Iceland interrupts the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: a volcanic landmass rising above a 10,000-mile, largely underwater fissure and its transversal faults. This proposal took that rift as its starting point, designing a series of landmarks along the Grjótagjá fissure, each an abstraction of the fault line itself, extended directly over the site's crevice.

Each blade-like tower split in two above the fissure, letting the ground's own slow movement dictate its alignment. The first, at Karlagjá, housed a visitor centre and the entrance to the cave made famous by Game of Thrones, its lightweight walls overhanging rather than touching the cave mouth. Staircases led to twin viewing platforms marking the plates' separation, while an open-air auditorium below used the fissure itself as stage and backdrop.

The lattice structure drew on kirigami, the Japanese technique of cutting and folding flat sheets into form: aluminium, a material Iceland smelts and exports at scale, laser-cut flat and extruded on-site into a self-supporting frame, cutting transport impact and letting the structure adapt to the terrain as it was built.

A second tower, at Kvennagjá, offered a discreet spa and subterranean pools, with a honeymoon suite above perched on the fissure's edge. Further landmarks were proposed to be phased in over time, each answering future needs while sustaining Grjótagjá's popularity.