Research projects on Architecture
Current projects
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Towards an Arctic Assemblage (book of the 2025 submission to the Venice Architecture Biennale)
This book, funded by SUN, emerges as a disciplinary extension of the exhibition project Transforming Legacy: The Evolution of Extractive Cultures in the European Arctic, presented at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, 2025.
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Transforming Legacy: The Evolution of Extractive Cultures in the European Arctic
The advancement of AI and automation is progressively displacing local and traditional knowledge. This shift is particularly noticeable in the Arctic, where technological developments in resource extraction shape the relationship to place. But what new forms of "intelligence" are emerging? What new ...
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SICTA Forward: Behavioural design of young people’s mobility environments
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RE-ARCHTIVE NORTH
Innovative strategies for the re-use and re-activation of the architectural heritage in Northern peripheral areas.
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Education and collaboration to realize connected city, sector and society
This project aims to strengthen the members' and the trade association's work on preparing the installer in the role of main contractor. By developing and implementing courses corresponding to 15 higher education credits (hp) in a format and scope that enables studies in parallel with work, the memb...
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Green Inc project will focus on inclusive green transition in Skellefteå and other 4 European cities
Together with Skellefteå Municipality, we are partners in an EU project project that includes cities and universities in Amsterdam, Brussels, Turin, and Bucharest. The aim is to develop inclusive nature based solutions to deal with climate change and rapid urban growth.
Completed projects
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Architecture and design students contribute to the Venice Architecture Biennale
Arkitektur- och designstudenters arbeten från Luleå tekniska universitet visas på den internationell...
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HERITWINS
The project aims at exploring the potential of digital inventories of existing historic/traditional ...
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Sounding Urban Places
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Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Building Vertical Extension Possibilities in North Sweden
The project tries to address the current housing shortage and renovation deficit in Sweden by answer...
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Scenario-based Suitability Analysis and Assessment on Snow Storage Possibilities
This project aims to find out optimal solutions for the city of Luleå to manage the challenges of ur...
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Visualization of opportunities and obstacles to achieve sustainability goals in Norrbotten
This project aims to study and display the Norrbotten region's current situation regarding green tra...
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MIN-SPIRE
Sustainable Planning of mining areas (MIN-SPIRE) is a project funded by the Hjalmar Lundbohm Researc...
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Arctic Six Chair in Architecture & Planning
Smart and Sustainable Arctic Towns: aligning top-down and bottom-up urban sustainability in the Arct...
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Advancing Sustainable Building Research
This project spearheads a collaborative effort between the Neapolis University Pafos (NUP) and the L...
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Ark 2024 – End of the year Exhibition
The exhibition aimed to promote dialogue on climate and economic transition in the Arctic from an ar...
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Subsoil leveling
The project is about sustainable resource use of underground space, or planning the volume below the...
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UNaLAb
Read more on the project's external homepage.
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System-integrated wise/smart city - Kiruna Sustainability Center
Cities and their built environment are made up of many layers of systems or structures, where system...
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Cultural heritage processes in Luleå
In the project "Cultural Heritage Processes in Luleå" we investigate how the view of Luleå's cultura...
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Collaboration between society, business and academia on sustainable urban development
Official visions, objectives and documents at all levels of municipal and regional planning are fill...
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Cultural heritage processes in the built environment
The project "Cultural Heritage Processes in the Built Environment" is a study of the UNESCO World He...
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Cultural auditing in structural transformations of urban environments
In the project "Cultural heritage assessment in structural transformations of urban environments" we...
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A place to live - co-created, inclusive and attractive living environments
The People-Tools-Process-Place project develops knowledge and tools for accessible and attractive ci...
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Architecture for attractive urban environments
The aim of the research project is to investigate and gain relevant knowledge about professional and...
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Adaptation of spatial planning in the Torneträsk area due to climate change
A subproject within the interdisciplinary research project Climate change, impacts and adaptation in...
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Nya Giron
Good Infrastructure for Regional Transformation and Business Development.
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VRUITS - Vulnerable Road Users Intelligent Transport Systems
EU support for research on vulnerable road users.
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VINKLA - Road processes in natural and cultural landscapes
When assessing natural and cultural values together with other aspects in road planning processes, i...
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UppLyst Winter road maintenance
Collisions have occurred in connection with tandem plowing, i.e. when two plow trucks each plow a la...
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Road Safety & Accessibility vs Operation & Maintenance
The project is implemented by mapping and concretizing road safety and accessibility measures and th...
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Swedish standard for non-slip footwear
Luleå University of Technology has been commissioned by the Swedish Transport Administration to inve...
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Spökförare – Ghost Drivers / Wrong Way Driving
In the project GRID - Ghost dRIver Detection, researchers at Luleå University of Technology will inv...
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Collaborative processes, consultation and dialogue in road projects
The Swedish Road Administration and other public actors need to further develop methods that give ac...
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Planning and design for increased walking
Systematic improvement of conditions in the outdoor environment for travelling on foot.
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Motorcyclists' attitudes and risk awareness
In the EU project 2BeSafe, a sub-study called CRITIC (Common RIsk awareness measurement meThod for I...
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Light test warning lights
A feasibility study on the visibility of warning lights on road work vehicles.
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Integrated cycling infrastructure and networks - rural transport systems
The overall aim of the project is to promote cycling by creating well-functioning integrated cycling...
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Sustainable transport
Safety, security and accessibility for pedestrians and cyclists in small towns and villages.
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Effects of investing in walking as a mode of transport
The overall aim of the project is to promote walking by demonstrating the effects, positive environm...
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ALICE – Attractive Living in Cold Climate
At about the same time as the New Giron project was completed, Professor Maria Viklander, Urban Wate...
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Road safety for cyclists in rural areas
Today, about 10-15% of Sweden's population lives in small towns, i.e. towns with fewer than 200 inha...
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Cycling and walking on major roads
Due to the trend of more and more people cycling longer distances, and more stops being moved out of...
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Bothnian Green Logistic Corridor, BGLC
Luleå University of Technology is a partner in the strategically important transportation project Bo...
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Urban cultural environments - "Heritagization" in urban regeneration processes
The built environment is a significant part of cultural heritage. Different types of cultural values...
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The park supplies electricity
In the borderland between art, architecture and research, Björn Ekelund, architect in charge of the ...
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Small-scale electricity producers in cities
The Sustainable Development Goals call for greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced. Cities are the bi...
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Smart energy efficiency of cultural heritage buildings in cold climates
The aim of the research project is to investigate, develop methodology and technology for energy eff...
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The cultural environment processes of the ore fields
What is the significance of the cultural values of the built environment in the planning of social c...
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Spatial planning in Sweden compared to Slovakia and the Czech Republic
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First projects funded within PRECISE
The first research projects within the Future area of sustainable precision health, PRECISE, are now...
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RörLa - Moving Rural Areas
The project aims for call-controlled public transport in the pilot municipalities to include all ava...
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A time capsule: Co-designing the green energy transition in Sweden
An artefact created for the Venice Biennale 2023: Students as Researchers
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Collaboration with the University of Hiroshima in architecture
The research subject in architecture at Luleå University of Technology and Hiroshima University have...
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Evaluation of measures for energy efficiency
A large part of our housing stock was built during the million homes program 1965-1974 that includes...
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Prosumers' perspectives in cultural heritage districts
Sweden's national goal, to achieve 100% renewable electricity production by 2040, is expected to dri...
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Fossil-free passenger transport in sparsely populated areas - from a passenger perspective
Transport plays an important role in a sustainable society. Today, transport is a major emitter of g...
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Architectural quality, design for circularity and design variation in wood façade systems
The thesis will as a point of departure use precious research on wood facade systems (made together ...
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Life-cycle assessments on Maintenance and Renovation for Sustainable built heritage (Life-on-MaRS)
Long-term and continuous maintenance can be more sustainable and suitable for preserving the value o...
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Positive Energy Eco-Districts
Urban areas in Luleå and Boden will be part of a new study in Architecture in how smaller neighbourh...
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Greenhouse at data center
Now researchers at Luleå Univesity of Technology want to take advantage of the waste heat generated ...
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Significance of planning factors for pedestrians
The overall purpose of the project is to study the question "What is the type of design and planning...