceland. It is located in Reykjavík. The school traces its origin to 1056, when a school was established in Skálholt, and it remains one of the oldest ...

in 1956. He then studied architecture at

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

. In 1966, Kristinsson together with his architect colleague and wife Riet Reitsema co-founded an architecture and engineering office in

Deventer Deventer (; Sallaans dialect, Sallands: ) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Salland historical region of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Overijssel, ...

. During the period 1992–2001 Kristinsson together with Kees Duijvestein held a joint professorship in Environmental technique and design in the Faculty of Architecture at

. Following retirement in 2001, Kristinsson has worked on innovations at the Architecten- en ingenieursbureau kristinsson bv office in

. In 2024, he was awarded the

Order of the Falcon The Order of the Falcon () is the only order of chivalry in Iceland, founded by Christian X of Denmark, King Christian X of Denmark and Iceland on 3 July 1921. The award is awarded for merit for Iceland and humanity and has five degrees. Nowaday ...

for his contributions to for pioneering work in ecological building design on the international stage.

Major building designs

*Town Hall

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(1976) an integrated design of a self-supporting building. World's first seasonal heat storage in wet ground, parabolic solar collectors,

balanced ventilation In telecommunications and professional audio, a balanced line or balanced signal pair is an electrical circuit consisting of two conductors of the same type, both of which have equal impedances along their lengths, to ground, and to other c ...

with heat regain, humidifying by plants and spring fountains, insulated shutters at night and acoustic of a concert hall. (Not built) *Minimum-energy housing development 1979-83 in

Schiedam Schiedam () is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen and south of the city Delft. In the south, Schi ...

. 184 social houses were built. The project altered the building tradition in the

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. Some of the innovative design includes: Airtight building, wall insulation on the outside, foundation and roof insulation. In the kitchen balanced ventilation with heat recovery in the hood of the cooker. *In 1980:

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s in the

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pumped dry by windmills/watermills as an alternative for atomic power. *The energy producing greenhouse and the "edible city" are development concepts with 2ha glasshouse with seasonal heatstorage that heat 200 properly designed houses. *

Floriade 2012 The Floriade 2012 was a Dutch horticultural exposition held in Venlo, Netherlands. It was the sixth Floriade and was held from April 5 to October 7, 2012. The Floriade 2012 was opened by Queen Beatrix. The exposition's theme and slogan was "''Be ...

the tenannual horticultural exposition in

Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in southeastern Netherlands, close to the border with Germany. It is situated in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), ...

the NetherlandsProject Floriade 2012: the largest building in the Nederland
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Bibliography

*Kristinsson Jon ''Architecten- en ingenieursbureau Kristinsson Jubileumboek''. Deventer 1996; *Kristinsson J., ''Exergieprojecten'' A.H.H. Schmitz, P.J.W. Singendonk (ed.), TVVL Magazine 28 10, 1999. *Kristinsson, Jon ''Light urban development''. The Architecture Annual 1997–1998. Bekkering, Henco, Hans de Jonge Klaske Havik (Eds.) Delft University of Technology. Rotterdam: 010 Publishers, 1999. Broschiert. *Kristinsson, Jon ''Breathing window and healthy ventilation in buildings''. The CIB 2003 International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
SASBE2003
Brisbane 2003.
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*Kristinsson, Jon ''Smart and energetic architecture''. International Conference "Bridging to the Future" - Bridging energy planning and spatial design strategies - Beurs van Amsterdam, June 8, 2006
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References

External links

List of Dutch architects Following is a list of Dutch architects in alphabetical order by birth century. Born in the 15th century * Jan Heyns (14??–1516) * Jacob van Aaken (?-1532) Born in the 16th century * Bartholomeus van Bassen (c.1590–1652) * Salomon d ...

* Dutch WikiPedia article
Website of the Kristinsson officeThe Breathing Window website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kristinsson, Jon 1936 births Living people Dutch architects Jon Kristinsson Delft University of Technology alumni Jon Kristinsson Recipients of the Order of the Falcon