Maria åberg, selma lindstedt
Cultural heritage, transformation and conservation
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Architecture
My location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Maria åberg, selma lindstedt
First Name: Maria åberg,
Last Name: selma lindstedt
University / College: Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation
Course / Program: Cultural heritage, transformation and conservation
Graduates: 2025
Specialisms: Architecture
My Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
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About
We have just graduated from the Master's program in Cultural heritage, Transformation, and Restoration at the Royal Danish Academy in copenhagen. We are interested in architecture and existing built environment, and how it can offer solutions to both climate and cultural-historical challenges of the future. We also believe that thorough analysis of both context and existing building techniques, can teach us time-tested methods to address future challenges in a thoughtful way.We are particularly interested in the properties of materials, their aesthetic qualities, and cultural-historical significance. Through our projects, we explore how technical and architectural solutions can interact. We work on the materials' own terms and believe that this understanding and care for the building allows for preservation instead of replacement.We hope to continue our work in transformation together in the future.
The project takes place in the ongoing relocation of Kiruna’s town center. As part of the relocation, the decommissioned mining area Tuolluvaara Gruv AB will play a central role in the new city center. With the aim of preserving the remaining structures of the mining site, the project explores how abandoned industrial buildings can be given new purpose through transformation, and how we can work sustainably with existing buildings instead of demolishing. Through our work, we aim to spark a discussion where industrial heritage, resources, and identity are at the center. The site is given a new role as a place of memory in the new city. A palce for reflection on the challenges and changes in the city’s identity brought about by the relocation. A threshold between landscape and city, between history and the present. A gateway between the new and the existing.
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