Article source: Henning Larsen Architects
The Swedish town of Kiruna, 95 miles north of the Arctic Circle, sits atop the largest iron ore mine on the planet. The mine birthed Kiruna – And now, it threatens to erase it.
A century of mining operations has begun to destabilize the earth around Kiruna. The ground is breaking, splitting into deep rifts and falling into sinkholes – Within the century, these rifts threaten to swallow the town. In response to this threat, mining firm Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara (LKAB) has proposed a direct solution: Move Kiruna three kilometers east.
Image Courtesy © Hufton + Crow
- Architects: Henning Larsen Architects
- Project: The Crystal – Kiruna Town Hall
- Location: Kiruna, Sweden
- Photography: Hufton + Crow, Peter Rosén
- Client: LKAB
- Engineer: WSP
- Landscape Architect: Temagruppen
- Contractor: PEAB
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