PRESERVING PYRAMIDEN
The final design project is a revitalisation of the abandoned Soviet/Russian Coal Mining Town, Pyramiden, on Svalbard.
The project challenges the existing programme for Pyramiden, which is a renovation of the town hotel and an implemented area plan. It considers a more ambitious architectural programme and intervention, that facilitates the preservation of the buildings and facilities, the growing tourism through the invention of a summer/winter route and a visitor centre, and lastly it functions as a test site for agriculture and locally produced food, made with a series of strategically distributed facilities.
The final design project is a revitalisation of the abandoned Soviet/Russian Coal Mining Town, Pyramiden, on Svalbard.
The project challenges the existing programme for Pyramiden, which is a renovation of the town hotel and an implemented area plan. It considers a more ambitious architectural programme and intervention, that facilitates the preservation of the buildings and facilities, the growing tourism through the invention of a summer/winter route and a visitor centre, and lastly it functions as a test site for agriculture and locally produced food, made with a series of strategically distributed facilities.
Picture by LPO Architects
