Ecosistema Urbano . Jensen . 70N . ljusarkitektur . Atkins

new city vision . Kiruna

Ecosistema Urbano . Kristine Jensen Tegnestue . Architect:70N . Ljusarkitektur . Atkins

Ljusarkitektur was part of one of the ten selected teams to participate in the competition for a vision for the new Kiruna.

The competition has been implemented with the need that in the coming years downtown must be moved because of the degradation of mining works in the city.
Kiruna’s northern latitude gives unique lighting conditions for people to experience, live in, live with and relate to. Extreme variations in the availability of daylight and darkness during the year, long sunrises and sunsets with smooth transitions in light intensity and light colour, large seasonal variations in how nature reflects light and the auroral presence in the sky are all qualities that are closely tied with Kiruna’s identity and give special conditions for how the electric light should be presented.