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Towards an Interactive Winter City- New Directions for Kiruna

Sarkar, Wrishitesh LU (2020) ASBM01 20202
Department of Architecture and Built Environment
Abstract
Kiruna, the northernmost city in the sub-arctics of Sweden, is currently witnessing an unprecedented deformation and reformation of the urban form due to the ongoing erosion of the land mass. This has made it necessary to move the city centre around 3 kilometres to the east. Due to the deformation timeline, it has opened up new possibilities of expanding the city further towards the north-east and east with the Tuolluvaara landform as it's core.
There have been questions still prevalent as to how to make the urban realm in winter cities more usable and interactive while maintaining the winter mobility. This project explores this possibility of expansion through a design proposal of the urban environment keeping in mind the sub-arctic... (More)
Kiruna, the northernmost city in the sub-arctics of Sweden, is currently witnessing an unprecedented deformation and reformation of the urban form due to the ongoing erosion of the land mass. This has made it necessary to move the city centre around 3 kilometres to the east. Due to the deformation timeline, it has opened up new possibilities of expanding the city further towards the north-east and east with the Tuolluvaara landform as it's core.
There have been questions still prevalent as to how to make the urban realm in winter cities more usable and interactive while maintaining the winter mobility. This project explores this possibility of expansion through a design proposal of the urban environment keeping in mind the sub-arctic conditions and respecting the existing unique landscape of Kiruna. The aim is to understand how site-specific strategies can be implemented to maintain the regional and local connections and to make Kiruna an interactive winter city. (Less)
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author
Sarkar, Wrishitesh LU
supervisor
organization
course
ASBM01 20202
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
winter city, Kiruna, Sweden, Lapland, urban deformation, interactive urban spaces, sustainable urban design, climate comfort, summer, winter, landscape, urban strategies
language
English
id
9029789
date added to LUP
2020-09-24 09:37:16
date last changed
2020-09-24 09:37:16
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  abstract     = {{Kiruna, the northernmost city in the sub-arctics of Sweden, is currently witnessing an unprecedented deformation and reformation of the urban form due to the ongoing erosion of the land mass. This has made it necessary to move the city centre around 3 kilometres to the east. Due to the deformation timeline, it has opened up new possibilities of expanding the city further towards the north-east and east with the Tuolluvaara landform as it's core.
There have been questions still prevalent as to how to make the urban realm in winter cities more usable and interactive while maintaining the winter mobility. This project explores this possibility of expansion through a design proposal of the urban environment keeping in mind the sub-arctic conditions and respecting the existing unique landscape of Kiruna. The aim is to understand how site-specific strategies can be implemented to maintain the regional and local connections and to make Kiruna an interactive winter city.}},
  author       = {{Sarkar, Wrishitesh}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Towards an Interactive Winter City- New Directions for Kiruna}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}