Visioner I Norr “The north is home for me” New European Bauhaus
The “North is Home to Me” project is a pilot under the EU, New European Bauhaus initiative, aiming to synergize the Swedish subarctic cities of Boden and Luleå via sustainable, aesthetic, and socially inclusive design. Funded by Swedish innovation funds, and comprising urbanists, engineers, cultural planning experts, and an Arctic artist, the “Team Nordic Future” produced proposals to leverage the area’s economic boom from green industries. The team conceptualized the “Bothnia Valley” vision, a blend of rural-urban living environments tied to nature. Analysis revealed an urbanism shaped by nomadic arctic lifestyles and a profound connection with nature, posing questions on its future evolution. The goal is to avoid urban sprawl but still connect to the nomadic way of life, respect nature, provide agile, inclusive services, and maintain efficient governance across a nomadic sub-artic landscape while cultivating strong and unique city identities.
Location:SwedenArchitect: Gustav MagnussonArchitecture Office:EGA, Warm In The Winter, Lia Ghilardi, AFRY, Norconsult, and Lisa TorellLead Architects:Gustav Magnusson (Urbanist, EGA), Björn Ekelund (Architect, WITW), Erik Giudice (Architect, EGA), Nisse Ekelund (Urbanist WITW), Lisa Torell (Artist), Lia Ghilardi (Cultural Planner), Camilla Fransson (Carbon Cost expert, AFRY), and Christina Eneris (Civil engineering, Norconsult)Associate Architects:Flat Scandinavian hierarchyClient: New European Bauhaus pilot through The council for sustainable cities, a collaboration led by the national architect at The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning and also including The Swedish Reasearch Council for Environment, Agriculture Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS), The Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova), The energy authority, The Swedish Center for Architecture and Design (ArkDes) and Luleå municipalityPhotographer: Images by Erik Giudice Architects and Warm In the Winter as part of Team Nordic Future
