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> INTRODUCTION
Architecture is the branch of knowledge that shapes
and structures places for human activities. It gives an
answer to several and various issues, where solutions
embody designer’s creativity and intellect. Architectural
quest doesn’t simply resolve itself nor in a stylish, nor a
functional, nor an economic, nor a technological answer.
A genuine architectural answer comes through making
a patchwork of all those issues, where designer man-
ages to blend and structure them together with sensi-
bility and control. YAC aims to promote contemporary
projects that embody a temporal and personal approach
to architectural space. Idea is the keyword, Architecture
is the answer and project is the medium through which
intuition transforms into concrete reality.
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> BRIEF
Some places may seem straight out of a fairy tale, but
they exist in the real world. In some places, a blend of
legends, landscapes, memories, creates something that
cannot be described in words: something humans per-
ceive but cannot express, something science explains
but does not own.
Rovaniemi is one of those places.
Capital of Finnish Lapland, Rovaniemi is one of the few
cities in the world located at a few kilometres from the
Arctic Circle: legacy of people with colourful clothes and
special traditions, reindeer farmers and sleigh builders.
Rovaniemi is a place made of snow, perpetual dawns
and dusks, and it is home to the dancing lights that shi-
ne in the sky during cold winter nights – the Aurora
Borealis.
Home to Santa Claus- the Scandinavian myth that con-
quered the world through tales and folklore, the town of
Rovaniemi had been considered inaccessible and remote
for most of its history. Until last century, when it became
the destination for visitors and tourists, who wanted to
feel its magic and see the fascinating Northern Lights.
Today Rovaniemi is no longer a prerogative of expert
travellers and explorers, and new hospitality models are
necessary in order to protect the remote identity of this
land. An identity that is characterized by primitive beau-
ty and harmony, and inaccessibility and the absence of
humans greatly contributed to its shaping.
How can we make places like this accessible, as inac-
cessibility is a key part of their charm? What kind of ac-
commodation facilities can combine hospitality and un-
spoilt nature?
This is the challenge of Arctic Hotel, the competition or-
ganized by YAC and Rovaniemi to create a place where
people can experience the most authentic North, re-
specting its isolation and magic.
On Ounasvaara Hill, overlooking one of the most remote
bases ever built, architects will have the opportunity
to imagine a structure that blends with the forest, the
snow and the sky. A place where visitors can find shel-
ter from the freezing temperatures of the Arctic Circle,
gather around a fire, and enjoy the rarest and most mys-
terious spectacle of nature: the Aurora Borealis.
Yac thanks all architects who will accept this challenge.
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 66°30’05.8”N
25°47’30.9”E
map and land use at: kartta.rovaniemi.fi
> SITE
A sun that rises a few minutes after it set. An unpredict-
able, enchanted sky, where veils of light illuminate 200
nights a year with blue and emerald glows. An ancient,
ever-present forest covered in soft snow during the long
winters; green, rust and golden during ruska- the Finn-
ish autumn, with sounds and colours that have no equal
in any other parts of the world. Words are not enough,
pictures do not do justice to one of the last natural sanc-
tuaries of Europe. Here, at the outermost bounds of the
Earth, every expression of nature becomes extreme:
cold, night, day, fear, and beauty appear extreme and
extremely expanded. Snow appears in October and lazily
disappears in May. The night can last up to 2 months,
depending on the latitude, and the same is true for the
bright daylight. For these reasons, Finland is among the
most evocative locations architecture can find. Here fol-
low some factual information that can be useful to in-
spire architects in designing a place to enjoy the multi-
faceted culture and natural marvels of Finland.
1. Finland and Lapland: one of the most sparsely
populated nations of Europe, Finland is a land of snow,
water and forests. Historically disputed between the
bordering nations (special mention should be made to
the Swedish, Russian and, most recently, German influ-
ences), Finland developed a unique culture and society,
with characteristic features that make it popular around
the world. Firstly, Finland is about its connection with
nature, in particular with the forest, which is considered
a natural right of every citizen, a place of leisure, and a
source of livelihood. Every Finn has, at least once in their
life, looked for wild fruit or mushrooms in the forest,
every Finn knows their taste in the local dishes of this
land. The society of Finland is welcoming and friend-
ly, and the inhabitants’ favourite places of aggregation
are the birch smelling saunas and the open-air baths
– both part of a cycle of psycho-physical wellbeing, in
a mix of folklore and medical knowledge. Finland has
always been, and still is, about snow, ice fishing, skiing
(practiced since 1500 b.C.), sleighs and reindeers, which
in the past were the only source of livelihood for indig-
enous populations. The reindeers were used for their
meat, their milk, their leather (for houses and clothes),
their antlers were carved to create objects and tools for
everyday use.
2. Rovaniemi: Rovaniemi is one of the most visited
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places of Finland and its second most international city,
it represents the values and lifestyle of the country. Mas-
terpieces by Alvar Aalto are present in several areas of
the city. Rivers run through the centre, embroidering it
with a huge quantity of water, which is frozen for a good
part of the year, making the Kemijoki and the Ounasjoki
rivers streets of ice. Ounasvaara hill overlooks the city,
with its forest of spruces, and birches. The hill is a day
trip destination for the population, as it is full of paths,
viewpoints and ski slopes. The city airport is located at a
few kilometres from the centre. Rovaniemi is renowned
for being the city of Santa Klaus: according to tradition,
the village of the old toymaker is not far from the centre,
and letters from millions of children from all around the
world arrive here every year. the emotional attachment to animals was so strong that
3. Sami culture: The study of Finland must include
the analysis of one of the most singular and ancient cul-
tures of Europe. Sami people are the ancient inhabitants
of the Scandinavian Peninsula: a strong population, able
to adapt to one of the most inhospitable and extreme
areas of the world and at the same time develop time a
positive attitude towards life, expressed in the creative
and colourful traditional clothes. Nomads and reindeer
farmers, Samis are the embodiment of the most authen-
tic Scandinavian spirit of nature and forest, whose ex-
pressions are deified, and whose good spirits (the halde)
are venerated and respected in the Sami religion. The
halde used to live in the sieidi, monumental rocks that
are still visible near lakes, rivers, or trees. But nature is
not the only important component of the Sami religion:
when they were killed, part of them (especially bears)
was buried, in a ritual that was aimed at asking for for-
giveness and give back part of what had been taken from
Mother Nature. Today in Finland, still live almost 10,000
Samis of the total 80,000 registered all over the Scan-
dinavian Peninsula. Modern Samis are not nomad nor
do they live in tents anymore, but they are still proud of
their traditions, of their history, language, and identity.
For such reasons, the Sami ethnic group is protected in
the different nations as it is considered a precious herit-
age, legacy of ancient times, with deep, ancient roots in
Northern European history.
Northern lights: Finland can offer many spectacular
views, but special mention must be made to Northern
Lights. Aurora Borealis is a phenomenon that has al-
ways existed, under many different aspects, and it has
always charmed and terrified people coming from all
over the world. For the Finns, Northern Lights were fires
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provoked by the tail of a mythological fox; for the Sami
people, the Lights had to do with the dead, in line with an
idea of holiness that is shared by all Finnish people. Still
today, Samis don’t like to talk in presence of Northern
Lights, because they believe – just like their ancestors –
that the best way to show respect to the “dancing souls”
is silence. Modern science, starting with the studies
of Richard Cristopher, can explain the nature and the
reasons for this phenomenon: reaction of gases in the
atmosphere to solar plasma “winds”. However, North-
ern Lights are still complex to understand, and many
aspects are very evocative and fascinating: an example
is the “auroral chorus” phenomenon, a melody that can
be recorded with a low frequency system during Aurora
Borealis. the overall design is aimed at enhancing the natural
• Constraints: located on the summit of the hill over-
looking Rovaniemi – Ounasvaara – the Arctic Hotel sons with reduced mobility;
will replace an old pre-existing structure. Any kind • the complex must be sustainable;
of intervention will be accepted, provided that: • the pre-existing buildings must be demolished;
• it does not exceed 8m height; • excavations and the creation of underground con-
• it does not exceed 3.000 sqm; structions are allowed.
• it is contained in the area object of the competition
(dwg file);
• it is in harmony with the surroundings.
Moreover, participants must consider that:
• materials used must interact with the surround-
ings: they can be compatible or distonic, tradition-
al or high-tech, but architects must guarantee that
context;
• the complex must be available for visits, also by per-
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> PROGRAM
Geoids, observatory houses, glass domes. There have
been many architectural attempts to establish a dia-
logue between Lapland visitors and Northern Lights.
Despite this, the challenge of finding a connection be-
tween nature and contemporary architecture is still one
of the most controversial topics of contemporary Fin-
land. It’s as if the Finnish landscape had two souls, the
ancient and the modern, struggling to prevail, opening
to the world while defending itself, in order to safeguard
the characteristics of a place that is normally isolated.
It is necessary to find a language, a method, a solution,
in order to make one of the most charming places of the
world accessible, without jeopardising its identity. The goal
is to allow visitors to enjoy the marvels of nature, without
sacrificing the sense of solitude and meditation that char-
acterizes the experience of Northern Lights. The Finnish
people have a strong connection with their land, architects
must find a solution to open the forest to visitors while
protecting its spirit at the same time. Only going beyond
traditional tourist accommodation models and aiming at
creating nature sanctuaries, architecture can establish an
effective dialogue with such mystic places in an authentic
way. The Arctic Hotel can be interpreted in many different
ways – shelter, getaway, retreat immersed in the Finnish
ruska – and it can become anything spanning from a niche
destination, for hard-to-please tourists, to a “social” des-
tination, rooted in the concepts of adventure and nature.
Thus, here follows a list of different functional possibili-
ties; however, the choice of one scenario over the other,
the modifications or adjustments made, the composi-
tion of such scenarios, are up to the participants, and
are object of the competition.
1. Arctic Sky Resort: the hotel will be interpreted as
the centre of a network of services aimed at guaran-
teeing a holiday experience with every comfort, where
Northern Lights and the location inside the forest are
part of an exclusive tourism. Elegant suites concealed in
the surroundings, a classy restaurant, and sophisticated
open air pools to enjoy the Aurora Borealis from the wa-
ter: these are just some possible ideas in line with this
vision. Consistently, the area must guarantee access to
the territory and be independent and self-sufficient at
the same time.
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 idea of protection and promotion of the territory, pro-
2. Arctic Landscape Hotel: the hotel will be inter- posing intellectual, educational, or sports activities.
preted as a point of reference for a less exclusive tour-
ism, for those who love nature, winter sports, and nat- 4. Arctic Art Hotel: the hotel will be interpreted as
uralistic excursions. Thus, the hotel will be a starting a hybrid structure, somewhere between hotel and mu-
point, a platform to discover the area. A simple place, seum. A place where visitors can rest and enjoy art at
with essential services, in which the rattling of the wind, the same time. Equipped with conference halls, amphi-
the warmth of the fire, and the combination between ar- theatres, permanent and temporary exhibitions, artist
chitecture and landscape are the main source of enter- ateliers, thematic rooms, the structure will be unique,
tainment for the tourists. located in the perfect context of Finland, under the sky
of Northern Lights.
3. Arctic Sky Centre: the hotel will be interpreted as
a point of reference for those who want to live a relaxing,
entertaining, and educational experience in which the
sky and the forest are absolute protagonists. A school of
winter sports and a research centre to study and protect
the Finnish natural heritage, an accommodation facility
with educational functions and contents, in line with an

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> CALENDAR > PRIZES
12/04/2021 “early bird” registration – start 1° PRIZE
8.000 €
16/05/2021 (h 11.59 pm GMT) “early bird” registration – end
2° PRIZE
4.000 €
17/05/2021 “standard” registration – start
3° PRIZE
13/06/2021 (h 11.59 pm GMT) “standard” registration – end 2.000 €

GOLD MENTION
14/06/2021 “late” registration – start 500 €

11/07/2021 (h 11.59 pm GMT) “late” registration – end GOLD MENTION

500 €

14/07/2021 (h 12.00 pm – midday - GMT) material submission deadline 10 HONORABLE MENTIONS

30 FINALISTS
19/07/2021 jury summoning
All the awarded proposals will be transmitted to architectural magazines and websites
06/09/2021 results announcement and will be hosted in international exhibitions. All the finalist proposals will be published
on www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com

Fulfilling an “early bird”, “standard” or “late” registration does not affect the submission
deadline, which is uniquely set on 14/07/2021.

> FAQ REFERENCES

During the whole contest, until 14/07/2021- submission deadline - competitors can ad- Cover - Svalbard Global Seed Vault by Snøhetta
dress any question to yac@yac-ltd.com. YAC staff will individually answer the compet- pg. 3 - Kežmarská Hut by A8000
itors by e-mail and will weekly publish updates in the FAQ section of the competition pg. 5 - Fleinvær by TYIN Tegnestue and Rintala Eggertsson
website. Answers will be published in English and updated on Facebook and Twitter. pg. 6 - Solobservatoriet l by Snøhetta
Surely, YAC staff will be providing technical support in case of technical and functional pg. 7 - Svart hotel by Snøhetta
problems during the upload procedure. pg. 8 - Skýli by Utopia Arkitekter

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> HOW TO REGISTER
1. The registration procedure must be carried out according to the online process
describe as follows.
2. The registration steps are one consequent to the other one: it is not possible to
complete any of the steps described below without having completied the previous ones.
a. registration of a team:
• access: https://www.youngarchitectscompetitions.com/login/index/signup
• fill in all required fields with complete and truthful information;
• at the end of the process, you will receive an e-mail to activate your team account,
this email contains the Team number (“Team ID” automatically and randomly as-
signed by the web system) and the password; in the event you do not receive this
e-mail, check the “spam” folder”;
• click on the activation link included in the email mentioned above to confirm the
registration of the team;
b. registration of the team members:
• once the registration of the Team has been confirmed, you should login into your
team account on YAC’s website;
• select the competition you would like to join;
• add the members of the team by filling in all required fields with complete and
truthful information; please note: it is required to select a “Team Leader” among
the team members as the responsible person towards the Organizer for the infor-
mation provided within the competition, including the information about the other
members; the invoice for the payment of the registration fee will be issued in the
name of the Team Leader;
c. payment:
• login to YAC’s website;
• select the competition you would like to join; at least the Team Leader will have to
have already been included as a Team Member;
• pay the registration fee following by clicking on “Pay Now” and by following the in-
structions;
• once the payment is done, the Team Leader will receive the related invoice by email.
d. Materials’ upload:
• login to YAC’s website;
• select the competition for which you paid the registration fee;
• upload the materials following the indications;
• the Team Leader will receive a confirmation email for each material uploaded;
should you not receive them, please, check the “spam” folder;
• repeat the abovementioned steps for each material required by the brief.
3. Itishighlyrecommendedtocompletetheregistration,paymentanduploadproceduresinad-
vance in regards to the given deadlines.
> MATERIALS
Participants must upload the following materials in order to correctly take part in the
competition:
• n. 1 A1 board (841 x 594mm) in .pdf format, maximum size 10 mb, horizontal or ver-
tical layout, to be uploaded on the personal login area. This layout must contain:
i. design concept / conceptual idea;
ii. graphic framework aimed to illustrate the project (e.g. plans, facades, cross-sec-
tions) – the choice of what to display and at which scale is up to the competitor’s
choice;
iii. 3D views (e.g. renderings, model pictures, hand sketches);
File name: A1_TeamID_AH.pdf (i.e. if “TeamID” is 123, file must be named A1_123_
AH.pdf)
• n. 1 A3 album (420mm x 297mm), .pdf format (maximum size 10 MB), horizontal
layout, maximum 7 pages (boards) long, to be uploaded on the personal login area.
The A3 album must contain:
iv. one general plan on a 1:500 scale;
v. significative plans on 1:200 scale;
vi. at least one significative cross-section on 1:200 scale;
File name: A3_TeamID_AH.pdf (i.e. if “TeamID” is 123, file must be named A3_123_
AH.pdf
• n. 1 cover .jpeg or .png format 1920x1080 pixel size. It should be a relevant image
showing the project that will become its avatar icon:
File name: Cover_TeamID_AH.jpg (i.e. if “TeamID” is 123, file must be named Co-
ver_123_AH.jpg)
Texts must be brief and written in English. The materials cannot contain any name or
reference to designers. The materials cannot report the Team ID number on them. This
number is only meant to appear on the file name, since the jury will not be enabled to
seeing it during the voting procedure.
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> RULES
1. PREMISES
1.1. This Regulation includes the rules that regulate the Competition, as defined below, from
the registration to the website of YAC srl, to the definition and announcement of the
Winners and subsequent adjudication of the Prizes to the Winners.
1.2. The Competition is not, in any way, an event in accordance with Article 6 of the Italian
D.P.R. 430/2001 and the publication of the Rules is not an offer to the public. When
registering to the website of YAC srl, each user declares to fully know and accept
the Rules of the Competition.
1.3. This Regulation applies the following Definitions:
• “Organizer of the Competition” or “Organizer”: YAC Srl, with its headquarters in
Bologna, Via Borgonuovo n. 5, VAT code 02509200412;
2. GENERAL RULES
2.1. Participants must respect calendar, registration and fees deadlines and rules;
2.2. Participants must respect all the instructions regarding the required materials;
2.3. Participants can join the competition either individually or with a team;
2.4. Participants can be students, graduates, freelance architects even when they be-
long to a team. It is not mandatory to be experts of architectural disciplines or
members of architectural associations;
2.5. Each Teams must include at least one team member aged from 18 to 35;
2.6. There are no restrictions on the maximum number of team members that a Team
can have;
2.7. Teams can include members coming from different countries, cities or universities;
2.8. By paying one registration fee, participants are allowed to upload one project;
2.9. By paying additional registration fees, participants will be allowed to upload more
than one project; the amount of the fees depends on the competition’s calendar;
2.10. Prizes are fixed and established (and include bank commissions and taxes) re-
gardless of the number of members of the Team;
2.11. A technical staff appointed by the Organizer of the competition will evaluate the
eligibility of the projects: this is not binding for the purpose of the jury’s work;
2.12. The jury’s verdict is incontestable;
2.13. It is forbidden for participants to contact jurors for matters related to the compe-
tition;
2.14. It is forbidden for participants to disclose the material regarding their projects
before the winners are officially announced;
2.15. It is forbidden for participants to join the competition in case they have business
collaboration or blood-relations with jurors of the competition;
2.16. By violating the participation rules, the participant and their teams will be dis-
qualified from the competition without any getting a refund of their registration fee,
which will be definitely acquired by the Organizer;
2.17. The authorship of each project is equally attributed to each member of the Team;
2.18. By registering and participating in the competition, participants fully accept all the
rules, terms and conditions of the competition. Any exception will be excluded;
2.19. The Organizer has the right to change dates or other details in order to improve or
fix aspects of the competition. In this case, the contestants will be noticed within a
reasonable time frame through all the Organizer’s media channels;
2.20. The Organizer is not responsible for web malfunctioning, technical difficulties or
failure to receive or upload materials; it is highly recommended to complete the
registration, payment and upload procedures in advance in regards to the given
deadlines; participants are invited to notify the Organizer via e-email in case of
technical problems;
2.21. All the material that is available and useful for the competition’s purposes is avail-
able in the download section of the competition website www.youngarchitectscom-
petitions.com regardless of registration in the competition; it is allowed to use ad-
ditional material collected by participants.
3. INELIGIBILITY
3.1. Any participant - either participating individually or in a team - can be excluded from the
competition. Participants can be disqualified when:
a. the submitted material is not written in English;
b. the materials show names or references to the designers. The Team ID is con-
sidered a reference to the designers. Therefore, it can only appear in the file
name, since jurors will not see it;
c. the uploaded materials are incomplete or inconsistent to the criteria included
in the chapter “MATERIALS”;
d. the materials are not submitted according to deadlines or to the procedures of
the competition;
e. Teams do not include a participant younger than 35 (if the Team only has one
member, the member is not younger than 35);
f. team members try to contact a juror for matters relating to the competition. In
this case, the participant and their team will be automatically disqualified;
g. participants have work or family relationships with one or more members of the
jury of the competition;
h. participants disclose their competition’s materials before the winner of the
competition is announced; they will be disqualified together with their team;
i. participants are not the owner or authors of the submitted project or parts of
such project; they will be excluded together with their team.
4. NOTES CONCERNING THE MATERIALS
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4.1. By taking part in this Competition and accepting the Rules, Participants recognize,
from now on, to the Organizer the non-exclusive right to: i) publish the Materials or
part of the Materials in any way or form and with any means of communication and/
or support, including online platforms, social media channels and printed publica-
tions; ii) distribute the Materials or part of the Materials in any way or form and with
any means of communication and/or support, including online platforms, social
media channels and printed publications.
4.2. All the projects that will win a money prize and any (available) intellectual property
right and/or industrial right on the projects are definitively acquired by the Organiz-
er. The organizer acquires the exclusive right of economic exploitation of the project
and the permanent, illimited, irrevocable, exclusive, internationally-acknowledged
right to use, realize, adapt, modify, publish in every media, display, reproduce and
distribute the project also for marketing and advertising purposes, review the edi-
torial, create works based on the project or giving the project or parts of it to third
parties in any means, way or through any technology also including the freedom of
panorama without any limitation in time or place.
4.3. By taking part in this Competition and accepting the Rules, the Participants award-
ed with a prize money or with a mention (projects receiving a honorable/finalist
mention) undertake, from now on, to provide, if needed, any further digital mate-
rials (i.e. 3D models) regarding the project to help the Organizer better report the
results of the competition.
4.4. The Materials must be new and original and the outcome of the intellectual activity of
Participants: works and/or materials that do not comply with these features must
not be submitted. Therefore, Participants agree to indemnify and hold the Organ-
izer harmless from any cost or damage connected with the infringement of any
third-party intellectual property right. By taking part in this Competition and ac-
cepting the Rules, Participants declare to be authors (and/or co-author in the event
the Team is made of more members) of the uploaded Materials.
4.5. The Participants of the Competition guarantees that the submitted Materials do
not infringe, in any way, the industrial and intellectual property right of third parties
and commit to hold the Organizer harmless from any connected request that might
arise from third parties.
5. PRIVACY AND TREATMENT OF PERSONAL DATA
5.1. The processing of Participants’ personal will be carried out by the Organizer for the sole
purpose of the participation in the Competition and distribution of the Prizes in
compliance with the applicable regulation ex art.13 UR Reg. 2016/679. We invite all
competitors to read it carefully.
5.2. Participants will be held accountable for the data - including personal data - they pro-
vide. The Organizer does not assume any responsibility for wrong data provided. In
any case, according to privacy policies, the Organizer has the right to verify partic-
ipants’ personal data by requesting a copy of an identity document that reports the
same data entered for the registration;
5.3. The Organizer is not responsible for participants’ false data provision.
6. NOTES REGARDING PRIZES ADJUDICATION
6.1. The publication of the results according to the calendar of the competition has to be
considered a provisional publication. It shall be bound by the verification of the req-
uisites defined by the Competition;
6.2. Once the results will be published, the Organizer reserves the right to collect and verify
a copy of the identity cards of the Winners and the papers signed by the Winners as
requested by the Organizer.
6.3. Prizes will be awarded after verifying the identity of the Winners and after they sign a
self-declaration certifying that they fully accept the terms of the Competition and
the declarations of the transfer of rights regarding the Materials and the indemni-
fication required by the Organizer for the use of the Materials.
7. COMPETENT COURT AND APPLICABLE LAW
7.1. the Italian law regulates the rules of this competitions. Any controversy that might arise
shall be of exclusive competence of the Court of Bologna.
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 > JURY
Angelo Micheli
AMDL CIRCLE
Angelo micheli was born in 1959. In 1986 he
graduated with a university degree in Archi-
tecture. In 1986 he founded the group “Sol-
id” and from 1987 to 1988 he participated in
the group Memphis, coordinated by Ettore
Sottsass. A partner in the Studio De Lucchi
from 1988-1998, he continues to collabo-
rate with Michele De Lucchi on projects re-
lated to design, architecture and graphics.
His work as architect and designer involves
research on contemporary projects as well
as a personal research on the character
of representation. He continues to believe
in the importance of design and painting
as expressions of personal experience. He
is currently working on projects for Auto-
strade S.p.A., EnelPower, Febel, Nescafè,
Mandarina Duck, Martinelli Illuminazione,
RAS, Rheavendors, Solzi Luce Telecom, and
Unilever Best Foods. He has held a faculty
teaching position at the European Institute
of Design of Milan since 1998, at the Euro-
pean Institute of Design of Turin since 2001,
and at the University of Architecture of Ven-
ice (IUAV) since 2000.
Rodrigo Duque Motta
Duque Motta & AA
Rodrigo was born in Santiago, Chile, in
March 1976. He received his architecture
degree from Pontificia Universidad Católi-
ca in 2001. In 2007 he received the Award of
the Architects’ Association of Chile for best
architect under 35. In 2012 he founded an
initiative that brings together Chilean archi-
tects around the problem of urban housing,
and the relationship between private devel-
opment and public life. He is Architecture
design professor at Pontificia Universidad
Católica and has run his own architecture
studio since 2003.In his studio has devel-
oped projects in a wide range of areas. In the
hotel sector highlights the Casino & Hotel
of Talca and the Elqui Domos Astronomical
Hotel; in industrial area the development
of projects for Quintay and Emiliana Vine-
yards; in the institutional sphere the Faculty
of Economics of UDP and in residential de
development of Duque House, with which
he won the prize for the best work in the
residential category at the Architecture Bi-
ennale of Santiago in 2004. His works have
been published in specialized magazines in
more than 15 countries.
Dagur Eggertsson
Rintala Eggertsson
Dagur Eggertsson is together with Sami
Rintala the founder of Rintala Eggertsson
Architects, a Norway based architecture
firm, which bases its activities on public art,
architecture and urban planning. Since the
establishment in 2007, Rintala Eggertsson
Architects have developed projects around
the world and their work has been exhibit-
ed at the Venice Biennale, Maxxi Museum in
Rome and the Victoria & Albert Museum in
London amongst others. The company has
received prestigious awards over the years
such as The Global award for Sustainable
Architecture, Architizer + Award and the
Travel & Leisure Award. Their projects and
texts have been published in renowned ar-
chitecture magazines around the globe. Da-
gur Eggertsson has taught architecture in
Europe and North America. He is currently
a Gensler Visiting Professor at Cornell Uni-
versity in New York.
Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio
Municipality of Rovaniemi
Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio graduated in Architec-
tural studies at the University of Tampere
and obtained a Masters’s degree in Adminis-
trative Sciences at the University of Tampere,
eMBA in 2019. Entrepreneur and business
owner of the Architectural Agency Arkkiteh-
tikonttori Vainio & Ekman from 1996 to 2010
winning various architectural competitions,
she was a leading building inspector at the
Municipality of Lempäälä and Nokia before
her election as the Mayor of Rovaniemi in
2020.
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Tarja Outila
University of Oulu
Tarja Outila is Professor of Urban Design
and Planning at the University of Oulu, her
alma mater since 2018. She is a Doctor of
Science in Technology, D. Sc. (Tech.) in Ar-
chitecture. Before that she worked as a City
Architect and as a Head of city planning and
design in the City of Rovaniemi for altogether
nine years. She has also worked as a head of
Land Use department at the Lapland Envi-
ronmental Centre, principal lecturer at Oulu
University of Applied Sciences, researcher
at the University of Oulu. Her own architec-
tural studio was active 1995-2003. She has
worked as a juror in several national and in-
ternational architectural competitions and
Outila’s architectural studio has won nation-
al competitions as well. Altogether she has
over 30 years’ experience in urban design
and planning as well as building design.
Nicodemos Tsolakis
Kyriakos Tsolakis Architects
Nicodemos completed his Graduate Diplo-
ma in Architecture at Nottingham Univer-
sity with a specialization in environmental
design. He worked at Squire & Partners
in London & at Omiros One Architects in
Melbourne, Australia. Partner of Kyriakos
Tsolakis Architects, based in Nicosia and
London, he was awarded distinction at the
Cyprus State Architecture Awards 2016 and
has been the project architect for Cyprus’s
first purpose built women’s shelter which is
nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award
2017. Nicodemos is currently project archi-
tect for a number of projects particularly fo-
cusing on environmental sustainability, in-
cluding the Troodos Observatory.
Lukas Rungger
noa* network of architecture
Lukas Rungger (born 1977) graduated in ar-
chitecture from the Technical University Graz
(AT) and after additional studies in Brussels
(BE), he first worked as an architect with
Prof. Hans Gangoly in Graz (AT), then with
Softroom Architects in London (UK) and fi-
nally in Milan (IT) with Matteo Thun. After
having completed his thesis in New York
City (USA) followed by his professional qual-
ification as an architect from IUAV Venezia
(IT), Lukas has been extensively involved in a
wide range of projects mainly in the field of
masterplanning, housing, hotels and interi-
or architecture of bars and restaurants. He
was a member of the RIBA Royal Institute
of British Architecture and is now a mem-
ber of the Architectural Chamber of Bozen/
Bolzano.
Tue Hesselberg Foged
EFFEK
Tue Foged received his BA at the Aarhus
School of Architecture and his Masters de-
gree from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine
Arts School of Architecture. He is one of the
two founding partners of EFFEKT and focus-
es to create inclusive projects with clear val-
ues and tangible visions to respèond to the
needs of clients, users and the whole local
community. Among his projects, the Camp
Adventure Forest Tower (2019) which en-
tered the list of TIME Magazine’s 100 Great-
est Places of 2019 shortly after the official
opening and the GAME Streetmekka Viborg
that was awarded Olympic Gold by the In-
ternational Olympic Committee as well as
ArchDaily’s Building of the Year.
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Ari Vuorentausta
Lapland Hotels
Ari Vuorentausta graduated at Turku Busi-
ness School, MBA and worked as Develop-
ment Director for Eräsetti Safaris and as
General Manager for two hotels of the Scan-
dic Hotel chain for four years. He has then
been working for 15 years for the Lapland
Hotels and he is now the CEO of this im-
portant chain of hotels in Finland including
17 indivisual hotels range from the urban
cityscapes of Finland, the hearts of urban
fells, the hottest ski resorts, and the edges
of great wildernesses to the rugged land-
scapes of northern¬most Lapland.
Sanna Kärkkäinen
Visit Rovaniemi
After obtaining a master’s degree in commu-
nication sciences, marketing and tourism,
Sanna has dedicated herself to prestigious
activities aimed at promoting tourism in Fin-
land. Member of the tourism committee of
the Lapland Chamber of Commerce, since
2010 she is the CEO of Visit Rovaniemi, the
official organization for tourism informa-
tion and promotion of the city of Rovaniemi
founded in 2007. Through several cultural,
martketing and communication initiatives,
Visit Rovaniemi has, over the years, achieved
important goals and obtained distinguished
awards such as the “International Travel
Marketing Award” in 2015 and the “Tourist
Company of the Year” in 2017.
Mario Cucinella
MCArchitects
He graduates in Architecture in 1968, collab-
orates with Renzo Piano in Genoa and Paris.
In 1992 founds in Paris the Mario Cucinella
Architects (MCA) studio and in 1999 opens a
new base in Bologna. Currently he is pro-
fessor at the Faculty of Architecture Feder-
ico II di Napoli, he is Honorary Professor at
the University of Nottingham in the UK and
Guest Professor in Emerging Technologies
at the Technische Universitat at Munich. He
is an international point of reference regard-
ing sustainable design. In 2012 he founds
Building Green Futures, a no-profit organ-
ization which aim is to join environmental
culture and technology in order to create
an architecture able to guarantee dignity,
quality and performance respecting the en-
vironment. He can boast numerous and val-
uable awards, one of the most recent ones
is the RIBA International Fellowship 2016
award. His best works are Sino Italian Eco-
logical Building (SIEEB) in Beijing, the Ku-
wait School in Gaza, the building One Airport
Square in Accra in Ghana, the San Raffaele
Hospital in Milan.
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