Dear list,
The city of Kiruna needs to be "moved" because of mining. Of course "move" means to a large degree "tear down" and "build new", with the exception of listed buildings, some of which will actually be "moved".
The mining company LKAB will be the owner/builder of lots of housing and other buildings, whole ares as well as individual buildings. In their effort to make sure this results in an attractive city and good living conditions they have decided to produce a sort of "quality plan" for their building projects.
The point is not to present a list of "acceptable" buildings or designs, but rather to describe the process that will ensure that each project will be great in itself and contribute to great whole. The "quality plan" needs to live and develop over at least two decades.
As they have asked me to lead the work with this quality plan, I am looking for examples of such. We are aware of a number of "master plans", for instances from New Urbanist projects, but these often presents the results and shows designs of acceptable buildings. We are looking for examples that present more a process, to ensure architectural freedom, creativity and variation. We are also familiar with the works of Christopher Alexander.
A key element in our work is that building concepts should draw from unique or distinct lifestyles and citizen ideals as well as from the unique characters of each place. As a majority of the city will be built within a relatively short timespan a key issue is how to create/generate variation and not be stuck in any single "contemporary period".
Thank you for any suggestions of examples!
Lars
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LARS ALBINSSON
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MAESTRO MANAGEMENT AB
CALISTOGA SPRINGS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS
LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY
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