Poster bakside

rearranging and injecting program into old buildings to recharge the activity level. The programs injected have solid foundations in the existing programs of the town but are taken a step further.To make new spatial conditions appropriate to the place, to the daily routine, activities and the mood, though also challenging the existing perceptions of what is the town and its identity,

The magic of the real” – of the physical, of substance, of the things around me that I see and touch, that i smell and hear. Sometimes – the magic is conveyed by a specific architecture or landscape, a specific milieu, its suddenly there; it has materialized like the measured growth of the soul, un noted at first.” -unknown

What happens to a town structure when there is less people. Many places become an in between space without specific program and “empty space”. But is there such a thing as “empty space” ?It is the atmosphere of places and spaces that kindle our emotion, and the physical presence of the things constitutes the spaces in which we live.

Uncertainty / Transformation / Disorientation

a towns position as uncertain to its own future, yet reluctant or powerless to change its path, leaves its inhabitants in a flux between flight or surrender in a struggle for the city to reproduce the story of itself and its identity

The Arctic House includes answers to local needs like a new marketsquare for local cultural activities; amongst others, as an eventplace for the annual international snowballcompetition hosted by Vardø each winter.

INVITATION SECTION OF THE ARCTIC HOUSE WHY BUILD SOMETHING NEW IN A CITY

WITH ALLREADY TOO MANY EMPTY HOUSES?

“We throw a stone into the water, sand swirl up and settles again. The stir was necessary. The stone has found its place. But the pond is no longer the same”

Peter Zumthor

Хлеб да соль!(’let bread and salt never leave your home’)

- Rethinking identity and sense of place in Nikel, Russia Хлеб да соль!(’let bread and salt never leave your home’)

- Rethinking identity and sense of place in Nikel, Russia Rethinking identity and sense of place in Nikel, (RU)

Cold North / Abandonment / Transition / Struggle

How is it to live in this town? How do the inhabitants define themselves, their town and their identity? In which way do they feel a sense of belonging to their place and how is it articulated?

Our perception is colored by the many news flashes from this city, the pollution, the dead nature and the inevitable misery of the people living there. However the situation, people still live in Nikel and their perception of their place is different.

marketplace

In Vardø, the sun is only shining in the summer-months. As there is always a bigger need for heating in cold areas, even in summer, there is actually more efficient using solarcells in the north than in the south during the summermonths. the diagram shows the efficiency of using solar heat in the north.

solar thermal-colletors heats water and is not temperature dependent. During periods of low demand for heating, collected heat can be lead into an isolation tank and stored for later use.

The roofs are about 400m2. Solarcollectors collect 300kwh per m2 / 400m2 roof x 150 kwh per m2 = 60 000 kwh per m2, per year.

Physical model: The Arctic House and marketsquare INSIDE PUBLIC AREA: room for culture,

local events, exhibitions and cross-cultural meetings.

DEBATING THE ARCTIC FUTURE

People got smitten by this sudden burst of colour and activity. This new positive energy burst out in...knitting!

The arctic ice has melted about 40% since 1979. if this continues, both the northwestern and thenortheastern passage will be open for shipping over the arctic in just a few years. this will shorten one of the biggest european shippingroutes, rotterdam - japan/china with 15 out of 30 days.

this and the rescourseharvesting of oil and gas in the arctic will mean big opportunities, but also enormous threats for the people, and especially the indigenous people, living in the arctic.

SCENARIO CONCLUSION:

Trading routes today

ShippingOne of the biggest European trading- routes today are between Europe and Japan, and Europe and China.

A normal shippingroute uses about30 days between Europe and Japan.

Cars, fish, oil and gas are the biggesttrades.

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Trading routes tomorrow

ShippingDue to the shrinkageof the polar ice, thenorthwest-passage and the northeast-passage has opened.

A normal shippingroute uses now about 10 to 15 daysless between Europe and Japan.

Cars, fish, oil, gas, and nuclear waste are now the biggest trades.

Cars

Oil

Fish

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One of the biggest European trading-routes today are between Europe and Japan, and Europe and China. A normal shipping route uses about 30 days between Europe and Japan.

Cars, fish, oil and gas are the biggest trades.

Due to the shrinkage of the polar ice, thenorthwest-passage and the northeast-passage has opened. A normal shipping route uses now about 10 to 15 days less between Europe and Japan.Cars, fish, oil, gas, and nuclear waste are now the biggest trades.

Cars

Oil

Fish

SCENARIOWHEN SHIPPING TURNS TO NORTH

Major shippingroutes

Major future merchandiseport?

Major merchandise port

The shippingindustry now carries more than 90% of the world’s trade-volume, and has tripled its tonnage since 1970, with Europe as the biggest tradeshipper.

Global trading-routes today:

Biggest European trade-route:

Biggest European future trading-route:

ECONOMICS

The boom in shipping trade:Europe on top

Source: John Vidal “Shipping boom...” Source: A Year of Global Shipping Routes Mapped by GPS

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And while some lots stood empty or half-built, others stood finished with empty structures.

Luxurious apartments with a view to die for in the heart of the city centre.

But this “luxury”, was only experienced from the inside.

Employment in GreenlandIll: Maniitsoq

PATTERN

noun2 the patterns of ant behavior: system, order, ar-rangement, form, method, structure, scheme, plan, format, framework.

verbsomeone else is patterning my life: shape, influence, model, fashion, mold, style, determine, control.

BREAK

verb ( past broke ; past part. broken )2 [ trans. ] interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course) : the new government broke the pattern of growth | his concentration was broken by a sound.noun2 a break in the weather: change, alteration, varia-tion.

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Greenland has a negative trade balance. 64% of total trade is import.