GUOVDAGEAIDNU (NO) PROJECT SCALE — XL/L – territory / urban + architecture
PROJECT SITE — 387 ha
LOCATION — Guovdageaidnu, Márkan, Finnmark
SITE PROPOSED BY — Guovdageaidnu municipality
POPULATION — Municipality 2,942 inhab.,
OWNER OF THE SITE — Private and public
Márkan 2,000 inhab.
POST-COMPETITION PHASE — Planning and
STRATEGIC SITE — 3,200 ha
building commission
Nils Runar Hætta — Development Advisor, municipality of Guovdageaidnu 1. WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE SITE MUTATION?
The main reason why we chose to join the competition is to make Kautokeino/Guovdageaidnu a better site for the inhabitants. We want to create new areas for the people that live here, areas that have no use at the moment. The competition ideas shall connect the centre, which today is made of several clusters that do not necessarily have any natural connection. Another goal is to make visible how the river was used in earlier times, and once again use the river in a more structured way. 2. HOW CAN THE SITE BE INTEGRATED IN THE ISSUES OF PRODUCTIVE CITIES? HOW DO YOU CONSIDER THE PRODUCTIVITY ISSUE?
Our companies have strictly never moved out of the centre. Juhls Silvergallery is an example of how you can walk into the shop and look at the production. The same applies to the reindeer herders, who bring out tourists to the siida (reindeer herding group). 42
Lavvoproducer Arctic Lavvu, the Dáiddadállu artist collective and our crafters are examples of businesses that can show how the products are made. 3. HAVE YOU ALREADY DEFINED A SPECIFIC PROCESS FOR THE URBAN AND/OR ARCHITECTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AFTER EUROPAN COMPETITION?
We are in the very beginning of the process, and have not defined a specific project yet. The re-making of the new land-use plan for Márkan (the centre) of course needs some input. The law says it is not possible to make measures within a zone of 100 meters from the sea or rivers. We want to find solutions that allow us to build closer to the river. The politicians in the municipality have given the impression that they want more areas that are suitable for businesses.
