OF GHOSTS AND [WO]MEN

Abstract: The project 'Of Ghosts and [Wo]men' proposes an artificial landscape in the new area of Kiruna, that will be built exclusively from the materials of the demolished buildings. This is a way of displaying and giving back to the public pieces of the body of the old city, while suggesting an architecture that recycles the old into new forms and programs.Combining embroidery elements with data from the mining activity, the ground of the site is processed through the interrelationships of historical maps of the mine, engendering a series of forms that question not only these layers of the “under” city that remain unseen but also the meaning of the forms themselves. The proposed landscape consists of four distinct layers: the wooden main pathways, the platforms [plateaus] made of brick mosaic, the mounds made of sculpted earth and the storage-workshop composed of assemblages of different materials [concrete panels, glass, bricks].