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North of the Arctic Circle
Ralph Erskine’s Mid-20thCentury Urban Planning and Design
Projects in Kiruna and Svappavaara
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The Arctic Architect
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1 Although subarctic is now the commonlyused spelling, I keep the spelling “sub-Arctic” where
it appears in the original historical text.
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Resilient Utopias in Extreme (Cold) Climates and Environments
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Erskine’s Ideal Arctic Town
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Figure 1: Ralph Erskine, An Ecological Arctic Town, 1958 (ArkDes collections, ARKM.1986-
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Building in the Arctic
Kiruna
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Figure 2: Börje Rönnberg, Ortdrivaren housing exterior (ArkDes collections, ARKM.1986-
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Svappavaara
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Figure 3: Ralph Erskine, Svappavaara Centrum (center), 1964, from the ArkDes collections,
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Learnings from Erskine
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References
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