Porjus Energy Village: examining energy landscapes
I am an architect, founder and project manager whose work bridges architectural design, innovation ecosystems, and citizen‑driven initiatives. Holding an MArch from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, I operate between policy frameworks, experimental practice, and hands‑on making.
As a project manager within the Swedish innovation ecosystem, I advanced challenge‑driven projects in municipal climate transitions under the national Viable Cities programme. My role focused on turning climate‑policy pledges into practice.
I am the co‑founder of Fanfaluca Collective, an emerging studio with a keen curiosity about the role of architecture in society. Our work is centered around speculative and experimental forms of architecture and artistic expression. We converge on a common interest in the physical environment, storytelling and sensory experiences. Together we have a background in storytelling, architectural exploration, art and participatory design processes
In parallel, I initiate community projects such as a local sewing club where mending and making is part of collective learning. These sensorial and tactile practices, alongside my interests in photography and craft, deepen my design methodology.
My work has been presented across institutional, academic, and grassroots contexts. Recent highlights include:
– El Clot Spot (Barcelona, 2024), a temporary installation and workshop on circular materials and public space.
– Drömmarens Malmö (2023), a film and installation on citizens’ dreams for public space, part of Malmö in the Making.
– Silent Paths (2021), drawing exhibited in Sigurd Lewerentz: Architect of Death and Life at ArkDes.
– Board member of Luleälvens Vattenråd (2022–ongoing), contributing to grassroots capacity‑building around EU water frameworks.
I am shaping a practice that is strategic, experimental and collaborative, committed to designing regenerative futures by linking systemic transformation with tactile, place‑based engagement.
My project attempts to nuance the bodies of knowledge produced in relation to processes of natural resource extraction in Norrbotten, Sweden. Centered around the place of Porjus/Bårjås, the past, present and future is woven together to mirror discussions around energy systems.
Located north of the arctic circle by the Lule River, Porjus hydropower plant was Sweden’s first large-scale hydropower plant. When state owned company, Vattenfall completed the hydropower plant in 1915 it was deemed an astonishing feat of engineering and set in motion the complete industrialization of the Lule River.
The Lule River Valley is a contested territory, with conflicting interests claiming use of the land. This territory can be understood as a wilderness, a cultural landscape, the Sami homelands and a place of extraction. Prior to Vattenfall’s acquisition of Porjus, the estate belonged to Erik Abraham Olofsson Rim (1844-1920). Olofsson Rim was Forest Sami with background in Sjokksjokk Sami village.
Operating between fact and fiction, I have presented the project as a speculative video narrative. The protagonist is the Lule River, where the implications of its domestication and agency are explored. In the aesthetics of the proposed post-fossil world, I have ventured into the playfully surreal. Dealing with such huge infrastructure objects, which are surreal and abstract in themselves, I have attempted to make the line between the real and the unreal fluid, to evoke the audience’s reflection of the possibilities at hand.
Speculative fiction is a powerful tool to contemplate societal issues and grapple with complex realities. The end result lies in the audience’s reading of the project, where the goal is to spark discussion and reflection. Dunne and Raby write “by speculating more (…) reality will become more malleable and, although the future cannot be predicted we can help set in place factors that will increase the probability of more desirable futures.”