Studio Offshore: Atlas of the Baltic 2023 by KTH Arkitekturskolan

ATLAS OF THE BALTIC Studio Offshore 2023

Embark on a captivating journey through the Baltic Sea, a region of dynamic complexity, where ships, humans, and more than humans engage in intricate interactions. Explore the multifaceted realms of leisure, business, distribution, and control. Uncover the enigmatic and unexpected facets of this extraordinary place in an abstract exploration of diverse narratives and architectures.

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INDEX Territorial Intrigues Arslan/Kalinigrad megafactory/, Anton/The baltic powerhouse/, Daire/ The disputed/, Mael/Baltic shiprecks inventory/

David/Dod mark/

Dirty Water

Lukas/Herring and Boatitecture/, Sofia/ Metallic Sea/, Andrew/Reversing the Current/, Naomi/Stefano/Stephanie/Eutrophication/

Elise/Notes from an Island/

Approaching land Veronika/the Sacrifice/, Pawel/ Untitled Project/,

Cornelia/Bridging Barriers/, Pauline/ Creating Landscape/

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Lydia/A guide around the herring’s table/

Habitats

Mao/ Undersea structure/, Beata/Sharks in the Baltic Sea/, Yasmine/ Valentin/Small scale fisheries of the baltic sea

TERRITORIAL INTRIGUES Arslan/Kalinigrad megafactory/ Anton/The baltic powerhouse/ Daire/ The disputed/ Mael/Baltic shiprecks inventory/

Arslan

Kaliningrad megafactory Territorial intrigues

Territorial intrigues

Arslan

Kaliningrad megafactory

In summer 2022, Lithuania notified Kaliningrad authorities about the ban on certain goods transit passing by railway through Lithuania to the Kaliningrad Region. Although later EU allowed Russia to transit some sanctioned goods by rail transport to its exclave via the Europe, Kaliningrad Region Governor Anton Alikhanov stated the need to strengthen the seaborne transport to the region. According to him, seaborne transport accounts for 40% of the Kaliningrad Region’s cargo turnover. The number of ships linking the exclave with the mainland Russia increased from 2 ferries operating on Ust-Luga-Baltiysk line in early 2022 to 21 ships connecting Kaliningrad with Saint-Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, as of June 2023. In the near time, the number of ships is to be raised to 26.

Anton

The balticpower house Territorial intrigues

Anton

The balticpower house Territorial intrigues

Daire

The disputed Territorial intrigues

Daire

The disputed Territorial intrigues

Maël

Baltic shipwrecks inventory Territorial intrigues

Maël

Baltic shipwrecks inventory Territorial intrigues

DAVID/ DOD MARK/

Bottendöd (the death of the seafloor), is a term almost collocal to the Baltic sea. The sea floor is almost completely dead, only inhabited, beside some few still persistent worms, by humans. The sea floor is littered with our stuff, critical communication, forgotten sunken ships, old bombs, dangerous chemicals, and trash that we just couldn’t find a better place for.The Baltic sea floor is desolate, uninhabitable, a dead territory where no one lives. A product of a world that doesn’t see it. This is not an effort to revitalize it, or to save it. It’s an effort to explore the horrible, ugly, moist, and aversive created by negligence. The rug that has had all of societies dust swept under it. Let’s lift that rug. The project explores the Baltic by the means we’re given, both “factual” and fantasy. It takes the map’s word for it. It shows the maps data as it’s said to be. A projection. The map is not a 3-dimensional map, it’s a physical projection of the 2-dimensional data, as the map states. The cables and pipelines follow the planar path as presented, projected on to the map. The CNCmill negotiates with the wood, carves out the ocean like how the ice once carved it out. Bedrock, mud, and sand.Bedrock, mud, and sand, 400 meters below the sea level, that’s what the sound is. Pressure, attenuation, pitch-shifting, and reverberation. Scraping along the sea floor. The scale of the map is 1:1 000 000, the depth is exaggerated by a factor of 100. To the south, half of

DIRTY WATER

Lukas/Herring and Boatitecture/ Sofia/ Metallic Sea/ Andrew/Reversing the Current/ Naomi/Stefano/Stephanie/Eutrophication/

fishing vessels

”Through Mälaren's love for the sea A mixture of fresh and saline”

fishermen

Dirty Water

Stockholm i mitt hjärta - Lasse Berghagen

SMALL S (sscf) the herring

baltic sea

planet earth

fishing vessels

fishermen

trade union

ports

employers

stecf

restaurants

processing co.

governments

politicians

8% of fi ices

LARGE SC (LSf)

350 fish retailers

fish farms

you and me

380

chicken farms

mink farms

Swe 18,3%

retailers

360

390

360

300

300 260 260 210 200 EU TOTAL QUOTA herring small scale coastal fishing thousand tonnes/year

Lucas

Herring and Boatitecture

28 27 26 23 22 20 19 19 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

HERRING IS THE MOST TARGETED SPECIES IN THE BALTIC SEA

HUMAN CONSUMPTION less than 10%

Denmark 6,9% of catch

85% of TOTAL CATCHES IS HERRING & sprat

over 90% of catch is for industrial use

sources 2023 Annual Economic Report on th The Natural Resources Institute Finlan World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Fotor.com

West Baltic Sea Germany 3,7% of catch

Finland 24,4% of catch

Gulf of Bothnia

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eden of catch Estonia 12% of catch

symbols relative amount on fishing vessels on the Baltic Sea relative amount on fishermen on the Baltic Sea national ban of mink farms

Gulf of Riga

mink farms

Latvia 13,1% of catch

important ports

levels of radioactive substances cesium-137 in herring (2018) failed to achieve goal achieved goal

Central Baltic Sea

Lithuania 3% of catch

commercial fishing of herring (2020) 0 tonnes/year 0-1 tonnes/year 1-10 tonnes/year 10-100 tonnes/year

Poland 18,7% of catch

100-1 000 tonnes/year 1 000-10 000 tonnes/year 10 000-28 000 tonnes/year

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SECTION OF FISHING VESSEL

Dirty Water

1 oil tank 2 fresh water tank 3 fish hold 4 engine room 5 crew accomodation

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1 oil tank 2 fresh water tank 3 fish hold 4 engine room 5 crew accommodation section of fishing vessel | scale 1:50 (A1)

tourism & food

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Lucas

Herring and Boatitecture

tourism & housing museum & research

PROTOTYPES

tourism & housing

no human boatitecture

tourism & housing

no human boatitecture

tourism & ho

no human boatitecture

Larger city

Municipal waste

Mining waste

Hazardous waste

Connection sewers

Industry (unspecified)

Food industry

Paper industry

Power, oil and coal industry

Steel and metal industry

Pharmaceutical industry

Chemical industry

Fish farming and processing

Agricultural industry

Specific pollution points

hazardous levels of all three

hazardous levels of two out of three

hazardous levels of one out of three

Hazardous levels of lead, cadmium and mercury in biomass

Sofia

Heavy metals are naturally present in the sea in small amounts, but emissions have led to significantly increased levels, and a lot of these emissions are local from the areas . The Baltic Sea borders 9 countries, and a total of approx-

Metallic Sea

The Baltic Sea is one of the world’s most polluted seas. The emissions come from industries, agriculture and communities around the Baltic Sea, as well as from boat transport. There is a large variation in the types of pollutants that the sea is affected by, including (but not limited to) dioxins and PCBs, pharmaceutical chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals. This project is focused specifically on three of the most currently problematic heavy metals in the Baltic Sea: lead, cadmium and mercury.

Dirty Water

imately 85 million people live in the catchment area. The entire region is heavily industrialized and along the coast are portant reason for why the fish stocks are so low today. Cadmium is also known to collect in the kidneys and cause many growing large cities with industries and a lot of traffic. kidney damage as well as osteoporosis and bone fractures, and both lead and mercury are known to damage the central nervous systems. As the Baltic Sea is an enclosed inland sea, it is particularly sensitive to pollution – it takes about 30 years for all the water in the Baltic Sea to be replaced through Öresund and Bälten. These substances are also taken up by living orThese negative effects are highly relevant to humans eating contaminated fish as well, which is why children and ganisms and bind to organic tissue, which further extends their time in the Baltic Sea (and severely harms the anipregnant women are recommended not to eat Baltic fish more than 2-3 times a year – since the metals accumulate in mals that they bind to). our bodies and will pass through to the fetus as well. These metals are known to cause fertility and reproduction issues in the fish, which has been pointed out as one im-

Scale 1: 1.500.000

Cadmium Causes Mining industry Metal industry Energy and heat production Pesticides and fertilizers Burning fossil fuels and waste Crematoriums Wear of brake pads, tires, and road surfaces Risks Can disturb fishes reproduction and immune systems Metals collect in the kidneys, and damages the kidneys first Even lower levels can lead to osteoporosis and bone fractures Other Particles are airborne (can be transported to the sea through the air over long distances) The levels in baltic herring are basically unchanged since the early 1980s The usage is decreasing but the levels are not

as well as

Lead sheet

Concrete

Bamboo wood

Lead sheets are used for roofing and is fairly common in Central Europe (including the countries bordering on the south side of the Baltic).

Both classic concrete and the newer ”green concrete” contain varying levels of heavy metals, partially from the materials and partially from absorbing them during the construction process.

Bamboo has been chosen as a neutral material to compare against, as it contains virtually no heavy metals and is considered very safe to its surrounding environment.

MINING

Dirty Water

2010

AGRICULTURAL

WASTEWATER TREATMENT

2020

2020 Utlängan

INDUSTRIAL

some metals and other toxins remain in the treated water

fertilizer

URBAN

airborne pollution and industrial waste

airborne pollution from mining and industries

wear on roads, tires etc. release toxic metals

sewage waste

airborne pollution from urban areas, mainly from traffic rivers bring pollution from inland areas to the sea

2010

2020

81-2020 uptake by living organisms

sewage waste

Utlängan

biological and chemical transformation

attachment and release from sediment

2010

2020

METALLIC SEA

79-2020 Utlängan

THE BALTIC SEA

Research Center

Information Center

According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsföreningen), scientists have an incomplete picture of what the mixture of polluted substances looks like and how that mixture affects life in the Baltic Sea. The knowledge about which substances cause which types of damages in which species is still very limited. More research is required on both individual substances and especially on all the complex mixtures that occur in the sea and the so-called cocktail effects.

According to the Baltic Sea Center at Stockholm University, mo ber of smaller sources (including leakage from building materi agriculture, and general consumption of goods), making these organ to overview and limit. Spreading information about what more people outside of these control organs to be aware of the on the responsible corporations and entities from several diffe

MARIEHAMN

The Baltic Sea borders 9 countries, and a total of approximately 85 million people live in the catchment area. The entire region is heavily industrialized with many growing coastal cities with industries and a lot of traffic.

Sofia

Metallic Sea

The baltic sea has become one of the world’s most polluted seas. The emissions come from industries, agriculture and communities around the Baltic Sea, as well as from boat transport. The large variation of pollutants include (but not limited to) dioxins and PCBs, pharmaceutical chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals. This project is focused specifically on three of the most severe pollutants today, the heavy metals lead, cadmium and mercury. These metals are known to cause reproduction issues in the fish, which has been pointed out as one important reason for why the fish stocks are so low today. Cadmium is known to collect in the kidneys and cause kidney damage as well as osteoporosis and bone fractures. Both lead and mercury are known to damage the central nervous systems. These negative effects are highly relevant to humans eating contaminated fish as well, which is why children and pregnant women are recommended not to eat Baltic fish more than 2-3 times a year.

Mariehamn, scale 1:10.000

Mariehamn Mariehamn was chosen because of its central location right between several large pollution sources in Sweden, Finland and Estonia, and because the water nearby is suffering a too high concentration of all three heavy metals that were looked at. This is something that will have a noticeable effect on

the life in the water, as these metals are known to cause fertility and reproduction issues as well as several other serious health effects (such as kidney damage). It would be a high interest location especially for scientific research, to gather information on how these waters are affected.

RESEARCH CENTER According to the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (Naturskyddsföreningen), scientists say the Baltic Sea’s pollution mixture and its impact on marine life remain poorly understood, calling for more research on individual substances and complex mixtures to understand how they look like, what effects and what damages they cause.

Industrial harbour

INFORMATION CENTER

Åland University

Åland Yrkesgymnasium (vocational school) inriktning Sjöfart

According to the Baltic Sea Center at Stockholm University, most emissions today come from a large number of smaller sources (including leakage from building materials, burning of waste, electronics, road traffic, agriculture, and general consumption of goods), making it very difficult for any single authority to control. Raising awareness about these diverse contributors can encourage more people to pressure on the responsible corporations and entities from several different directions.

Åland Sjösäkerhetscentrum (Center for Maritime Safety) Exisiting water tower Åland Gymnasium (High School)

Åland Maritime Museum

MEETING/DISCUSSION CENTER Due to the complexity of the issue, it needs to be tackled in a number of different ways. A designated hub for discussions, planning, and organization may therefore be a helpful tool. Such a center can host lectures, seminars with scientists, and meetings with public officials, fostering engagement and focus on these critical issues.

Mariehamn Harbour

Mariehamn, scale 1:10.000

Mariehamn, scale 1:2.500

Pressure impregnated wood

Lead sheet

Concrete

Bamboo wood

Most pressure impregnated wood contain heavy metals (as well as other toxins).

Lead sheets are used for roofing and is fairly common in Central Europe (including the countries bordering on the south side of the Baltic).

Both classic concrete and the newer ”green concrete” contain varying levels of heavy metals, partially from the materials and partially from absorbing them during the construction process.

Bamboo has been chosen as a neutral material to compare against, as it contains virtually no heavy metals and is considered very safe to its surrounding environment.

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WASTEWATER TREATMENT

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BAMBOO WOOD

Lead in liver from baltic herring 1981-2020

Harufjärden

Ängkärsklubb

Fladen

Väderöarna

Landsort

Utlängan

Most pressure impregnated wood contain heavy metals (as well as other toxins). Micrograms per gram dry weight

Lead sheets are used for roofing and is fairly common in Central Europe (including the countries bordering on the south side of the Baltic). URBAN

INDUSTRIAL

Both classic concrete and the newer ”green concrete” contain varying levels of heavy metals, partially from the materials and partially from absorbing them during the construction process.

Bamboo has been chosen as a neutral material to compare against, as it contains virtually no heavy metals and is considered very safe to its surrounding environment.

some metals and other toxins remain in the treated water

fertilizer

airborne pollution and industrial waste

airborne pollution from mining and industries

wear on roads, tires etc. release toxic metals

sewage waste

airborne pollution from urban areas, mainly from traffic

rivers bring pollution from inland areas to the sea

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uptake by living organisms

Cadmium in liver from baltic herring 1981-2020

Dirty Water

STOCKHOLMS WATER FOUNTAINS

Andrew

Reversing the Current

It is difficult to know exactly how many drinking fountains remain in Stockholm. Numerous accounts exist and they all fall in the range of around 10 - 20 in the city centre. This pales in comparison to other cities like Rome or even Brisbane which each feature over 2000. Stockholm’s current fountains also raise concerns of their accessibility in a multitude of areas. Some are more ornamental raising queries whether they are acceptable to use. Others are extremely dirty as their design is conducive to collecting rubbish. In It is difficult to know how many drinking fountains addition, almost allexactly of Stockholms bubblers are only remain in Stockholm. Numerous accounts exist and they all at one height so people who differ outside this physical fall in the range of around 10 - 20 in the city centre. This pales norm would to certainly trouble them. in comparison other citieshave like Rome or evenusing Brisbane which each feature over 2000.

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THE WATER OF STOCKHOLM

Dirty Water

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Andrew

Reversing the Current

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Bubblers provided in the open could collect rain water to be stored in large tanks. Along the streets, roofs could be used as a collection mechanism. On the coastline, small desalination plants could be implemented to provide water.

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Naomi / Stefano / Stephanie

Eutrophication Dirty Water

Naomi / Stefano / Stephanie

Eutrophication Dirty Water

Nitrogen - 56.63 ton

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Dirty Water

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Design program Users Spaces

Design references Existing Addiction

Owner’s family House Workers

Private spaces

Barn

DC 2 Residence, Vincent Va Duysen, Tielrode, Belgium, 2012

Greenhouse Public spaces

Training center Farmers

Meeting spaces

Local community: families, residents, second house owners

Community Development Center, Laboratorio de Acupuntura Urbana, San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico, 2023

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s needed for growth eduction of water use th is unaffected by season

Structure liming Clayish soil is often compact. In structure liming, burned lime or quenched lime is mixed into the soil. It makes the soil more porous, so that the crop’s roots more easily access water and nutrients. The crops grow better and phosphorus leaching can be reduced by up to 50 per cent.

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Dirty Water

ALGAE BUILDING MATERIALS Algae is thriving in the Baltic and as a result the Baltic is in danger of becoming a dead sea. Organizations are at work to mitigate the algae growth by reducing the amount of nutrients entering the Baltic, as well as proposing designated areas for algae harvesting. Algae is already utilized in various industries for a range of purposes for example:

Algae-based bioplastics are being developed as a sustainable alternative to traditional petroleum-based Algae are powerful photosynthesisers and can efficiently remove CO₂ in environments at a rate of 10–50 times higher than terrestrial plants. Beomki Lee has designed living cladding to plastics. purify the air.

are powerful photosynthesisers and can efficiently Algae are powerful photosynthesisers and can efficiently remove CO₂ in environmentsAlgae at a rate of 10–50 times higher than terrestrial plants. Beomki Lee has designed living claddingremove to purify CO₂ in environments at a rate of 10–50 times the air. higher than terrestrial plants. Beomki Lee has designed

Eutrophication / Algae building materials / River intervention

living cladding to purify the air.

The innovative company, Prometheus Materials, take micro-algae and grows it in bioreactors to make biocement. They add air, so the algae can feed on the carbon dioxide it Algae contains, Bricks as well as sea water and light from Glass LED lamps. That allows the algae to produce a cementlike substance capable of bonding together sand with gravel or stone to make concrete.

Glass Algae Panels

The innovative company, Prometheus Materials, take micro-algae and grows it in bioreactors to make bio-cement. They add air, so the algae can feed on the carbon dioxide it contains, as well as sea water and light from LED lamps. That allows the algae to produce a cement-like substance capable of bonding together sand with gravel or stone to make concrete.

Stephanie / Naomi

Glass Algae Bricks

Algae as Building Material

RIVER INTERVENTION

ELISE/ NOTES FROM AN ISLAND/

"Notes from an Island" is a project based on a book of the same name, written by Tove Jansson. The book is written in a diary-like format in which Jansson reflects and documents her time on the island of Klovharun. The project explore place, norms and structures inherent to place, and its’ influence on human movement. In this context, Klovharun, off grid and apart from society, becomes a symbol of freedom. It’s a place where Tove Jansson and her partner Tuulikki Pietilä could explore their identities and movements freely, beyond the predefined societal roles and movements. Having a queer identity, they were noticeably restricted while on mainland. With particular focus on phenomenology, especially Sarah Ahmed's essay "Towards a Queer Phenomenology" the project is using queer theory as a framework and considers how place and body interact and how place either challenges or upholds normative structures. And a semi translucent tent serves as a physical embodiment of Tove’s words and narratives about the island of Klovharun. The tent becomes a place where you’re invited to peer into Tove Jansson's Klovharun. The semi-transparent walls embraces you, creating a sense of protection while still allowing partial visibility from the outside, conveying a feeling of shared intimacy. Inside the tent, selected text passages from the book is embroidered. This representation serves as a mapping and visualization of Tove Jansson’s and Tulikki Pietilä’s lives and movements on the island and the island's role as a protective sanctuary where the two could live and move freely beyond external influences. At the same time, it becomes evident that they are not entirely shielded, as the embroidered texts inside the tent and the lower part of the body when one stands inside are visible. Even though freedom and self-expression are central, an ongoing dialogue and negotiation with the outside world continue to shape the queer phenomenological experience.

APPROACHING LAND

Veronika/the Sacrifice/ Pawel/ Untitled Project/ Cornelia/Bridging Barriers/ Pauline/ Creating Landscape/

Veronika

The Sacrifice

“Time is a messy place and a mysterious thing. For a long time, archaeology relied unproblematically on the idea of linear chronological time – time as a unidirectional arrow that moves forward, with the implication that the past and present cannot exist at the same time. This, of course, is

Applying near-archeological methodology in order to read place through soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky’s last film 1985s the Sacrifice.

THE SACRIFICE - Mapping past, present and that which lies in between

Scene A - The Beach. Scene B - The Meadow / The Vision Scene C - The House

Making use of archeological methods, I immersed myself in documentary footage, historical maps, vintage orthographic photography juridical documents as well as minute analysis of film stills. My goal was to follow the trail left by the Sacrifice, to map out original shooting locations of scenes in order to make sense of Tarkovsky’s Gotland in 1985. I identified the shooting locations of three key scenes:

how time is generally conceived in popular thinking, although developments in physics have problematized such linear notions of time since the early twentieth century.” *1

*1 NORTHERN ARCHAEOLOGY AND COSMOLOGY, A Relational View, Vesa- Pekka Herva and Antti Lahelma, 2019

Overlaying contemporary and archival material, I found myself dealing with the concept of time moving through space, with landscape as a living entity, a character in itself, being in constant flux. Focusing on sequential movement of characters, using scenes as artefacts while being aided by physical models of the scenery, I drew new connections between the sites. This proposes the alternate landscape in which the Sacrifice takes place. This landscape exists somewhere in between past and present, set in its own Tarkovskian timeline, snugly fit between the familiar and the surreal.

Approaching Land

NÄRSHOLMEN Mapping Through (Tarkovskian) Time - The In-between

Approaching Land

GOTLAND Mapping artefacts (years 1000 - 1986)

Sudersand Dämba

Visby

Närsholmen

Veronika

The Sacrifice

(1 : 400 000)

NÄRSHOLMEN Mapping Through Time (past)

SCENES (top to bottom) Scene A (the beach), Scene B (the meadow/the vision) and Scene C (the house).

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NÄRSHOLMEN Mapping Through Time (present) Orthographic photography, Lantmäteriet, 2016.

# NARSHOLMEN Photographs taken from Instagram.

Pawel

Untitled Procject Approaching Land

Pawel

Untitled Procject Approaching Land

Cornelia

Bridging Barriers Approaching Land Strategic plan Nynäshamn

Legend Coherent green areas Dockyard Barriers Commercial buildings Terminal buildings Green connections New green connections New green walkway Pedestrian path Bike path Bike and pedestrian path New bike and pedestrian path

Playground

Activity hub

Hotel

Station

Shopping

Parking

Meeting area

Viewing deck

Approaching Land

ynäshamn and e Baltic sea

Åland

Helsingfors

Stockholm Tallinn

Nynäshamn

Gästhamn

Gästhamn Gästhamn S CA L E 1: 10 0 0 0 0 0 0

Gästhamn

ACCESSING NYNÄSHAMN

Gästhamn

The central objective is to bridge the physical and perceived barriers that exist within Nynäshamn’s ferry terminal and surrounding areas. The project aims to create green spaces into a cohesive network, connecting regional pedestrian and cycling paths, and fostering a sense of community in this coastal town.

Cornelia

Bridging Barriers

One of the primary goals of this project is to create a green corridor that weaves through the urban landscape. This green corridor connects various parks, woodlands and public spaces, ensuring the integration of greenery, biodiversity and daywater collections. I also want to connect two regional pedestrian and cycling paths, enhancing the accessibility and usability of both the terminal and county. By making these paths more accessible I believe alternative modes of transportation, such as walking and cycling will increase while vehicular traffic will decrease. Moreover, I will create two direct and appealing links between the shopping area and the guest harbor, giving tourists and locals alike an easier route to the shopping area and easier to explore Nynäshamn. This connection will not only enhance the economic growth of the region but also encourage a sense of community and togetherness among residents and tourists.

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Strategic plan

Legend

Pedestrian and bike Paths

Pedestrian path Bike path Bike and pedestrian Missing bike and pedestrian path

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Strategic plan

100 150 200 250m

Legend

Green areas

Coheerent green Smaler green areas Barriers Barriers Green connections Missing green

100 150 200 250m

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Pauline

1600 1780 1830 1901 1960 2020

Wetland

1901 2020

1600 1780 1830 1901 1960 2020

Farmland

1600 1780 1830 1901 1960 2020

Bare rock

Forest

Coastline

Buildings

Legend

Creating Landscape

Dragedet

Långvik

Approaching Land

What constitutes the island of Möja’s cultural heritage and identity? Natural and cultural landscapes influence each other and create through their processes the perceived place. Layers of human activity and distinctive geological conditions together produce a landscape in constant change, generated by events and behaviours unfolding over time.

MÖJA - Stockholm archipelago

Berg

Löka

Ramsmora

It is not only the physical environment that makes up the landscape, but also the way it is used and valued culturally. Multiple forces are involved in the formation of this island, and some of the key elements have been depicted on the map but also through photographs. These photographs work as artifacts and together they generate a new version of the landscape.

The map consists of an overlay of time periods. During these the landscape have constantly been shaped and reshaped. By mapping the overlap of impact of different agencies, a landscape has been choreographed, and individual elements are as entangled in the map, as in reality.

Coastline 1600 1780 1830 1901 1960 2020

Wetland 1901 2020

Buildings 1600 1780 1830 1901 1960 2020

Farmland 1600 1780 1830

Legend

The interface between sea and land has taken on an increasingly significant role along with the sequence of the journey from the city to the island. Therefore, the prototype intends to accentuate the transition between sea and land. Compound elements shaping an entrence to this dynamic landscape.

The cultural landscape is layers of human use, changing over time. The stay have become more and more temporary. Today, tourism is a big part of the creation of the cultural landscape. From having cultivated the landscape to today only visiting it. The cultural landscape and the natural landscape are therefore starting to merge as a result of the reduced use of the land.

Pauline

Creating Landscape Approaching Land

Prototypes

LYDIA/ A GUIDE AROUND THE HERRING' S TABLE/

HABITATS Mao/ Undersea structure/ Beata/Sharks in the Baltic Sea/ Yasmine/ Valentin/Small scale fisheries of the baltic sea

Mao

Undersea structure Habitats

1:4,000,000 0

Sea Depth

100

0 - 25 m 25 - 50 m 50 - 100 m 100 - 200 m 200 - 300 m 300 - 400 m 400 - 500 m

Hard Clay

Hard Bottom Complex

Mud

Sand

Seabed material

200 km

Communication cables Interconnectors Gas pipelines Potential structures for network

Undersea structure

Habitats

Predicted human-made habitat in the Baltic Sea. [Northeast of Tallinn]

Mao Okuda

Undersea structure

Öland]

25m

Predicted human-made habi

Artificial habitats

Type A (depth: -25m ~ 50m)

fishing net

Plastic wall

fishing net

base

Type B (depth: -50m ~ 100m)

Plastic wall

water movement

storage, water purification equipment

shelter for fish

euphotic zone

Beata

Sharks in the Baltic Sea Habitats

1 2

5 6

7 8

AVERAGE DEPTH TO COMMONLY FIND EACH SPECIES

Beata

BELOW WATER

Surface Level 0m 100m

300m

200m

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700m

900m

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1000m

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1400m

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2000m

1900m

Sharks in the Baltic Sea

9 - COMMON ANGEL SHARK Habitats

3 - COMMON STINGRAY

5 - BLUNTNOSE SIXGILL SHARK

7 - BLUE SHARK

2 - SPURDOG

4 - COMMON SKATE

6 - PORBEAGLE

8 - THORNBACK RAY

1 - SMALL SPOTTED CATSHARK

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Small scale fisheries of the Baltic sea

Valentine, Yasmine

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Habitats

Valentine, Yasmine

Small scale fisheries of the Baltic Sea

EU FLAG’s Project: In 2007, EFF (European Fisheries Fund) introduced a new approach to the territorial development of fisheries in the European Union, named the FLAG’s. Fisheries Local Action Groups (FLAGs) are partnerships between fisheries actors and other local private and public stakeholders. Togheter, they design and implement a local development strategy to address their areas needs be they economic, social and/or environmental. Based on their strategy, the FLAGs select and provide funding to local projects that contribute to local development in their areas, invovlving thousands of local stakeholders.

Andrew Anton Arslan Beata Cornelia Daire David Elise Lukas Lydia Mao Naomi Pauline Pawel Sofia Stefano Stephanie Valentin Veronika Yasmine