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1	RECLAIMING KIRUNA : Ecological reclamation of post-exhaustion Kiruna mine ANAND, DIKSHA January 2020 (has links) In brownfield regeneration models, extraction sites are often left out of the question because of degradation, severe contamination, or economic viability and are usually abandoned, after the minimal remediations. These exhaustions not only impact the environment and economy in spatial relations but also influence the growth of the communities cultured by them. With millions of abandoned sites around the globe, there is a demand for building a vision that develops - the ideas of emergence and diversification over time and space, as a base framework for similar towns and communities before they disappear. Underpinning the urgent need and evolving theme of ecologies, 'Reclaiming Kiruna' is an investigation of a vision for a post-exhaustion site of Kiruna mine, which is the world's largest underground mine, by developing landscape ecologies in the present framework that builds and adapts with time and space before the mine gets exhausted. The project reveals the concept of landscape as an amalgamation of production and recreation ecologies, synergizing with the existing potentials of nature, resources, and society. The work focuses on translating the knowns and unknowns of three time periods, synced with proposed plans of the New Kiruna settlement area, through programs of care and thinking that involve, engage, and encourage people (of Kiruna) in redefining the image of Kiruna beyond just a mine. The project unfolds new prospects offered by planned urban transformations, mining systems, and changing climate, which are integrated into building new economies and relations. The project is limited by the uncertainty of the future but attempts to initiate a dialogue in finding new positions as urban designers to contest with the present frameworks in building alternatives of change and novelty, for a sustainable future. Reclamation Kiruna Post-exhaustion mine Brownfield redevelopment Landscape ecology Restore Revive Regenerate Bio-economy Sustainable urban design Architecture Arkitektur
2	Remembering as urban praxis: appropriating history, shaping public space Eitel, Verena Elisabet, Kesting Jiménez, Nadine 08 April 2024 (has links) Recalling the past – the cultural act of remembering – is crucially important for the formation of cities, their identity, and that of their inhabitants. It is an urban practice that involves a process of narrating and scrutinizing history and making it present in urban spaces. Remembering history is a form of participation and activism, which can be seen to revive the past, generate and shape public life, criticize historical constructs and misconceptions, and negotiate new ideas and identities. As part of a panel at the conference „Urbane Praxis. Neue für kulturelle Infrastrukturen“ [Urban praxis. New contexts for cultural infrastructures] we talked to four scholars and/or curators – Marie-Charlott Schube, Pablo Santacana López, Julia Kurz und Marianna Liosi – about their perspectives on remembering via the negotiation processes occurring in urban spaces. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/300 ddc:300
3	Fertile Wear : Underwear in relation to manufacturing toxicity, the ecosphere and our reproductive zones Nivrén, Linnéa January 2021 (has links) Every artifact in this consumerism world is connected to Earth’s four ecological layers. Everything around us, air, organism, water, and soil/rock also known by the names; atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. All together form the ecosphere, the place that contains all materials and resources that we use when creating artifacts. »Every material that we use comes from the ecosphere and eventually goes back to it.« - Ann Thorpe The way humans use, extract, manufacture and dispose of materials has concerned me for many years, long before I started this design program. It has formed my way of making as a designer, and because of my love for textiles, I have been applying it in that field of practise. I want to design textiles that function and can be used frequently, with a purpose and in the end, decompose before I do. The aim of this conducted design project is to, in a playful way, break down the barrier between maker and user. Combined with unfolding the hidden truths about garments, how they are manufactured and where those textile components originate from. This would enable me to broaden my knowledge in the field and in return I will have the opportunity to share my insights with the public. Within this project I will also put the emphasis on the impact textiles have on our bodies, reproductive health and surrounding ecosystems. Designing with the intention to highlight topics like this, the whole life cycle of garments, creates a stronger bond between user and maker. This is something I as a designer and maker want to build my foundation on. In order to do this I needed to pin down where this conducted design project could take place and what sustainable possibilities of change it could embed for the future. Global manufacturing Polyester Cotton Toxicity Infertility Reproductive health Fertility Local making Craft Collaboration Sweden Småland Textiles Revive Flax Alpaca fleece Underwear Decompose Ecosphere Sustainability Change Metadesign Global tillverkning Polyester Bomull Toxicitet Infertilitet Reproduktiv hälsa Fertilitet Lokal tillverkning Hantverk Samarbete Sverige Småland Textilier Återuppliva Lin Alpacka fleece Underkläder Nedbrytbar Ekosfär Hållbarhet Förändring Metadesign Design Design Textile, Rubber and Polymeric Materials Textil-, gummi- och polymermaterial

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