The idea of this project is to investigate the nature and the innate aesthetic expressions of a data center in order to draw a proposal for one in a rural town called Horndal. A data center is an infrastructure, implying that it is essential for the society we live in. As a method I have tried to expose and aestheticise the technical aspects of this type of building as a means to show how it works. The project also deals with the fact that data is often conceptualised as something fleeting and soft while it in fact has severe material consequences. The project deals with the fact that data centers often are being placed in rural areas and proposes some explanations and thoughts on that subject. There is a healthy discussion regarding whether data centers are too heavy a load on the power grid, whether they employ as many as they advertise and how much Swedens economy gain from their presence. But this project is not meant to show any explicit political opinions but is rather a morphological exploration of the program. However, I would hope that it provokes some thoughts on these questions in the reader.

Ett examensarbete i Arkitektur om två experimentella villor, konst, design, modernism och framtidstro. Allt samlat i en tidning. (svenska / engelska) Villorna är belägna på en skogstomt i Horndal, i södra Dalarna samt på en havstomt utanför Trelleborg vid Gislövs Läge.